Blackboard for Dummies

Description

Use the quick-start guide to create your course in a flash

  
Post course materials, give quizzes, facilitate discussions, and handle grades

  
You're an educator, not a psychic, so how would you know how to use Blackboard with no instructions? These step-by-step examples show you how to set up a Blackboard classroom, put your materials on the Internet, communicate online with students, and even evaluate their performance.

  
Discover how to
  
* Navigate the Blackboard environment
  
* Customize your course menu
  
* Add and organize course materials
  
* Give online assignments
  
* Conduct online discussions and chat rooms
  
* Keep track of grades

CONTENTS:

Introduction.

  Part I: What’s Blackboard All About?

  
Chapter 1: Your First Look at Blackboard.

  
Chapter 2: The Course-Development Process.

  Part II: Easing into Blackboard.

  
Chapter 3: Got Learners? (Getting People into Your Course).

  
Chapter 4: Making the Course Your Own.

  
Chapter 5: Building Your Class Materials.

  
Chapter 6: Connecting with Learners.

  Part III: Earning Your Blackboard Black Belt.

  
Chapter 7: Getting the Most from Blackboard.

  
Chapter 8: Assessing Learner Progress.

  
Chapter 9: Course Implementation.

  
Chapter 10: Course Management.

  Part IV: The Part of Tens.

  
Chapter 11: Ten Superimportant “Think Abouts” for Building Your Course.

  
Chapter 12: Ten Strategies for Organizing an Outstanding Course in Blackboard.

  
Chapter 13: Ten Ways to Keep Learners Involved by Using Blackboard Communication Features.

  
Chapter 14: Ten Ways to Assess Learning.

  
Chapter 15: Ten Questions to Ask Your Blackboard System Administrator.

  
Chapter 16: Ten Things to Look Forward to in Blackboard Learning System 7.1.

  Part V: Appendixes.

  
Appendix A: Real-Life Issues in Teaching with Technology.

  
Appendix B: An Overview of the Blackboard Content System.

  
Appendix C: A Blackboard Course-Building Checklist.

  
Appendix D: Additional Resources on the Web.

  
Glossary.

  
Index.