An Interactive Guide to Resources For Distance Learning
Instructors
Some Tutorials require the Flash Plug-in or the Adobe Acrobat Reader.Blackboard Tutorials
Blackboard 8
Blackboard Academic Suite 8 New Features (HTML)
Overview of Version 8 (PDF)
Brochure (PDF)
Known ProblemsArchiving Your Course
Archiving your course (Flash Movie)
How to Archive your course in Blackboard (PDF)
Exporting Your CourseAssignments
New Assessment Options (Movie) NEW
Adding/Modifying an Assignment (PDF)
Clearing an Assignment Attempt (PDF)
Create and Grade a Blackboard Learning Unit Assignment (PDF)Basics
Making Course Available (PDF)
Course Cartridges (PDF)
SafeAssign NEW
Control Panel
Control Panel Overview (PDF)
Tool Availability (PDF)Course Content
Adding and removing Announcements (PDF)
Adding/Modifying a Folder (PDF)
Making Folders available or unavailable (PDF)
Changing Font Color in Item and Folder (PDF)
Adding/Modifying an Item (PDF)
Copying Moving Folders or items (PDF)
Adding/Removing Attachments (PDF)
Adding a Course Link (PDF)
Adding External Links (PDF)
Adding Audio Files (PDF)
Adding Word Text (PDF)
Creating Hyperlinks (PDF)
Adding an Image (PDF)
Course Design
Course Menu Design (Buttons/Text Links) (PDF)
Creating a Course Banner (PDF)
Adding/Removing a Course Banner (PDF)
Changing the Menu Design: Buttons or Text (PDF)Discussion Board
Discussion Board Rating and Grading (flash movie)
Discussion Board User Management & Moderation (flash movie)Grade Center - NEW
Grade Center (PDF)
Grade Center Unmasked Manual (PDF)
Great Blackboard Help Site for Grade Center
What's New (PDF)
Grade Center Icons (PDF)
Automatically Generated Columns (PDF)
Manually Created Columns (PDF)
Calculated Columns (PDF)
Entering Manual Grades (PDF)
Override Grades (PDF)
Exempting Grades (PDF)
Clearing an Attempt (PDF)
Modifying Column Items (PDF)
Using Letter Grades (PDF)
Smartviews (PDF)
Early Warning System Overview (PDF)
Creating Rules (PDF)
Comments Overview PDF)
Hiding and Showing a Column (PDF)
Adding a Quiz to the Grade Center (PDF)Manage Course Menu
Adding/Modifying a Content Area (PDF)
Adding/Modifying a Tool Link (PDF)
Adding/Modifying a Course Link (PDF)
Adding Modifying an External Link (PDF)
Ordering/Removing Course Menu Items (PDF)Test/Assessments
Creating Assessments (PDF)
Using Question Pools (PDF)
Adding Questions (PDF)
Modifying Questions (PDF)
Adding Assessments to Course Content Areas & Test Options (PDF)
Making Assessments available to Students (PDF)
Tools
Course Tools and Communications Overview (PDF)
Announcements (PDF)
Composing/Sending Email (PDF)
Messages (PDF)
Glossary Manager (PDF)NCCCS Technology Center
The purpose of the NCCCS Technology Center is to enhance and enrich the distance learning experience while engaging the distance learner. This is to be accomplished by exploring and collaborating on current and emerging technologies that impact distance learning. The consortium is responsible for identifying the technologies and sharing them in a manner that is understandable and accessible to all faculty and staff in the NCCCS.*What is Web 2.0?
The term WEB 2.0 is used to describe a web created by users themselves... where people contribute to blog websites, video websites, podcast websites, social websites, Wikipedia, and a number of different things.*Creating a Blog
*Step-by-Step (PDF)
Blog stands for "Web Log"...a web version of a personal journal or newsletter that is available to the public. It is essentially a series of chronological entries on a topic or various topics that is created by one or more contributors. There are many free blogging sites. The most popular is Blogger.com.*Creating a Podcast
Intro to Podcasting (PowerPoint)
A Podcast is a media file that is distributed by subscription (paid or unpaid) over the Internet using syndication feeds, for playback on mobile devices and personal computers. A student or faculty member does not have to have an iPod or mp3 player to listen or view a podcast. Virtually any online capable computer will do. To make a podcast, all you really have to do is record an audio file and make it available for people to download or listen to online.
*Audacity
Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. Used for converting podcast recordings.
*Camtasia
Software which captures screen shots, video and audio, create tutorials etc.
What is Camtasia? (PDF)
How do I get my Camtasia Movies into Blackboard? (PDF)Elluminate
Add the immediacy and interactivity of face-to-face teaching to your distance Learning.
Engage more students in more ways with Elluminate. Record course lectures for playback.*Blackboard
Course Management Software (CMS) - BCCC uses this software for online course delivery.Moodle
Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source software package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities.itunesU - an educational repository of lectures specific to your school. Users can easily search, download, and play course content that instructors have posted in Blackboard.
*Smart Board Basics
Smart Board Interactive Basics (PDF)*Already in place or accessible from campus. For more training contact Tricia Woolard.
General Information
* Creating a successful Blackboard course (PDF)
* Library services for e-learning (PDF)
* Tips on Teaching with Blackboard (PDF)
* Developing an online course (PDF)
* Important Check List for Instructors (PDF)
* Copyright Fair Use Information (PDF)
* HTML Basics (PDF)
* Learning Outcomes & Assessments (PDF)
* Introduction to Teaching and Learning with technology (PDF)Top 10 Free Tools that you can Integrate into Blackboard
Top 10 technology toolsDiscussion Board
8 ways to get students engaged in online discussion (PDF)
PowerPoint
Saving PowerPoint to outline view in Word (PDF)
Saving PowerPoint as a website (PDF)Printing
Prevent students from printing a test (PDF)Orientation
Orientation tips (PDF)Quiz Generators
Wytheville Community College Quiz GeneratorResource Sites
Blackboard Connections
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