To be able to have a course site that meets your instructional goals, it is recommended that faculty use an instructional design method. The simple course site design steps below may be helpful in setting up a Blackboard course site.
- Analyse - Be aware of your students' general background, knowledge and their technology skills. Identify what type of computer your students might have.
- Plan - Think of and list all documents you want on your course site. Create a flowchart to map out the organization of the course content.
- Develop - Start uploading the contents, modifying tools, creating assignments and tests.
- Implement - Deliver the contents you have developed and conduct the class activities.
- Evaluate - Conduct the regular testing of you course site. Test all the links to make sure they all work. Update the information and check the links and documents regularly to make sure they all still work correctly
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Posted on June 10, 2008
Blackboard Quarterly Maintenance
Blackboard will be unavailable for quarterly maintenance from Thursday, June 19 at 5:15 pm until Saturday, June 21 at 10:00 am. Thank you for your understanding and patience.
Posted on May 29, 2008
Blackboard Change to Protect Your Security
Blackboard has recently launched a new feature called Blackboard Sync for Facebook. This feature enables students with a Facebook account to access content housed within Blackboard courses. Because this feature uses your campus I.D and password, we must determine if these credentials are fully secured by the Facebook application before we consider activating this feature. If you have already started using this feature in Facebook, you will receive a notice that it has been blocked. This will in no way interfere with your ability to log in to your Blackboard account. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation as we try to ensure system security and integrity of your learning environment.
Posted on March 13, 2008
Other Possible System Maintenance
Campus networks and services may experience maintenance outages between 5:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. on Sundays and between 9:30 p.m. and midnight on Thursdays. These outages may affect Blackboard. For more information, see the Alerts, Status, and Maintenance. http://www.csupomona.edu/~ehelp/
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