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Blackboard - Basics Workshop
Do you wish your students would come to class prepared and ready to participate instead of asking for another copy of the syllabus or what last night's reading assignment was? Would you like to have your students write questions and reading responses and get them to you BEFORE your seminar class, so you could review them and use them when they are most relevant? Give your students a head start by using Blackboard! Come to the Blackboard - Basics Workshop to
- see the different ways your colleagues are currently using Blackboard for their classes;
- learn how to post your syllabus, announcements, reading assignments, and other course material online;
- practice utilizing the Discussion Board feature for date and time stamped communication between you and your students
Blackboard - Gradebook
"How am I doing in class?" "What grade am I getting?"
Does this sound familiar? Give your students an ongoing view of how they are doing in class by using Blackboard's Online Gradebook! Come to the Blackboard - Gradebook Workshop to
- see the different ways your colleagues have their Blackboard Gradebook set up
- learn how to set up your Gradebook from scratch
- upload an existing gradebook from Microsoft Excel
- download your Blackboard Gradebook to Microsoft Excel
- see the online Gradebook as a student
Blackboard - Test Manager
"Is this going to be on the test?"
This is a question many students ask. Help your students prepare for tests by giving them practice tests via Blackboard's Test Manager! Come to the Blackboard - Test Manager Workshop to
- see different online Test formats that your colleagues have used with their students
- take an online Test as a student
- set up an online Test from scratch
- establish "rules" for your online Test
- learn how to make these online Tests available to your students
- see how Blackboard's online Tests results automatically update Blackboard's online Gradebook
Blackboard - Survey Manager
Interested in knowing how your students feel about your class? Get feedback from your students quickly and easily by using Blackboard's Survey Manager! Come to the Blackboard - Survey Manager Workshop to
- see different online Survey formats that have been developed and deployed to students
- take an online Survey as a student
- set up an online Survey from scratch
- learn how to deploy the online Survey to your students
- observe where to receive the results of the online Survey
