Getting Started in CE6

I. Access to Blackboard CE6

• Give URL/login information
• Describe course creation/setup process
• Browser check and pop-up deactivate

II. Course Format and Design

• What is your “course format” (web-enhanced, hybrid, online)
  
  • If web-enhanced, how functional?
  • Thinking about “modularity” and Learning Modules

III. Exploring Course Tools and Functionality

• My Blackboard tour
• Course Homepage Tour (Build, Teach, Student)
• Course Tools – Set A
  
  • Announcements
  • Who’s Online
  • Media Library
  • Web Links
  • Grouping Tool
  • Goals
  • Learning Module

• Course Tools – Set B
  • Assessment
  • Assignments
  • Calendar
  • Discussion (Categories, Topics, Threads)
  • Mail
  • Gradebook
  • Chat and Whiteboard
  • Course Management

• Designer Tools
  • Manage Course
  • File Manager – Multiple files
  • Selective Release

IV. Next Steps

• More training options
• Open-labs
• 1-1 with an Instructional Designer