Collaboration Tools

One of the fundamental features of an online course is the ability to communicate and collaborate. Good teaching practice will enable and facilitate a collaborative process to achieve course goals. In this workshop, you will learn how to identify, manipulate and use the complete collaboration tool set in Blackboard, including discussions, announcements, email, chat & electronic whiteboard, calendar, and the built-in system syllabus. The workshop format is presentational, with an opportunity for questions and answers, and time to practice with guided activities to facilitate your understanding.

Workshop Objectives:

After completing the workshop, participants should be able to:

• identify the full set of Bb collaboration tools
• manipulate Bb collaboration tools by selecting appropriate settings for desired behaviors
• distinguish between individual tool settings and resulting system behaviors
• select appropriate collaboration tools for an online course
• apply appropriate teaching techniques to foster and maintain collaboration