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There are currently 6 videos in this series of Workshops offered during the COVID-19 crisis of 2020 designed to assist with the transition from face to face classrooms to remote learning.

Contents

1 Introduction to Blackboard for Faculty
2 Blackboard II: Expanded Blackboard Essentials for Faculty
3 Creating & Deploying Tests in Blackboard
4 Blackboard Tests 2: A Deeper Dive
5 The Blackboard Grade Center: A Calculated Approach
6 Online Lecture Capture Strategies with PowerPoint and WebEx

Introduction to Blackboard for Faculty

Entire Video is 38:39

Table of Contents:

A.	Who is the target audience for this workshop?	00:36
B.	Online vs. Remote learning	01:43
C.	Our "LMS", How to find & log on to Blackboard	05:11
D.	How to properly log on to Blackboard	06:17
E.	Description of Blackboard screen/My Courses module	06:58
F.	How to make your course available to students	08:36
G.	Default new (blank) course shell	10:32
H.	Student preview mode	11:48
I.	Announcements & Visual Text Box Editor	12:26
J.	Q & A Session 1	17:54
K.	Manage navigation menu	19:14
L.	Post basic content (Syllabus)	20:00
M.	Basic building blocks of a content area	22:48
N.	Create a new content area	23:24
O.	Delete a content area	23:57
P.	Create content folder(s)/Item(s)	24:23
Q.	Qwickly course tools	27:54
R.	Q & A Session 2	31:43

Blackboard II: Expanded Blackboard Essentials for Faculty

Entire Video is 38:22

Table of Contents:

A.	Introduction	00:06
B.	Online vs. Remote Learning Revisited	00:25
C.	Discussion Boards	03:36
D.	Create a Discussion Forum/Forum Settings	05:03
E.	Discussion Forum-Student Perspective	10:32
F.	Discussion Forum-Instructor View of Student Submission & Grading Options	13:00
G.	Q & A Session 1	13:55
H.	Create Assignments in Blackboard	14:44
I.	Brief Q & A Session 2 and Assignments-Student Perspective	22:30
J.	Assignments-Instructor View of Student Submission & Grading Options	25:34
K.	Q & A Session 3	32:10
L.	Brief Intro. to Blackboard Grade Center	34:44

Creating & Deploying Tests in Blackboard

Entire Video is 38:34

Table of Contents:

A.	Tests, Surveys, Pools in Control Panel/Description	00:18
B.	Pools	01:30
C.	Build Pool	02:41
D.	Create Question(s)/Multiple Choice	03:28
E.	Review Pool/Filter Questions	08:25
F.	Q & A Session 1	09:10
G.	Tests	10:20
H.	Reuse Questions (Pull from Pool)	12:09
I.	Reassign Question Point Values	15:43
J.	List of Tests/Information	16:32
K.	Deploy a Test	17:17
L.	Test Options	18:25
M.	Q & A Session 2	28:03
N.	Test from Student Perspective	29:56
O.	Q & A Session 3	33:38

Blackboard Tests 2: A Deeper Dive

A look at alternate question types and how to export/import tests and pools.

Entire Video is 45:25

Table of Contents:
 A.Introduction 00:00
 B.Short Answer Questions 01:03
 C.Essay Questions 05:07
 D.Fill-in-the-Blank (Single Blank) 07:01
 E.Fill-in-the-Blank (Multiple Blanks) 12:13
 F.Q & A 1 14:48
 G.Matching Column 16:19
 H.Hot Spot Question 20:05
 I.File Response Question 21:42
 J.Student View: How do these Question Types Present? 24:07
 K.Instructor View: Grading the Exam 27:21
 L.Exporting/Importing Exam or Pool 31:23
 M.Q & A 2 and Closing Thoughts 34:29

The Blackboard Grade Center: A Calculated Approach

Entire Video is 37:36

Table of Contents:

A.	Intro./Premise & Goals of Session/Terminology	00:00
B.	Blackboard Grade Center: Full Grade Center	06:02
C.	Categories	06:25
D.	Create a New Category	07:30
E.	Assign/Reassign a Grade Center Column to a (New) Category	08:02
F.	Manually Add a Column to Grade Center	09:29
G.	Organizing Columns in Grade Center	17:43
H.	Populate Grades in a Column	19:28
I.	Add a Comment/Feedback to a Student	20:13
J.	Q & A Session 1	21:05
K.	Smart Views	22:27
L.	Create a Calculated Column: Weighted Column (also, Primary & Secondary Score Display)	24:32
M.	Letter Grades/Grading Schema/Flaws	31:52
N.	What's Next? (Wrap-Up)	33:14
O.	Q & A Session 2	35:27

Online Lecture Capture Strategies with PowerPoint and WebEx

Entire Video is 32:31

Table of Contents:

A.	Demo of Narrated & Annotated PowerPoint	00:00
B.	How to Export you PowerPoint to a Video File (.mp4)	01:44
C.	How to Narrate/Annotate a PowerPoint (with Tips)	02:44
D.	How to Effectively Share Multimedia Content in WebEx	08:11
E.	Demo of Narrated & Annotated PowerPoint and Exploration of PowerPoint File Post Recording	08:59
F.	Review of Export PowerPoint to Video File (.mp4)	09:47
G.	Q & A Session 1	10:08
H.	Verify your YouTube Account	11:19
I.	Upload your Video to YouTube	11:50
J.	Why YouTube? Advantages	13:18
K.	Using WebEx to Record a Lecture (Intro. & Notes)	14:56
L.	Q & A Session 2	16:47
M.	Recording with WebEx	18:00
N.	Download WebEx Recording	19:23
O.	Share WebEx Recording in Blackboard	19:52
P.	Q & A Session 3	23:09

You Have an Ally in Blackboard

Table of Contents:

A.	Start/Intro	00:00
B.	Why is Ally Important?	00:26
C.	Ally Gauges	01:29
D.	Using the Gauge Indicator	02:19
E.	"Fixing"/Replacing a Document	03:17
F	Alternative Formats	04:48
G.	Accessibility Report	07:24
H.	Q&A/Open Discussion	08:57

Among topics covered in Q&A/Discussion: Accessibility/Importance, Universal Design, Captioning, Curated Content, (Text) Publisher Content, Disabling Alternative Formats.

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