‘Content Management Systems’ Archives
Adaptive Release in Blackboard 8
Overview Adaptive release allows instructors and course designers to release course content based on rules that they create; in other words, you can control what content is made available to which students and under what conditions they are allowed to see it. Rules can be created for individuals or groups, based on criteria related to [...]
Blackboard 8 – Discussion Forums
Discussion Boards can serve as a learning tool that fosters in-depth, academic discussion, an arena in which students work collaboratively or conduct peer analysis, or simply a place where they can virtually communicate with each other. Discussion forums used well can be an effective learning tool that encourages students to engage in higher order [...]
Blackboard 8 – Early Warning System
Note: Warnings will be generated only when an instructor refreshes the Early Warning System and chooses to send out the warnings. The system keeps a searchable log of all alerts sent to users. The logs can be used to verify that a student was alerted to a problem. The Early Warning System is a tool used to communicate warnings to students that [...]
Seamless Integration of Wikis into the Learning Environment: Part 12 of 12
Teaching with Wikis Samples and Resources A Wiki can be thought of as a combination of a Web site and a Word document. At its simplest, it can be read just like any other web site, with no access privileges necessary, but its real power lies in the fact that groups can collaboratively work on the content of the site using nothing but a [...]
Grading Blackboard Discussions
Blackboard has a built in discussion grader that makes it easy to review student contributions and post associated grades to the gradebook. This tool in association with a rubric can assist in converting a quantitative posting into a qualitative activity grade. To access the “Discussion Grader”: Click on the Control Panel link [...]
