While having a free service from Blackboard is uncommon, during BBworld 2010 conferrence that took place from July 14 to 16, I stopped by Dr. C stand to learn more about this free question and answer service. Mike Zimmeran a system administrator at the University of Nebraska involved in this project explained to my shaking camera what this online community established by blackboard do. Simply, an end user group runs an online forum hosted on blackboard.com. DR C answers questions posted by students’ faculty and college staff. The service is moderated by a dedicated, international group of peers, fellow Blackboard clients as the site state. If you'd like to get involved in a blackboard online community or have a question you can ask Dr. You would need a blackboard passport to use the service. http://passport.blackboard.com/signup.aspx
Arizona Western College offers many of its courses through a variety of distance education delivery systems. At AWC, distance education means instruction that is (1) delivered to the learner regardless of time and/or geographical location, and (2) delivered via various non-traditional means.
Monday, July 26, 2010
BBworld 2010 : How to deal with Blackboard Problems?
An administrator from Texas Woman University talks about how her department deals with blackboard problems.
“DON’T WORRY IF IT IS GOING TO BREAK, JUST EXPECT IT!"
“DON’T WORRY IF IT IS GOING TO BREAK, JUST EXPECT IT!"
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Blackboard Tip: Grade Center's Smart Views
Grade Center's Smart Views
In Blackboard , you can create smart views of your Grade Center which allow you to filter which students you view, the columns you view, or a combination of both.
Steps:
- From the course control panel click on the Evaluation - Grade Center
- On the Grade Center page, click on the Manage button and then select Smart Views from the dropdown menu.
- Click on the Add Smart View button.
- On the Create Smart View page, enter a name (required) and description (optional) then select a Type of View from one of the following:
* Group (select individual groups)
* Benchmark (select users based on performance criteria)
* Focus (select individual users)
* Investigate (a combination of the first three)
- Select the criteria you would like to use to limit users.
* NOTE: If you would like to create a view that only limits which columns you view but includes all students, select Benchmark for your view type and then make the criteria “Grade on Total Greater than or Equal to” 0.
- Use Filter Results to choose which columns you would like to view.
Click Submit then OK. Your new Smart View will now be an option on the Current View dropdown located on the yellow action bar.
- To edit the smart view created, from the smart view page click the chevron near the name and select edit .
In Blackboard , you can create smart views of your Grade Center which allow you to filter which students you view, the columns you view, or a combination of both.
Steps:
- From the course control panel click on the Evaluation - Grade Center
- On the Grade Center page, click on the Manage button and then select Smart Views from the dropdown menu.
- Click on the Add Smart View button.
- On the Create Smart View page, enter a name (required) and description (optional) then select a Type of View from one of the following:
* Group (select individual groups)
* Benchmark (select users based on performance criteria)
* Focus (select individual users)
* Investigate (a combination of the first three)
- Select the criteria you would like to use to limit users.
* NOTE: If you would like to create a view that only limits which columns you view but includes all students, select Benchmark for your view type and then make the criteria “Grade on Total Greater than or Equal to” 0.
- Use Filter Results to choose which columns you would like to view.
Click Submit then OK. Your new Smart View will now be an option on the Current View dropdown located on the yellow action bar.
- To edit the smart view created, from the smart view page click the chevron near the name and select edit .
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