Blackboard Tip: Grade Center Smart View

You can create different views of your Grade Center. Smart Views are views of the Grade Center based on a variety of student criteria . You can filter which students you view, the columns you view, or a combination of both.

·         From within your course click- Evaluation- Grade center   

·         tclick Manage -Smart Views

      

·       click Add Smart View.

     

·         On the Create Smart View page, type the Name (required) and description (optional) then select a Type of View from one of the following:

        Group (select individual groups select a Group, which was created in the course.

        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 include all students but limits columns you view, select Benchmark for your view type and then make the criteria “Grade on Total Greater than or Equal to” 0 , filter Results to choose which columns you would like to view.

     

·        Click Submit then OK.  You can access the new smart view from  the Current View dropdown

     

Camp Yuma 2012 Effective use of Social Media

CAMP YUMA Teaching and Learning through Collaboration

August 6, 2012 through August 9, 2012

Camp Yuma will focus on using technology in collaboration with colleagues to create learning activities and modules that foster learning and engagement with students.

There will be short demonstrations highlighting the use of technology in teaching, then faculty will work with colleagues to create content for classes that can be used across disciplines.  For example, a math teacher and a psychology teacher may choose to collaborate to build a learning activity that highlights a concept relative to both subjects.

Demonstrations will be short and informative with the majority of time allotted for faculty to work together with Distance Education staff circulating and helping hands-on.

Adding Course Content

1.       Click the Edit Mode switch to “On” (this will display all content areas of the course, even those which are unavailable or have no material in them).

2.       Click the Red Plus sign to create content.

a.       Select Create Content Area

b.      Enter content area name for example Course Information

c.       Select Available to User check box

d.      Click Submit

          

 3.       You can rearrange the menu items easily by using the double arrows on the left to Drag-N-Drop the menu item.

 

4.         Click on the content area menu item to add your material.

5.       Click the “Create Item” button to upload a single document (or type in text).

6.       Type in your text in section 1 or Browse to the document in section 2.

7.       Set options as needed and click “Submit.”

Adobe Connect Login Instructions

Blackboard Tip: Embed YouTube in Blackboard Updated

Embed YouTube Video in Blackboard.

•    With your blackboard tab open –Click file new tab or press Ctrl T.

In the address bar type in www.youtube.com , you can search for the video you want to embed,  for example,  Arizona Western college

Click on the video link

Click Share-Click Embed

Select Use Old Embed Code , Select the code –right click and select copy   .

Click on the blackboard tab. You can place your video in a content area called videos. Select the plus sign red button + on the upper left menu. Select ”Create Content Area

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  Enter name:  For example, Videos. Select “available to users” check box. Click  “Submit”

for example  AWC   From with the text editor select “toggle html source mode” <> button- from within html source right click and paste code copied from YouTube. Click “Submit”. Videos codes can be pasted also in the Discussion Board and Announcements areas.
Note: The YouTube iframe code is creating errors when pasted in blackboard.   To embed  an iframe  turn the visual editor off- select html – Enter the name-paste code in editor-click submit.