FCLD to Offer Two Days Blackboard Seminars
August 19 and August 20, 2008

From time to time, FCLD offers a summer institute. This past August, the Faculty Center for Learning Development offered two days of seminars on a variety of Blackboard and eLearning topics for instructors interested in learning techniques and strategies that have proven successful for stimulating and engaging students in the online environment. Here is a description of that program.

Day One - Getting Started with Blackboard

8:30 a.m.	Introduction
9:00 a.m.	Strategies for Organizing Your Blackboard Course
10:00 a.m.	Adding Content & Communicating with Students
12:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m.	Online Services:  From Blackboard to Banner
1:30 p.m.	Assessing Student Learning: Discussion Boards
3:00 p.m.	Beyond Google:  Linking Students to Online Research Resources
4:00 p.m.	Tips and Tricks:  Buttons, Banners & Course Cartridges

Day Two: Beyond Blackboard Basics

8:30 a.m.	Introduction
9:00 a.m.	Assessing Student Learning: Online Tests & Surveys
10:30 a.m.	Using Blackboard's Online Gradebook
11:30 p.m.	Tying it All Together:  Program Assessment and Blackboard
12:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m.	Paperless Assignments from A to Z:  Creating, Submitting, and Grading Online (covers Digital Dropbox, Assignment Tool, and MS Word Reviewing)
2:00 p.m.	Engaging Learners with Digital Recordings: YouTube, Podcasts & MP3s
3:00 p.m.	“London Calling” Live Chat and the Collaboration Tools
4:00 p.m.	Blackboard Building Blocks:  What do you want from Tomorrow’s Blackboard?