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FCLD Offers Blackboard Seminars
Posted 8/15/2005
Start-of-the-Term FCLD Seminars
As part of the Faculty Center for Learning Development (FCLD) Series, seminars are offered on a variety of topics designed to help faculty learn and use technology to support teaching and learning. Interested faculty should contact Lorelle Wilson at 768-4253 or e-mail fcld@hartford.edu to sign up. Space is limited.
Wednesday, Aug. 17, Getting Started with Blackboard
3 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24 , Getting Started with Blackboard
1 to 3 p.m. Woods Family Center for Learning and Instruction (Mortensen Library) Prerequisites: Basics of personal computing and surfing the Internet
A general orientation to Blackboard, the Internet application used to put courses on the web. You’ll learn strategies for organizing your Blackboard course, review the many tools and features available in Blackboard, and start adding course content items like your syllabus and web links to your Blackboard course. Be sure to bring a digital version of your syllabus; this is designed as a hands-on seminar.
Thursday, Aug. 25, Creating Blackboard Quizzes and Surveys
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Woods Family Center for Learning and Instruction (Mortensen Library) Prerequisites: Familiarity with adding course content and navigating Blackboard.
Are you ready to take the next step in Blackboard? This session will demonstrate the step-by-step creation of basic quizzes and surveys in Blackboard and discuss how Blackboard quizzes and surveys can help increase learning in the classroom.
Friday, Aug. 26, Scanning Articles
9:30 to 10:30 a.m. FCLD Faculty Lab (Mortensen Library) Prerequisites: General knowledge of personal computing. FCLD has a new scanner that allows faculty to scan multiple-page articles lightning-fast and convert them into PDFs for use in programs such as Blackboard. In this seminar, you will learn how to use the new scanner. In addition, we will discuss image resolution, memory and file size, different image formats and their appropriate use when scanning. Participants should bring articles ready to scan as this session includes hands-on time to try out the new scanner.
Blackboard Course Requests for Fall 2005 With the fall term fast approaching, FCLD would like to remind Blackboard instructors to please submit their fall Blackboard course requests using the Online Course Request Form. The form can be found at the FCLD website: Blackboard Course Request .
Automatic enrollments for fall Blackboard courses will begin on Wednesday, Aug. 17. If you do not want your students to be able to access your course materials yet, you can elect to make the course unavailable to them. Please contact the FCLD if you require assistance with this process. NOTE: You will need to remember to make the course available once you are ready for your students to access it.
As always, please do not hesitate to contact FCLD staff if you have a question or if you require assistance, 768.4661 or fcld@hartford.edu.
As part of the Faculty Center for Learning Development (FCLD) Series, seminars are offered on a variety of topics designed to help faculty learn and use technology to support teaching and learning. Interested faculty should contact Lorelle Wilson at 768-4253 or e-mail fcld@hartford.edu to sign up. Space is limited.
Wednesday, Aug. 17, Getting Started with Blackboard
3 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24 , Getting Started with Blackboard
1 to 3 p.m. Woods Family Center for Learning and Instruction (Mortensen Library) Prerequisites: Basics of personal computing and surfing the Internet
A general orientation to Blackboard, the Internet application used to put courses on the web. You’ll learn strategies for organizing your Blackboard course, review the many tools and features available in Blackboard, and start adding course content items like your syllabus and web links to your Blackboard course. Be sure to bring a digital version of your syllabus; this is designed as a hands-on seminar.
Thursday, Aug. 25, Creating Blackboard Quizzes and Surveys
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Woods Family Center for Learning and Instruction (Mortensen Library) Prerequisites: Familiarity with adding course content and navigating Blackboard.
Are you ready to take the next step in Blackboard? This session will demonstrate the step-by-step creation of basic quizzes and surveys in Blackboard and discuss how Blackboard quizzes and surveys can help increase learning in the classroom.
Friday, Aug. 26, Scanning Articles
9:30 to 10:30 a.m. FCLD Faculty Lab (Mortensen Library) Prerequisites: General knowledge of personal computing. FCLD has a new scanner that allows faculty to scan multiple-page articles lightning-fast and convert them into PDFs for use in programs such as Blackboard. In this seminar, you will learn how to use the new scanner. In addition, we will discuss image resolution, memory and file size, different image formats and their appropriate use when scanning. Participants should bring articles ready to scan as this session includes hands-on time to try out the new scanner.
Blackboard Course Requests for Fall 2005 With the fall term fast approaching, FCLD would like to remind Blackboard instructors to please submit their fall Blackboard course requests using the Online Course Request Form. The form can be found at the FCLD website: Blackboard Course Request .
Automatic enrollments for fall Blackboard courses will begin on Wednesday, Aug. 17. If you do not want your students to be able to access your course materials yet, you can elect to make the course unavailable to them. Please contact the FCLD if you require assistance with this process. NOTE: You will need to remember to make the course available once you are ready for your students to access it.
As always, please do not hesitate to contact FCLD staff if you have a question or if you require assistance, 768.4661 or fcld@hartford.edu.
