Introduction to Blackboard at HPU

Introduction to Blackboard at HPU

1. What is Blackboard? Interactive & Engaging Learn anywhere at anytime Make course materials available online

2. Blackboard at High Point University There are 5 ways to get to Blackboard: My.highpoint.edu Mycourses.highpoint.edu Courses.highpoint.edu Blackboard.highpoint.edu Highpoint.edu

3. How to Get Help Submit a ticket: helpdesk.highpoint.edu Email: [email protected] Phone: [phone] Walk in: Norcross Graduate School Hours: Monday-Friday: 7:30am-7:00pm Saturday: 7:30am-4:00pm

4. Types of Courses Sandbox Course Development Course Semester Course Private space to experiment in No students enrolled Available now Begin work on future semester courses Available upon request Must course copy content to semester course Blank course shell Live course with students Available: Instructor 60 days before first class Students 2 weeks prior to first class

5. Locating Courses My Courses Module Course List The My Courses module and the Courses List tab contain a list of the courses you are enrolled in.

6. Homepage/ Module Page Available from course menu Display dynamic information Use to: Quickly navigate to course areas Customize and personalize the student experience

7. When Edit Mode is On Instructors only Add content Edit course menu

8. When Edit Mode is Off Instructors can navigate Cannot change course content Similar to what students see

9. Enter Student Preview Mode Click " eye" symbol to enter Student Preview Mode See your course exactly how a student would see it

10. Exit Student Preview Mode Click on Exit Preview Select the first option to maintain your courses content Click continue.

11. Default Course Structure Menu links that are included in a default course Contains links to all key content areas

12. Organizing & Editing Course Menu

13. Course Management Menu Found under Course Menu Create Engaging Content Enhance Course Appearance Students cannot see this menu

14. Control Panel Files - A central file storage area within each course Course Tools - All available tools that can be added to a Course Evaluation - Run course reports Grade Center - Manage students' grades, create columns, and calculate final grades Users and Groups - Set up Groups and view a list of users in the course Customization - View and change the properties for the course Packages and Utilities - Copy, import, export, and archive the course Help - Access Blackboard Help, as well as the OIT helpdesk information

15. Teaching Style Options Control the: Appearance Theme C ourse menu style C ourse entry point B anner image for a course

16. Summary In this training we covered: Locating and getting help with Blackboard Differences between instructor and student view How a default course shell will appear Where to find teaching styles and apply them into your course

17. Are there any questions?

18. Take Our Evaluation Survey In your sandbox course you will see a link called Survey Click on this link to fill out our course evaluation survey

19. How to Get Help Submit a ticket: helpdesk.highpoint.edu Email: [email protected] Phone: [phone] Walk in: Norcross Graduate School Hours: Monday-Friday: 7:30am-7:00pm Saturday: 7:30am-4:00pm