Introductory Blackboard Training Workshop Jan. 27

20 January, 2004 — The Office of Distance Education is offering the first Introductory Blackboard Training Workshop of the semester for faculty, staff, and administrators on Thursday, January 27, 2005, 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. (CST) This workshop is intended to familiarize you with the Blackboard e-learning software platform that delivers a powerful, user-friendly environment for online or supplemental online teaching and learning.

Goals of this workshop include:

• Providing an overview of online learning policies such as copyright and instructional design, as well as online student characteristics
• Familiarization with the navigation and basic course design in Blackboard
• Practice adding documents such as PowerPoints and Word files to your course through multiple methods, including use of the new Assignment Management System
• Use of the new WYSIWYG Text Editor Toolbar that allows instructors & students to copy/paste content into Bb without losing any formatting, or having to know HTML
• Learning basic content manipulation through course and content copy features

There is no fee for this workshop, and it is open to faculty, staff, and administrators who may be interested in using the Blackboard platform, who need a refresher with any of the topics described above, or who would like to learn about the many valuable features available in Blackboard.

The workshop will be held on Thursday, January 27, 2005 from 1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Further information about this workshop will be provided upon registration. To register for this workshop, please reply to this email(srestaur@jsu.edu) with "Enroll in Introductory Bb Workshop", and include at least your first and last name in the body of your email.

Please submit your request no later than Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005 at noon. You will receive a confirmation email that you have been enrolled into the workshop prior to the day of the training.

If you have any questions or need further information on workshops provided, please refer to the Blackboard Workshop for Instructors webpage at: distance.jsu.edu/DLBbWorkshops.htm or you may contact Sherri Restauri, Office of Distance Education at 256-782-8064 directly.

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