Intermediate Blackboard Training Workshop July 22

July 14, 2004 — The Office of Distance Education is offering an Intermediate Blackboard Training Workshop for faculty and staff at JSU. This workshop is intended to provide you with additional skills in the Blackboard e-learning software for your online, supplemental, or workshop course, and is intended for individuals who have already completed the Introductory Blackboard Workshop or its equivalent.

Topics for this workshop include:

• Mastering advanced content addition (Learning Units, media files, offline content, html files) & item tracking
  
  
• Tool management
  
  
• Course menu modification, including adding new content areas specific to your course
  
  
• Gradebook setup, including automated and manual entry of Assignments & Tests
  
  
• Asynchronous communication/file exchange tools (Assignment Management System, Discussion Boards)

There is no fee for this workshop, and it is open to both faculty and staff who may be interested in using the Blackboard platform or who need a refresher with any of the topics described above.

The workshop will be held on Thursday, July 22, 2004 from 1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Further information about this workshop will be provided upon registration. To register for this workshop, send an email to Sherri Restauri (srestaur@jsu.edu) with a message to "Enroll in Intermediate Bb". Please submit your request no later than Tuesday, July 20 at 4:30 p.m.

If you have any questions or need further information on Blackboard workshops provided, please contact Sherri Restauri srestaur@jsu.edu or 256-782-8064.

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