Blackboard : Community Building (Discussion Boards, Blogs, Journals, Wikis)

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This workshop will focus on instructors who are interested in fostering discussion with and

among students on Blackboard

Community

Overview of Tools

Discussion BoardForum set up

Points to cover on syllabusFacilitating discussion tips

Creative keyboardingRubrics

Blogs, Journals, and Wikis


Outline Basics

Overview


Community

Discussion Board


Community

Forum Setup

Discussion Board


Community

Be Clear,Set Expectations

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Discussion Board


Community

Points to cover on yourSyllabus

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Percentage of gradeFrequency and length of postings/replies

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Percentage of gradeFrequency and length of postings/repliesSet limits on your availability and role

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Percentage of gradeFrequency and length of postings/repliesSet limits on your availability and roleCriteria for grading

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Community

Facilitating discussion tips

“Black hole experience”

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Discussion Board


Community

Facilitating discussion tips

“Black hole experience”Quiet spells

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Discussion Board


Community

Discussion Board


Community

Creative Keyboarding

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Discussion Board


Community


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Discussion Board


Community


EmphasisTrailersAcronyms

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Discussion Board


Community

Rubrics

Acronyms

via iRubric

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Blogs, Journals, & Wikis


Basics

First create, then link as a Contentor Navigation item

Students prefer Blogs, Journals and Wikis to Discussion Boards

Blogs


Community

Entries can be saved as draftsand posted later

Blogs


Community

Entries and grades are separate to each student

Individual to all students

All student entries are listed together when entering the blog, and all students get that same grade

Course

designates ungraded entries

Blogs


Community

than the Discussion Board, and they’re chronological

Blogs are less structured

Entries can be saved as draftsand posted later

Journals


Community

Private, unless set to“Permit course users to view journal”

Entries that have not been viewed by the Instructor have a icon by them

Wikis


Community

When a student is updating a wiki page, the rest of the students are locked out of it until it is released

Blackboard : Community Building (Discussion Boards, Blogs, Journals, Wikis)

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