Blackboard
BLACKBOARD Access it at http://blackboard.usfca.edu
1) Create your account, providing first & last name, your email address, login name,
password. Click Submit button at bottom of page. Record name & password. 2) Click on Courses button. Click on Your School or Browse Course Catalog.
3) Click on Course Title.
4) Click on Announcements, Course Documents, Faculty Information. Take Quiz.
5) Become familiar with the site. Bring questions to class.
6) Center for Instructional Technology [basement of School of Education] provides
free classes on BLACKBOARD.
Or access it at Blackboard
Student Login21.doc
ADVANTAGES OF BLACKBOARD
. Students can participate at their
convenience—any time, any place.
. Shy, quiet students can think first, without rushing or competing to say something.
. Students can check statements for spelling or grammar before posting it.
. Students relate new ideas to past research and experience—and apply it to their lives.
. Students show their talents—and stretch themselves to learn in new ways.
. Students get more individual feedback on their progress.
. Typing thoughts into the computer helps organize insights, reinforces learning.
. Sharing ideas and responding sharpens thinking and deepens understanding.
. It bypasses distractions like seating arrangements, volume of voices, gender bias.
. Some students learn best by seeing, other by hearing, others by doing.
. Students can add graphics, links to other relevant websites, music, voice.
. Students can review texts, handouts, java apples, audio clips, discussions at their own pace.
. Students can work in groups without being in the same place at the same time.
. Reading other student’s input triggers new ideas, associations, memories, creativity.
. “Threading” replies enables students to build on one another’s input and experience.
. Students in groups are readier to disagree with one another and the instructor.
. Discussion groups encourage more frequent participation, further research.
. Instructors can build on email and discussion group ideas and questions during class time.
. Communication builds community; working together can form friendship.
http://www.edtech.neu.edu/blackboard/resources/Participation_guidelines.doc