Training for Faculty & Staff

This course is for instructors who are developing an online, distance course on the Blackboard Course Management System. During this 12-week class, participants meet two hours per week and develop their online course outside class time. Lecture, discussion, reading, and learning activities form the core instruction. Participants will utilize the Blackboard system, obtain a strong understanding of asynchronous pedagogy/andragogy, and experience how students take an online course. The outcome of the workshop will be a fully developed online course on Blackboard.

Teaching and Learning Certificate Category: 1 Pedagogy, 1 Classroom Management, and 1 Technology (3 hours in each category)

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The Blackboard Basics Training series consists of seven modules. To earn a mastery badge for each module, you will need to review the course material provided, complete the Proficiency Assessment receiving a score of 10 or higher, and demonstrate understanding by completing the homework tasks assigned and reviewed by an Instructional Designer. After the completion of all seven modules, you will earn a Blackboard Basics Training Completion Certificate from the Distance and Online Learning office and Center for Professional Excellence credit hours towards a CPE certificate.

In this training you will learn how to use YuJa for pre-recorded video lecture materials. YuJa Video Platform is a lecture capture or screen recording software that allows you to record your slideshows, screen, or face and voice. It can be used to pre-record the course content to put online. YuJa is an “asynchronous” tool, meaning you will record the lecture content ahead of time, edit it if need be, and put it in Blackboard for your students to watch.

In the training you will learn how to use VoiceThread for lectures, discussions, or assignments. VoiceThread is an interactive collaboration and sharing tool that enables users to add images, documents, and videos, and to which other users can add voice, text, audio file, or video comments.