Download - Blackboard 9 Build Workshop for LLC
Bb9 Build Workshop
Languages, Linguistics and Cultures
House keeping
• Toilets• Fire• Structure and timings of session– 90 minutes presentation and hands-on– 30 minutes additional support time
Build Workshop
• Portals & Playgrounds• The Bb9 Interface• New Features & Content• The Standard Course Structure (SCS)• Self help options
Portals
• Accessing Bb9 courses through the Portal
Accessing Bb9 courses through the Portal
• The Staff Portal is the entrance way into Bb9
• Access it from www.manchester.ac.uk/portal
• Click ‘Teaching and Research’ tab
• In the ‘My Courses’ portlet, you will see all your courses: Blackboard Vista 8 and/or Bb9: Current, Future and Ended Courses
Little person icon= Blackboard Vista 8 course
Bb9 icon = Bb9 course
(Option to add ‘My Organisations’ portlet)
The Bb9 Interface
• The Blackboard Tab– My Places, Help, Organisations
• Edit mode - replaces Build/Teach/Student tabs• Modules on the Home Page• Course Menu• ACTIVITY 1: EXPLORING THE INTERFACE
Exploring the Blackboard tab
Using ‘My Places’
About Edit Mode
Exploring the Home Page
The Course Environment
The Course Menu
Course Menu Views
Building Content
• Create an Announcement• Adding a Content Area• Add an Item
New Features & Content
• Building content• The Content Collection• External Content• Further Tools• Learning modules• Linking & Organising
Building Content
• Announcements• Content Area• Items
ACTIVITY 2: Create an Announcement
Create an Announcement (2)
ACTIVITY 3: Adding a Content Area
ACTIVITY 4: Adding Items to a Content Area
Adding Items to a Content Area (2)
Adding Items to a Content Area (3)
The Content Collection
• File Manager is now Content Collection• Drag and Drop Files into Content Collection• File management, adding subfolders• Adding an Item with a File Attachment
ACTIVITY 5: Drag and drop practice files into Content Collection
ACTIVITY 6: Adding an Item with a file attachment
External Content
• Mashups • Links
ACTIVITY 7: Adding a Mashup
ACTIVITY 7: Adding a Mashup (2)
ACTIVITY 7: Adding a Mashup (3)
ACTIVITY 8: Adding Links
Links for LLC staff
• Locate course unit descriptions so that they can insert these into BB9 sites, see:
• http://courses.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/#llc
• Insert a copy of the relevant feedback form for your unit too, so that students can see the criteria against which their work is being assessed. See:
• http://www.llc.manchester.ac.uk/intranet/staff/policies/teaching/Feedback/
Further Tools
• Email• Adding Contacts
ACTIVITY 9: Adding a Contact
Add a Contact (2)
1. Expand Tools area on the Control Panel2. Click the Contacts link3. Enter contact information4. Upload a picture5. Click Submit6. Check from the student view
Learning modules
• Learning modules can be used in Bb9• Are useful for sequencing learning• See: How to Create a Learning Module pdf
Organizing the Course Menu Links Add Subheaders and Dividers
Linking & Organising
• Linking to Tools from within the content area• Changing the landing page• Re-organising the course menu via drag and
drop
ACTIVITY 10: Add a link to a Course Tool
ACTIVITY 10: Add a link to a Course Tool (2)
ACTIVITY 10: Add a link to a Course Tool (3)
Activity 11: Changing a Landing Page
ACTIVITY 12: Changing the Order of Items
Self help Options
• Knowledge Base / Help Button• www.manchester.ac.uk/servicedesk – type ‘Bb9’ into the search field to get a full list of
resources.• On-Demand Learning Center
ondemand.blackboard.com • Ask Dr. C discussions.blackboard.com • Blackboard Connections
connections.blackboard.com/pages/home
eLearning Support
• Drop ins– Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12-1pm in Room C1.44,
Ellen Wilkinson• School drop ins– www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/tandl/elearnin
g/bb9/• [email protected]