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What is Blackboard ?
www.pharmacy.ac.uk
blackboard.pharmacy.ac.uk
- It is our course web site -
Others: WebCt – Moodle - Sakai
Blackboard is a (VLE) program that controls part of the SoP web site
What can we do with Blackboard ?
http://blackboard.pharmacy.ac.uk
Send messages
Timetables
Aims and objectives
Policy documents
Official forms
Course notes
Tutorials
Animations
Podcasts – audio files
Video files
Email users
Quizes and tests
Surveys
Work submission
Have discussions
What makes Blackboard special ?
• The user logs on – Blackboard knows who they are.
• File organisation is appropriate to the user• Communication can be facilitated• Loading of files is simplified
All of Blackboard
Site
Blackboard Course
FilesEmail
Students
Instructors
Announcements
• Files and users are grouped into ‘courses’ – organisation. • Loading files is made simple – ease of use.
What does it look like ?
What does a course look like ?
http://blackboard.pharmacy.ac.uk
Title
Text
Link
Text linesMore text
Link
The browser and the world wide web
http://blackboard.pharmacy.ac.uk
IE 6,7 – Firefox - Netscape - Opera - Safari
User -- > Browser < -- > window < -- > WWW
www.website.comTitle
Text
Link
Text linesMore text
Link
Title
Text
Link
Text linesMore text
Link
Title
Text
Link
Text lines
Title
Text
Link
Text lines
<h1>Title</h1>
<p>Lines of text</p>
<a http:www.website.com>Link</a>
<img picture >
How does the web work with Blackboard ?
Browser can only interpret HTML text files and images - gif, jpeg, png.
• Browser (IE) controls all interactions • Requests the file.• Interprets the file and makes up the page
- Text + Images - Links (more file requests).
* Calls local program for other types: .pdf, .doc, .ppt, .swf….. *
Server gets request --- delivers file to browser
• Server = blackboard.pharmacy.ac.uk - has a store of files
HTTP
Getting documents: What does the browser do ?
Sends the file
HTML
Server finds fileUser clicks Link = web page Address
Browser displays page
BB: Interpret link -> Request file -> Receive file -> Then what ??
Decide
.htm
.txt.doc.rtf .ppt.pdf .wpd
NormalDisplay
OpenWord
OpenPowerpoint
UseAcrobat
? Don’t Know? Save
.swf
FlashPlayer
Use the mouse to save the file directly
Saving files from blackboard
.rtf = a wordprocessor file type that is application independent can contain text, images, tables, formatting
Rich text files
To make:Write the document as normal in any word processorUse: File->Save As: (rtf)
Advantages:• Can be opened or saved with any wordprocessor or version.• Cannot contain virus code.• Files are ASCII text – easier management and editing.
The ending rtf is added automatically
Using computers is all about files
Text Document:.txt, .doc, .rtf, .wpd
Special:.zip, .pdf, .exe, .dll, .ini, .eps
Bit map:.gif, .jpg, .png, .cpx, .bmp
Vector:.drw, ai, .cgm .wmf, .tiff
Web:htm, .asp, .php, .swf, .css, . js, .vbs
Other Media:.cpa, wav, .wmf, .mp3, .mp4
Graphic and Image:
Application:.ppt, .xls, qpw, .odt,
Knowing about your files
Ext
Title
View Details
e-Learning -- What it is
• Management Function– Course enrolment
• Communication – Announcements Email
• General Information– Aims, Sylabus
• Teaching Material – Notes, PowerPoint
• Assessment– Tests, Essay submission
• Structured
• Guided
• Interactive
• Discussions
• Standalone
Electronic support for conventional teaching
Electronic teaching
Blackboard HTML, FlashPowerPoint
Login to Blackboard:
http://blackboard.pharmacy.ac.uk
http://www.pharmacy.ac.uk