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Faculty Quick Start

Blackboard's web site:  http://online.letu.edu
Blackboard Tutorials and Documentation:  http://online.letu.edu (under Faculty Resources)
Blackboard FAQs:  http://www.letu.edu/itfaqs
LeTourneau online e-mail:  http://mail.letu.edu
E-mail address for Blackboard help:  blackboard@letu.edu
E-mail address for training and/or consulting:  its@letu.edu
E-mail address for other technical issues (e-mail, network):  techsupport@letu.edu


After logging into Blackboard, you?ll see two tabs across the top:

1)  My Blackboard tab:
  • Use the Personal Information link to change your Blackboard password (this does NOT also change your network password)
  • Use the Pencil icon at top right of My Courses section to indicate which of your courses should appear in your course listing
  • Click a course title in My Courses section to access a course site

2)  Courses tab:
  • Lists all Blackboard course sites that you are associated with


Inside a Blackboard course site, you?ll see course menu items listed along the left side of the screen.  Typical Blackboard course menu items are as follows:

  • Announcements - Notices to class members about deadlines, upcoming events, etc.
  • Course Information Information about the course, such as the course description, objectives, grading policies, and the course schedule
  • Staff Information - Information about the instructor and teaching assistants, including photographs and personal links
  • Course Documents - Course-related reading material, such as PowerPoint presentations, handouts, and past sample reports
  • Assignments - Descriptions of homework and other assignments; includes online quizzes and surveys
  • Communication - Send e-mail, discussion board, virtual classroom for chatting, class roster (and access to student pages), group pages
  • Tools - Student access to the digital dropbox for submitting assignments, edit student home pages, edit personal information, course calendar and tasks, check grades, student manual, electronic blackboard
  • <Additional Buttons> - Instructors have the option of customizing their course menus, so your course may have additional buttons for groups, projects, etc.
  • Control Panel - Instructor tools for creating and managing course sites (only instructors have this button available)
 
 
To start using Blackboard immediately in your course, follow one or more of the suggestions below:
 
  • Enroll Students .  If you teach evening courses for working adults, you MUST ADD YOUR STUDENTS to your course site (click Control Panel, then click Enroll User); this MUST be done before your students can access your course.  If you teach traditional undergraduate courses or online courses, your students are automatically added to your course sites.
 
  • E-mail.  Send e-mails to your students (click Communication, then click Send E-mail).
 
  • Online Discussions.  Create a Discussion Board forum for online discussions (click Communication, then click Discussion Board, then click Add Forum).
 
  • Post Materials.  Upload your syllabus, handouts, or other course material (click Control Panel, then click the content area where you want to add material)
 
  • Gradebook.  Add items and grades to your online gradebook to provide feedback to your students (click Control Panel, then click Gradebook); they'll check their grades by clicking Tools, then View Grades
 
 
Additional suggestions for using Blackboard to supplement your classroom teaching are described below.  Be sure to look through the tutorials and documentation section of the Faculty Resources link at http://online.letu.edu  for more information.
  
Suggestions for posting within Announcements :
  • Reminders of upcoming deadlines
  • Notices of absences or changes in schedule
 
MAKE SURE your students are aware that you will be posting announcements in Blackboard, and that they should check Blackboard each week
 
Suggestions for posting within Course Information :
  • Your syllabus
  • Your class schedule
  • Your grading criteria
 
Suggestions for posting within Staff Information :
  • Your contact information
  • Your picture (or one of your family)
  • Your testimony
  • Your philosophy of education
 
Suggestions for posting within Course Documents :
  • PowerPoint presentations
  • Examples of excellent projects and papers
  • Copies of handouts
 
Suggestions for posting within Assignments :
  • Descriptions of assignments
  • Assignments linked to the online gradebook
  • Online quizzes
 
Suggestions for Discussion Board topics:
  • Prayer requests/personal comments
  • Weekly topical discussion question probing what students think and why
  • Summaries of relevant current event articles
  • Student project results (students could post a message summarizing their project, and attach a PowerPoint presentation to the message)
 
MAKE SURE you require participation in your discussion board and assign a grade to student participation to maximize its effectiveness!
 
Suggestions for Collaboration sessions:
  • Review before exam
  • Assign students a topic to chat about with 3 or 4 others online
 
Suggestions for course management :
  • Create Group Pages for your learning teams
  • Use Send E-mail to communicate with your students
  • Use the Online Gradebook to provide prompt feedback to your students
 
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