Teaching Strategies Using Blackboard

Announcement:

Keep in touch with students: Things they should be doing, important updates, news or events.

Course Information:

Include important course information like the syllabus, schedule, grading criteria and course goals.

Staff Information:

Included instructor contact information, guest speaker biographies, etc.

Course Documents:

Make related handouts, PowerPoint slides, Movie Files accessible online, anytime.

Assignments:

Survey students for opinions / check emotional climate or attitudes.
Use self-tests or quizzes on course materials.
Include written instructions for assignments due.

Communication:

Email within the class - Could be used for the "Muddiest Point" exercise, in which students email the instructor a statement of their "muddiest point", or the part they didn't really understand, from their readings, presentations, etc. the day before the class meets. The instructor then jumps right into the areas of the topic the students are having the most trouble with.
Put office hours or review sessions online.

Include a roster - Lists students and links to the "student web page" within Blackboard - Could use this as an assignment to have students introduce themselves to the class and to get them using Blackboard. Also, student pages could be used as a way to create a web page on a particular topic, with links, text and even an image relating to that topic.

Discussion Board - Instructor poses a question or topic for the students to reflect and respond to, giving an opportunity for sharing attitudes, providing feedback, or peer review.

Group Pages - Shared space within the course web site for sharing files, email, discussion board and chat amongst the group members.

External Links:

Link to topics of interest on the Internet

Tools:

Grades

Online Blackboard Manual

Calendar - could be used to notate course or campus events

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