Blackboard : Community Building (Discussion Boards, Blogs, Journals, Wikis)

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This workshop will focus on instructors who are interested in fostering discussion with and

among students on Blackboard

Community

Overview of Tools

Discussion BoardForum set up

Points to cover on syllabusFacilitating discussion tips

Creative keyboardingRubrics

Blogs, Journals, and Wikis

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Outline Basics

Overview

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Community

Overview

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Community

Overview

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Community

Overview

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Community

Discussion Board

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Community

Forum Setup

Discussion Board

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Community

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Discussion Board

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Community

Points to cover on yourSyllabus

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Discussion Board

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Community

Points to cover on yourSyllabus

Percentage of gradeFrequency and length of postings/replies

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Discussion Board

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Community

Points to cover on yourSyllabus

Percentage of gradeFrequency and length of postings/repliesSet limits on your availability and role

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Discussion Board

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Community

Points to cover on yourSyllabus

Percentage of gradeFrequency and length of postings/repliesSet limits on your availability and roleCriteria for grading

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Discussion Board

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Community

Facilitating discussion tips

“Black hole experience”

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Discussion Board

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Community

Facilitating discussion tips

“Black hole experience”Quiet spells

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Discussion Board

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Community

Discussion Board

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Community

Creative Keyboarding

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Discussion Board

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Community

Creative Keyboarding

EmphasisTrailers

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Discussion Board

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Community

Creative Keyboarding

EmphasisTrailersAcronyms

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Discussion Board

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Community

Rubrics

Acronyms

via iRubric

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Blogs, Journals, & Wikis

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Basics

First create, then link as a Contentor Navigation item

Students prefer Blogs, Journals and Wikis to Discussion Boards

Blogs

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Community

Entries can be saved as draftsand posted later

Blogs

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Community

Entries and grades are separate to each student

Individual to all students

All student entries are listed together when entering the blog, and all students get that same grade

Course

designates ungraded entries

Blogs

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Community

than the Discussion Board, and they’re chronological

Blogs are less structured

Entries can be saved as draftsand posted later

Journals

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Community

Private, unless set to“Permit course users to view journal”

Entries that have not been viewed by the Instructor have a icon by them

Wikis

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Community

When a student is updating a wiki page, the rest of the students are locked out of it until it is released