Here are some resources I have put together to help you in your online teaching for the rest of the semester.

 

 

 

 

• Blackboard
• • Goals and Issues
  • • Simplify delivery of course materials to students
    • Positives
    • • Students already know BlackBoard
      • Classes are pre-populated with student names and info
    • Negatives
    • • Closed Platform
      • No cross institution use for adjuncts
  • Basic outline
  • • Content areas functions as menu
    • Workspace- here is where your content lives
    • Course management controls- go over a few like customization
  • Cleaning up the interface
  • • Removing content menu items and modules
  • Adding Content
  • • Add content areas, decide how to structure course- assignment based or time based- with week by week divisions
    • After adding a content area, add things inside that heading or folder
    • • Adding content- new Item and page allow for most flexibility
    • Syllabus
    • Assignments
    • Embedding calendars or video from YouTube or Vimeo
  • Resources
• Dropbox and OneDrive
• • OneDrive- included with GMU office suite
  • • Sharing link for upload
    • Annotation of files
    • Problems-
    • • upload links don’t work well on phones
      • Files need to be renamed
      • Annotation interface not very good
  • Dropbox-requires your own account
  • • Free account may not be enough space
    • Students don’t need account to upload files
• Screencasting
• • Mac
  • • Quicktime
    • • Free
      • Build it
      • Limited features
    • ScreenFLow
    • • Cost
      • Lots of features
      • • Built in editor
  • Windows ?
• Wiki
• • Shared Resource
  • Editable by everyone
  • Can use for student work
  • Interest?
• Assignment Ideas
• • Conceptual
  • Simple Materials