At Palomar , every course has a Blackboard shell ready for its instructor to adopt and use. In case you don't know, Blackboard is a web-based course management software application originally designed for distance education. These days, more and more teachers of the brick-and-mortar classrooms use Blackboard and the like to deliver content, assess students, and keep a grade book. To see the extent Palomar instructors use Blackboard, click here to browse the Blackboard course catalog.
If you are already an avid user of Blackboard, you may be delighted to learn that several web 2.0 interactive, learner-centered features have been added to Blackboard thanks to Wimba Voice tools and other tools to manage and configure podcasts, wikis, and blogs within Blackboard.
If you are new to Blackboard, Academic Technology has developed a set of screencasts that explain how to perform the most frequently required tasks in Blackboard. Click here for a list of the videos and other PDF handouts as well.
If you prefer face-to-face workshops on using Blackboard, save the date of Jan. 15. That Thursday at 3 p.m., a session of Blackboard Essentials will be held in P-32 and another, simultaneous one on Using the Blackboard Grade Center will take place in LL-104. Each session will run for two hours.
New in spring will be four "Technology Fridays" hosted by Academic Technology - two in February and two in March. The one on February 27 will exclusively pursue the topic of Blackboard tools and best practices for brick-and-mortar instructors. Each "Technology Friday" will last six hours, including an hour for free lunch. If you are interested, you should sign up early next term since seating is limited to 15. For more details about "Technology Fridays" for spring, click here.
If you think our dept. should make arrangements for Blackboard training workshops, please let me know.
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