Welcome Back
Posted on February 7, 2008
Filed Under Course management, Course site design
In this podcast episode, we remind you about a few things you can do in Blackboard to facilitate a smooth start to the semester. We also let you know about some new tools that are available in Blackboard.
Previous episodes that you might find helpful include:
- Starting the Semester Smoothly
- Warming up Your Course Site
- Customizing the Navigation Menu
- Removing Unused Tools
- Using Blogs and Wikis
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Warming up Your Course Site
Posted on August 29, 2007
Filed Under Course site design
Welcome back to fall semester at Hunter College. The first podcast of the season focuses on a few ways that you can alter your Blackboard course site template to make your Blackboard course or community feel like your space. We discuss adding a course banner, selecting typefaces, changing the course menu and managing Course Tools.
Previous Blackboard Tip of the Week podcast episodes that you might also find helpful as you start the semester include:
- Reusing materials from previous Blackboard course sites
- Adding a syllabus to your Blackboard course site
- Customizing the navigation menu in your course site
- Removing unused tools and content areas
- Start the semester smoothly
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Adding and organizing external links
Posted on February 6, 2007
Filed Under Content areas, Course site design
As instructors, we often want to recommend good web sites to our students. When you find web sites that are relevant to a course, you can create links to those sites from your Blackboard course site. External links can be added to any content area in Blackboard. In this podcast episode, we’ll discuss how to create links in Blackboard and will give you some pointers about organizing them. Next week we’ll talk about how to locate relevant content on the web. The accompanying documents contain step-by-step instructions for adding links to your course site.
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Have an idea for a Blackboard tip? Email us at training@hunter.cuny.edu.
Removing unused tools and content areas
Posted on January 26, 2007
Filed Under Course site design
Unused content areas and tools can clutter your Blackboard course site and make it more difficult for students to find the information they’re looking for. In this podcast episode, we discuss how to unclutter your course site by removing unused areas. The accompanying documents provide step-by-step instructions for using the Blackboard features discussed in the podcast.
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Managing Your Blackboard Tools
Customizing the Navigation Menu in Blackboard
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Have an idea for a Blackboard tip? Email us at training@hunter.cuny.edu.
Customizing the navigation menu in your course site
Posted on January 25, 2007
Filed Under Course site design
New course shells in Blackboard all start out with the same navigation menu. You can customize this navigation menu to make give your Blackboard course site a unique look and feel and to make it easier for students to find their way around. Things you can do to customize your course site include:
• Adding new items to the navigation menu
• Changing the order of items in the navigation menu
• Deleting items from the navigation menu
• Changing the look and feel of the navigation menu
In this podcast episode, we’ll discuss these features and give you some ideas about how to design an easy-to-use course site. The accompanying documents provide step-by-step instructions for using the features discussed in the podcast. The links to additional resources provide examples of redesigned Blackboard course sites.
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Download podcast episode (duration 4:11)
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Blackboard Course Makeover
Flash demonstration of a Blackboard course site redesign, from Regent University.
Have an idea for a Blackboard tip? Email us at training@hunter.cuny.edu.
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