Options for Creating Assessment Questions
Posted on April 25, 2007
Filed Under Assessments
Many instructors are not aware of the options available to them when creating assessment questions, because these options are not immediately apparent when working with Blackboard. In this podcast episode, we introduce the options available under Creation Settings, including feedback for individual answers, adding images, files and links to assessments, and assigning keywords to questions. We show you how to turn on these options and share ideas about how you might use them.
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Creating and managing Blackboard Groups
Posted on April 10, 2007
Filed Under Collaboration, Communication
Many instructors encourage their students to share ideas or work together on projects. Blackboard has several features that support student collaboration. We have talked about some of these features - discussion boards, blogs, and wikis - in previous podcast episodes. This week we introduce Blackboard’s Group Manager. The Group Manager supports collaboration by allowing you to divide your class into smaller groups, each with its own discussion board, file exchange, chat room, and email. In the podcast episode, we share some ideas for ways of using Blackboard Groups, including study groups, peer review activities, and group projects. The accompanying document provides step-by-step instructions for creating, managing, and accessing Blackboard Groups. The links to additional resources include tips for creating successful group assignments and examples of online group work.
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Introduction to Blackboard Communication Tools - May 4, 2007
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Teaching with Blackboard
Professor Karen Greenberg created this Blackboard community for Hunter faculty interested in learning about strategies for developing and teaching online courses (particularly those in which students are required to do some writing). It contains examples of group work on Blackboard and a wealth of other information about teaching and learning with Blackboard. You can request to join the community by emailing Professor Greenberg at kgreenbe@hunter.cuny.edu.Collaborative Learning: Group Work and Study Teams
This web page has tips for designing, organizing, and evaluating group work and for setting up study teams. Excerpt from the book Tools for Teaching.Enhancing Experiences of Group Work
A resource kit to help instructors manage and motivate student groups, from the University of Technology, Sydney. Contains information about designing group assignments, preparing students for group work, forming effective groups, monitoring and assessing groups, and more.Facilitating Group Work
Links to several other sites with information about effective group work.Making Group Work Count
One instructor’s experience grading group work based on student self-assessments.Assessing Group Work
Five models for assessing group work.
Have an idea for a Blackboard tip? Email us at training@hunter.cuny.edu.
Assessing Students’ Contributions to Discussion Boards
Posted on April 3, 2007
Filed Under Collaboration, Communication, Discussion board
In our last two podcast episodes, we focused on encouraging discussion board participation and managing discussion board posts. When you integrate discussion boards in your class, you might also want to make participation part of students’ grades. In this third and last podcast episode on discussion boards, we discuss different ways to assess students’ contributions to discussion boards and present a sample rubric for assessing the quality of students’ posts. We also offer some tips about Blackboard features that can facilitate discussion board assessment.
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If you Build It, They will come: Building Learning Communities through Threaded Discussions
Article published in the Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration. Contains an assessment rubric and three examples of students’ posts graded using the rubric.
Sample Evaluation Rubrics
This handout, prepared by Middle Tennessee State University, contains 6 examples starting on page 5.
Evaluating Students’ Participation in Online Discussions
This paper examines some theories related to encouraging online participation and reviews a range of qualitative and quantitative methods for assessing students’ participation.Understanding Rubrics
This web page explains what a rubric is and provides guidelines for designing rubrics.
Have an idea for a Blackboard tip? Email us at training@hunter.cuny.edu.
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