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1. This workshop will focus on instructors who have used Blackboard before but want to take advantage of the
assessment features Blackboard has available.
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Assessments

2. Types of Assessments
Assignments
Safe Assignments
Tests/Quizzes/Surveys
Discussion Forums
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Outline

3. Assignments
Add all assignments to one
Content Area
Faculty Technology Center
Option A
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4. Assignments
Option B
Add assignments to
different Content Areas,
in close proximity to related
course content
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5. Assignments
Option C
All assignments are created
in one location, such as the
Assignments Content Area.
Course Links to assignments
are also added in other
Content Areas, folders, or
Learning Modules
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6. Safe Assignments
Faculty Technology Center
Works like regular assignments;
however, you will be able to access an
Originality Report
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7. Tests and Pools
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Create first, then deploy
Surveys function the
same as Tests, however;
no feedback or grades
are associated with
survey results

8. Tests and Pools
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Question Types

9. Tests and Pools
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Question Types

10. Tests and Pools
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Question Types

11. Discussion Board
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Forum Setup

12. Discussion Board
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Resources
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Resources
Using Discussion Boards

13. Blogs, Journals,
& Wikis
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Text
Control Panel
Customization
Teaching Style
Select Banner

14. Blogs, Journals,
& Wikis
Students prefer Blogs, Journals
and Wikis to Discussion Boards
Faculty Technology Center
First create, then link as a Content
or Navigation item
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15. Blogs
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designates
ungraded entries
Individual to all students
Entries and grades are separate to each
student
Course
All student entries are listed together when
entering the blog, and all students get that
same grade

16. Blogs
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Entries can be
saved as drafts
and posted later
Blogs are less structured
than the Discussion Board, and they’re
chronological

17. Journals
Faculty Technology Center
Entries that have not
been viewed by the
Instructor have a
icon by them
Private, unless set to
“Permit course users to view journal”
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18. Wikis
Faculty Technology Center
When a student is updating a wiki
page, the rest of the students are
locked out of it until it is released
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