Emixa Mendix Meetup 11 April 2024 about Mendix Native development
Introduction to Blackboard at HPU
1. What is Blackboard?
• Interactive & Engaging
• Learn anywhere at anytime
• Make course materials available
online
2. Blackboard at High Point University
• There are 5 ways to get to Blackboard:
1. My.highpoint.edu
2. Mycourses.highpoint.edu
3. Courses.highpoint.edu
4. Blackboard.highpoint.edu
5. Highpoint.edu
3. How to Get Help
• Submit a ticket: helpdesk.highpoint.edu
• Email: helpdesk@highpoint.edu
• Phone: 336-841-4357
• Walk in: Norcross Graduate School
– Hours:
• Monday-Friday: 7:30am-7:00pm
• Saturday: 7:30am-4:00pm
4. Types of Courses
Sandbox Course Development Course Semester Course
• Private space to
experiment in
• No students enrolled
• Available now
• Begin work on future
semester courses
• Available upon request
• Must course copy
content to semester
course
• Blank course shell
• Live course with
students
• Available:
• Instructor 60 days
before first class
• Students 2 weeks
prior to first class
5. Locating Courses
My Courses Module Course List
The My Courses module and the Courses List tab contain a list of
the courses you are enrolled in.
6. Homepage/ Module Page
• Available from course
menu
• Display dynamic
information
• Use to:
– Quickly navigate to course
areas
– Customize and personalize
the student experience
7. When Edit Mode is On
• Instructors only
• Add content
• Edit course menu
8. When Edit Mode is Off
• Instructors can navigate
• Cannot change course
content
• Similar to what students see
9. Enter Student Preview Mode
• Click "eye" symbol to enter Student
Preview Mode
• See your course exactly how a student
would see it
10. Exit Student Preview Mode
• Click on Exit Preview
• Select the first option to
maintain your courses
content
• Click continue.
11. Default Course Structure
• Menu links that are included in
a default course
• Contains links to all key content
areas
13. Course Management Menu
• Found under Course Menu
• Create Engaging Content
• Enhance Course Appearance
Students cannot see this menu
14. Control Panel
• Files- A central file storage area within each course
• Course Tools- All available tools that can be added to a Course
• Evaluation- Run course reports
• Grade Center- Manage students' grades, create columns, and
calculate final grades
• Users and Groups- Set up Groups and view a list of users in the
course
• Customization- View and change the properties for the course
• Packages and Utilities- Copy, import, export, and archive the course
• Help- Access Blackboard Help, as well as the OIT helpdesk
information
15. Teaching Style Options
• Control the:
– Appearance
– Theme
– Course menu style
– Course entry point
– Banner image for a
course
16. Summary
In this training we covered:
• Locating and getting help with Blackboard
• Differences between instructor and student
view
• How a default course shell will appear
• Where to find teaching styles and apply them
into your course
18. Take Our Evaluation Survey
• In your sandbox course you
will see a link called Survey
• Click on this link to fill out
our course evaluation
survey
19. How to Get Help
• Submit a ticket: helpdesk.highpoint.edu
• Email: helpdesk@highpoint.edu
• Phone: 336-841-4357
• Walk in: Norcross Graduate School
– Hours:
• Monday-Friday: 7:30am-7:00pm
• Saturday: 7:30am-4:00pm
Editor's Notes
Enhance learning with interactive and engaging features
Course materials are available 24/7 allowing students to learn anywhere at anytime
Post syllabi and other course documents, create announcements and task to keep your students up-to-date, build online assessments, share multi-media information, and much more
Notice that you have a sandbox course already created for you.
Locate your sandbox course and click to open it
Courses default Home Page available from course menu
You see that the Home Page (or module page) contains modules that display dynamic information such as grades, alerts, and announcements
Use the modules to
Quickly navigate to course areas
Customize and personalize the student experience
Can Add, delete, and rearrange modules
Make sure that instructor level functions appear
Available functions include:
Build Content
Appearance of Contextual Menus
The box seen below will appear. (We recommend selecting the first option, to maintain your courses content despite if you have made any accidental alterations.)
Go over each link
Content and Information look the same
Tools- quick tool guide for students
Help- blackboard help for students
Add content by clicking on the + in the top left hand corner. You can add thinks like new content areas (content and information are examples of this). You can also add tool links (discussion boards,) or web links (links to an outside website)
Use the drop down arrow to:
Rename a link
Delete items
Go ahead and have them rename Information to Info and click the green check box
Provides tools to create, manage, and enhance your courses
Next we’re going to look at some of the course management menu options. Don’t forget to test some of these features in your sandbox course.
Part of the course management menu is the control pane. This is what is used to make the content engaging or enhance the course appearance.
This will make your course more aesthetically appealing.
Go ahead and look at some of the teaching style options that are available to you. Note that you can see a sample course menu and examples of how each one can be used.
If you choose to add one of these to your course, it will change the look and there is no way to go back to a blank course shell without deleting everything from the course menu.