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Blackboard Learn 9.1
© 2013 Blackboard Inc. All rights reserved.
Workshop Overview1
Workshop Roadmap
• Workshop Overview
• The Student Experience
• Planning Your Content
• Creating Web-Friendly Content
• Building Learning Modules
• Creating a Glossary
This workshop contains six sections:
1 Workshop Overview
Student Experience2
Learning Outcomes
• Access a learning module as a student
• View content in a learning module
• View a glossary
2 Student Experience
Hands-on Activity
• Use the Student Course to complete the hands-on activity at the end of the Student Experience section.
2 Student Experience
Planning Content3
Learning Outcomes
• Write a course goal
• Write a course objective
• Analyze your audience
• Evaluate your materials and resources for online use
• Create a storyboard for your course
• Create a learning module
3 Planning Content
Identifying Course Goals and Objectives
3 Planning Content
Clearly defined course goals and objectives are critical to an online course.
Course Goals – General statement about learning outcomes
Course Objectives – Statement about learner behavior
Identifying Course Goals and Objectives
3 Planning Content
SMART
Specific – Define your goal and methods clearly.
Measurable – Define your objectives numerically.
Achievable – Your objectives must be realistic and attainable with the available resources.
Relevant – Your objectives must address the stated need.
Timely – State the start and finish for your objectives.
Considering the Audience
3 Planning Content
• Average age of student
• Educational background
• Types of computers and Internet
connections
• English as second language
• Assistive technology used
Hands-on Activity
• Use your Practice Course to complete the hands-on activity in the Planning Content section.
3 Planning Content
Gathering Materials
3 Planning Content
Are materials web-ready or easily modified?
• Lectures in HTML format
• Lectures in Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentations
• Digital file images
• Permission to distribute them online
Organizing Content
3 Planning Content
Create a storyboard:
• An overview of each page’s content
• Linear or hierarchical flow of subject matter
• Steps students will take to learn the material
• Tools and methods connected with each objective
Organizing Content
3 Planning Content
Example 1: Chronological Storyboard
Organizing Content
3 Planning Content
Example 2: Subject Area Storyboard
Organizing Content
3 Planning Content
Example 3: Content Type Storyboard
Mapping Your Content into Blackboard Learn
3 Planning Content
Learning Modules are similar to Content Areas.
Here is an example of a Learning Module used in a course about British poets.
Hands-on Activity
• Use your Practice Course to complete the hands-on activity at the end of the Planning Content section.
3 Planning Content
Creating Web-Friendly Content4
Learning Outcomes
• Explain the meaning of accessibility
• Create more accessible pages
• Design web-friendly pages that make effective use of text, typography, layout, color, and graphics
4 Creating Web-Friendly Content
Effective Web Page Design
4 Creating Web-Friendly Content
Well designed web pages can help achieve the following:
• Ease of learning
• Efficiency of use
• Subjective Satisfaction
• Accessibility
Effective Web Page Design
4 Creating Web-Friendly Content
There are five common elements in well-designed web pages:
• Text written for the web
• Simple typography
• Simple, straightforward layout
• Well-chosen color scheme
• Graphics that are worth a 1000 words
Effective Web Page Design
Text Written for the Web
• Brief sentences, written conversationally
• No jargon or complex language
• Short simple paragraphs
• Break down pages in subcategories
• Important content above the fold
• No abbreviations or acronyms
• Highlight key words
4 Creating Web-Friendly Content
Effective Web Page Design
4 Creating Web-Friendly Content
Simple Typography
• No more than three different font types
• Sans-serif for text, especially smaller sizes
• Use italicized text sparingly
• Avoid underlining and CAPITALIZATION
Effective Web Page Design
4 Creating Web-Friendly Content
Simple, Straightforward Layout
• Keep pages clean and uncluttered
• Use lots of white space
• Use block style paragraphs
• Be consistent throughout the course
• Avoid nested tables for accessibility
Effective Web Page Design
4 Creating Web-Friendly Content
Well-Chosen Color Scheme
• Use color consistently
• Use light shades for the background
• Use alternating colors in rows or columns of a data table to make the information standout
• Be aware that the most common form of color
blindness is red – green. Do not depend on color
alone to get an important point across.
Effective Web Page Design
4 Creating Web-Friendly Content
Graphics that ARE Worth a 1000 Words
• Use simple graphics that mean something
• Crop photos when possible
• Use thumbnails to link to larger versions
• Save pictures in the correct format - GIF, JPEG,
PNG
• Add well constructed alt tags for accessibility
Effective Web Page Design Sample
4 Creating Web-Friendly Content
Hands-on Activity
• Use your Practice Course to complete the hands-on activity at the end of the Creating Web-Friendly Content section.
4 Creating Web-Friendly Content
Building Learning Modules5
Learning Outcomes
• Add a learning module to your course
• Add content to your learning module
• Arrange and delete items within a learning module
• Move and copy learning modules
5 Building Learning Modules
About Learning Modules
5 Building Learning Modules
As we learned in the Student Experience section, aLearning module is an organized collection of content presented together.
Hands-on Activity
• Use your Practice Course to complete the hands-on activity in the Building Learning Modules section.
5 Building Learning Modules
Hands-on Activity
• Use your Practice Course to complete the hands-on activity at the end of the Building Learning Modules section.
Building Learning Modules
5
Creating a Glossary6
Learning Outcomes
• Add individual glossary terms
• Upload a glossary
• Edit or delete glossary terms
6 Creating a Glossary
Hands-on Activity
• Use your Practice Course to complete the hands-on activity at the end of the Creating a Glossary section.
6 Creating a Glossary
Workshop Wrap Up7
Key Concepts
• Write course goals and objectives
• Analyze your audience
• Evaluate your materials and resources for online
use
• Describe three ways to organize a storyboard
• Explain the meaning of accessibility and create
more accessible pages
• Design web-friendly pages
7 Workshop Wrap Up
Key Concepts
• Create a learning module and add content items
• Arrange and delete items within a learning module
• Copy and move learning modules
• Add individual terms to a glossary
• Edit or delete terms in an existing glossary
• Upload an existing glossary file
7 Workshop Wrap Up
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