2009-2010 Distance Education Faculty Technology Workshop Getting Started with Blackboard Vista Sasi K Benzigar Educational Technologist

2009-2010 Distance Education Faculty Technology Workshop

Getting Started with Blackboard Vista

Sasi K BenzigarEducational Technologist


Before the workshop

Go to Workshop agenda PDF

• Download workshop files


• Important concepts in Vista (learning contexts, roles)

• Create and prepare your class

• Manage students and grades in the grade book

• Create headers and footers on organizer pages

• Create and add a syllabus

• Use the basic Vista tools and add them to the toolbar

• Add links to files, folders, and external web sites

• Use the file manager to upload and download class content

Agenda


Access Blackboard

• Starting Fall 2009, Blackboard sections are automatically generated for every for-credit courses.

• Instructors and students are automatically populated from the registrar data.

• Instructors and Course Roster Viewers can enroll TAs in Blackboard using an external application.

• Scheduling Deputy can enroll TAs in Banner.


Vista Roles

Domain: Purdue University

Designers and AdministratorsInstitution: West Lafayette

Group: School of Education

Course: EDCI 270 Designers and Instructors

Section: EDCI270- T Newby

Designer

Instructor

Teaching Assistant

Student

Auditor

Need to be FERPA certified


FERPA Certification: What & Why

• Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act (FERPA) governs access to students Education Records

• Federal Law and Purdue University policies require FERPA Certification (annual) before you can access student records on Vista

• 10-15 min. training/certification can be completed online.

– Go to http://www.purdue.edu/registrar

– Under quick links, click FERPA Training


Blackboard Page

http://www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/blackboard v

For West Lafayette courses: Click on the key to login

For Open Campus: Click the text link “West Lafayette Open Campus” at

the bottom

For a list of all institutions: Go to http://blackboard.purdue.edu


Browser Issues – Using Vista

• Integrated browser checker included (Blackboard and Login pages)

Issues: Mac users: must have Mac OS X or higher Must still wait for security warning to log in (or risk

browser lockup)

http://www.webct.com/tuneup


Getting Started

• Go to http:/blackboard.purdue.edu

• Select Purdue Non-Academic Campus

• Login with your Purdue ID & Password


Activity: My Settings

Change your personal settings

• Select My Settings

• Edit Profile – Add an email address

• Turn the HTML Creator on by default

• Turn on Mail Forwarding

• Save


Roles and Tabs

Users who have both Instructor and Designer roles will see all tabs.

Users assigned the Section Designer role only will see the Build and Student View tabs.

Likewise users assigned the Section Instructor role will see the Teach and Student View tabs.


Add Tools to the Course Menu

• Syllabus

• URL Tool

• Organizer Page

• Learning Modules


Grade Book Interface

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Grade Book Tabs

• Grades• Members• View All• Custom View• SCORM Grades


Setting up the Grade Book

You can customize Grade Book by:

– creating and editing columns.

– modifying column settings to control alignment, number of decimals, and whether the column is released to students.

– modifying how some elements of the Grade Book are displayed and the order and visibility of columns.



Default Columns:– Last Name, First Name, User Name,

and Role– Midterm and Final

Automatically Created Columns:– Assessments, Assignments, &

Discussions– SCORM



Some column types need further editing:– Calculated Column

• Create the Formula for the calculation

– Letter Grade • Create the numeric ranges that determine

which letter grade is assigned

– Selection List Terms• Define all possible list values


Activity: Enrolling Members

• First, we need to populate our training section with students.

• Using Enroll Members, enter the names of these students.

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Activity: Creating and Editing Columns

• Create numeric columns titled Project1 and Project2. These columns should be grade-related and released to students. Enter grades in these columns.

• Create a calculated column titled Projects. This column should also be grade-related and released to the students. Create a formula which averages Project1 and Project2 to create values for this column.



Grade Book Options:– Column Settings– UnFreezing and Freezing Columns– Find & Show All members– Audit History (global)

More Options:– Reordering Columns– Audit History (granular)– Export/Import to/from a Spreadsheet– IDP Scoring


Activity: Export/Import Grades

• Create an archive of your Grade Book by exporting grades to a spreadsheet

• Add a new column in Excel and import back.


Sending grades to the Registrar

• Submit grades directly from Blackboard to SIS

• Must be Instructor of Record or Course Roster Viewer

• Grades from the “Final” column alone can be submitted


Campus Resources

– ITaP Customer Service Center 44000; [email protected]

– ITaP Teaching & Learning 63257; www.itap.purdue.edu/learning

– Blackboard Users’ Group

Visit: http://www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/blackboard/staff.cfm

Documents

2009-2010 Distance Education Faculty Technology Workshop Getting Started with Blackboard Vista Sasi K Benzigar Educational Technologist