We have added some new training options this year. Would you like to brush up on your Office 365 skills? Would you like to do this while earning some professional development credit? There are some self-guided lessons you can do in the SAM software training.

We have two lessons in each of the following categories: Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. A lesson consists of training and then a quiz. Once you complete the quiz with a grade of 70 or higher, we will send you a certificate. Both the training and quiz can be repeated.

To get started, click on this link. Sign in as a new user by creating a username and password. You will then join the BL Staffulty class. Once you have done that, you can click on the Always Available assign-ments on the calendar page to see the list of choices.

For a video demo, go to the BL Staffulty class in Blackboard. If you need further help in getting started, please e-mail!

Oct. 20, 2015 Volume 4, Issue 8

Webinars: PBS LearningMe-dia 101(Nov. 10, 6pm) host-ed by PBS (register here.)

Blackboard Webinars: Groups in Learn (Oct. 23, 11 am), Late Night with Lawrence: Blended Learning (Nov. 2, 2:30 pm), and Accessible Open Edu-cational Resources in K-12 (Nov. 6, 11 am). Register here.

BL’s Web-based Work-shops and Software Train-ing (ongoing) for BL em-ployees on Blackboard In-structors Course.

Welcome to Digital Liter-acy Week! We have been working hard coming up with new contests for everyone and hope you enjoy it! We have a lesson plan challenge just for you as well as an all-school QR extravaganza! There are prizes involved so enjoy the week and have fun.

This Week’s Challenge Corner assignment is so easy, you don’t even have to snip or screenshot or write an entry in Blackboard. All you have to do is simply sign up for your SAM account in the BL Staffulty Class! The lessons in SAM do count to-ward your continuing education hours so it’s a great opportunity for everyone.

Blackboard Stats—Aug. 2014 - May 2015

User Activity Overview for 2014-2015 This displays overall system and class activity for all users, including average logins and time spent, and statistics on user activity by class.

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