Last edited by Lesley Speller on January 10, 2019 | Blackboard TIPS, Course Design | comments: 0
Have you dragged a new item in your Assignments folder to the correct location multiple times only to have it move back to its previous location the next time you reload the content area? Is it driving you crazy? Not to fear! We have a workaround to save your sanity until the people at Blackboard get this problem fixed!
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Original author: Lesley Speller on: January 10, 2019
Last edited by Kathryn Zawisza on March 13, 2018 | Best Practices, Course Design, Faculty Spotlight, General, Pedagogical Innovations | comments: 0
Dr. Constance Bailey, Assistant Professor of English/African American Studies, gave a talk on her experiences with developing her course “Beyoncé and Black Feminism” for the Department of English’s Pedagogy Lunch Series. During this talk Dr. Bailey...
Continue Reading: Faculty Spotlight: “Beyoncé and Black Feminism” – Designing and Developing Your Dream Course
Original author: Kathryn Zawisza on: March 13, 2018
Last edited by Lesley Speller on August 1, 2018 | Course Design | comments: 0
Icon themes are sets of icons that identify folders, documents, and other items within Blackboard. Icons make it easy for users to navigate through Blackboard and identify important information quickly.
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Original author: Kathryn Zawisza on: December 14, 2017
Last edited by Lesley Speller on June 5, 2018 | Clickers, Course Design | comments: 0
At times it may be necessary to re-add a Tools area link that has been removed from your course. This article will tell you how to do that.
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Original author: Lesley Speller on: August 20, 2017
Last edited by Lesley Speller on December 17, 2018 | Course Design, KB | comments: 0
Personalizing our Blackboard courses is a way to provide students with a unique online and educational experience. One way to personalize your Blackboard course is to add a picture or image (Banner) to the top of your course homepage or course entry point. Banners are also a useful way to indicate which course you are in which is especially helpful if you teach many courses a semester. Read on to learn how to personalize your course using the banner feature.
Continue Reading: Creating Banners in Your Blackboard Course
Original author: Kathryn Zawisza on: July 30, 2017
Last edited by Lesley Speller on May 30, 2018 | Course Basics, Course Design | comments: 0
Students and faculty can participate in classes delivered online or access online materials and activities to complement face-to-face classroom experiences using Blackboard, the University of Arkansas learning management system.
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Original author: Lesley Speller on: November 15, 2016
Last edited by Lesley Speller on January 10, 2019 | Course Design, Course Management | comments: 0
Your course menu is your students’ road map for progressing through your class. An easy to understand course menu will save you and your students time when they’re completing assignments and accessing course materials.
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Original author: Lesley Speller on: August 3, 2016
Last edited by Lesley Speller on June 5, 2018 | Add or Edit Content, Course Design, KB | comments: 0
Copy individual course items and folders from one course to another.
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Original author: adamb on: April 29, 2015
Last edited by saw022 on August 11, 2017 | Course Design, Pedagogical Innovations | comments: 0
This learning activity requires the student to think more deeply about the historical era they are studying. Students create a fictional person from the time period, and then write a series of journal entries from that person’s point of view.
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Original author: browlet on: April 14, 2015
Last edited by saw022 on August 11, 2017 | Course Design, Pedagogical Innovations | comments: 0
As a project in an online art history course, this instructor required the students to locate and research a work of art. Students then prepared a presentation about the work and the artist.
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Original author: nwilsonp on: April 14, 2015