課程：Blackboard Self-Learn Materials (For Teachers)

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Blackboard Self-Learn Materials

(For Teachers)
- To facilitate staffs to use the Institute’s upgraded Blackboard e-learning platform (Bb9), LTTC has developed a series of self-learning materials on Bb9 for staff which are readily available on this website. Please note that access to Bb 9 e-learning platform requires Internet Explorer version 8 (Bb9 Compatible) or above with “Compatibility View” off, or Mozilla Firefox 3.5 (Bb9 Certified).
  
  Click on the links below to access the self-learning materials on Bb9 and learn about how to utilise the features of Bb9 for e-learning.
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About Blackboard
- What is Bb9 ?
  
  New ways of sharing teaching materials with students and colleagues
  
  Enhanced organisation of features in course content
  
  How can I access Bb9 ?
  
  Size limits of Bb9
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Course Delivery
- What is a Bb9 course ?
  
  i. Build e-learning courses with Bb9
  
  a. Access rights to my Bb course content
  
  b. Create staff contact information in a Bb course
  
  c. Create an announcement
  
  d. Create a folder in course content to organize learning materials
  
  e. Move, rename and delete a content button in a Bb course
  
  f. Upload learning materials from your computer to the course content of a Bb course
  
  g. Add learning materials from your Content Collection to a Bb course
  
  h. Add a streaming video clip link to a Bb course
  
  i. Create extra content buttons for other teaching purposes
  
  ii. Check enrollment in Bb courses
  
  iii. Create groups in Bb courses
  
  a. Enable the option to allow students to create threads in a group forum
  
  iv. Create external links in the course content of a Bb course
  
  v. Size limits of Bb courses
  
  vi. File formats supported by Bb9
  
  vii. Track student access to Bb course items
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Communication Tools
- How can I utilise Bb9’s advanced features to enhance teaching and learning?
  
  i. Bb9 Discussion Board
  
  a. Create discussion forums in the Discussion Board area in a Bb course
  
  b. Create threads in discussion forums to initiate discussions in a Bb course
  
  ii. Bb9 blogs
  
  a. Create blogs
  
  b. Write blog entries
  
  iii. Bb9 journals
  
  a. Create Bb9 journals
  
  b. Write journal entries
  
  iv. Differences between Bb9 blogs and journals
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Assessment Tools
- How can I enhance student learning with Bb9 e-Assessment?
  
  i. Assignment submission
  
  a. Create an assignment submission link for students in a Bb course
  
  b. Collect students’ assignments in the Grade Center
  
  c. Download multiple students’ assignments as zipped file
  
  ii. Self-evaluation
  
  a. Create self-evaluation
  
  b. Set questions and criteria for self-evaluation
  
  iii. Peer evaluation
  
  a. Create peer evaluation
  
  b. Set questions and criteria for peer evaluation
  
  iv. Create Tests
  
  a. Build tests
  
  b. Set test options
  
  c. Export or import a test
  
  v. Grade Center
  
  Setup grading schemas in Bb courses
  
  Display scores by grades
  
  Setup the Weighted Total column for score calculation
  
  Hide assignment marks before the results release date
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Turnitin
- Create a Turnitin assignment submission link for students in a Bb course
  
  View and grade Turnitin assignments
  
  Download the original files that students submitted to Turnitin
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Content Collection: Access, Upload and Download
- What is Content Collection in Bb9?
  
  Content Collection (My Content area) is staff members’ personal space for storing teaching materials and is attached to the staff login accounts. Its storage size is 300MB per staff member.
  
  i. Access the My Content area in Content Collection
  
  ii. Create a folder to store teaching materials in the My Content area
  
  iii. Upload teaching and learning materials to the My Content area
  
  iv. Upload zipped materials as a package to the My Content area
  
  v. Create an external link in the My Content area
  
  vi. Download materials from the My Content area
  
  vii. Share materials in the My Content area with other staff members or students on the same Bb9 platform
  
  Course Content area is the teaching and learning materials storage space which is accessible to the course instructors so that they can share materials from their own My Content area with one another.
  
  i. Access the Course Content area
  
  ii. Share teaching and learning materials with students enrolled to the same Bb course
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Course Management
- Change course name
  
  Change course interface language
  
  Change the entry page of your course (from Homepage to other pages)
  
  Can I invite guests to access my Bb courses?
  
  Can I reuse my previous Bb courses?
  
  Copy Bb course content to a another Bb course on Bb9.1
  
  How to create the staff information button if it is deleted accidentally?
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Issues Found
- Known issues found in the Blackboard system
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Useful links
- Blackboard Learn Release 9.0 On Demand Learning Center
  
  Understanding & Building Your Course
  
  i. Working in the Course Environment
  
  ii. Building Course Content
  
  iii. Setting Permissions
  
  iv. Course Utilities
  
  Communicating & Collaborating
  
  i. Using the Discussion Board
  
  ii. Managing Group Work
  
  iii. Blogs and Journals
  
  iv. Announcements and Scheduling
  
  Assessing Learners
  
  i. Grade Center
  
  ii. Tests, Surveys, and Pools
  
  iii. Assignments
  
  iv. Uploading Test Questions from Microsoft® Excel