B L A C K B O A R DBlackboard Basics

Respondus Test Generation

Respondus LockDown Browser

Cindy Bowers, Blackboard Administrator

bowersc@ecu.edu

Welcome

Blackboard 9 – ECU’s LMS for the last 12 years

• Easy to customize menu bar

• Easy to copy content from one

semester to the next

• Easy to merge multiple sections

• Arrows to drag/drop + contextual

arrows to edit, remove, etc.

• Multimedia friendly

• Date restrict options allow for

building your course ahead of

time

• Grade Center, includes Smart

Views

• IT’S YOUR COURSE – ENJOY

DESIGNING IT!

F Y I : FIREFOX WORKS BEST WITH BLACKBOARD (PC and MAC)

Content Options > Your Plan

• Lecture notes on the or

attached as Word docs,

PowerPoints

• Links to web sites

• Audio files

• Videos (Options for storage:

Mediasite – Josh Brown or

Tegrity Lecture Capture – Allen

Dennis)

• Syllabus – make it easy to find

• Contact info – make it easy to

find

• Organize content by weeks,

modules, folders … your choice

• Date restrict settings > you

can build ahead!

Assessment Options

Online, face-to-face, or hybrid courses all have the same

options:

• Create tests to be taken online; new tool > LockDown Browser

• Create assignments > students attach documents – frees up your

email inbox; secure; time stamp

• Created assessments automatically show up in Grade Center

• Assignments opened and/or downloaded via grade center

• Web 2.0 tools > blog, journal, wiki

• Surveys – created like a test – anonymous

• SafeAssignment

• Discussion Board

Respondus integrates with Bb

Respondus Test Generator

PC friendly | not for Macs yet (sorry)

Organize and manage your exams

Work in Microsoft Word > format with the help of Respondus

Integrates with your Bb course(s)

Exam(s) deploys directly to content area

Time saver if you create lots of exams

Can revise/edit exams to use in subsequent semesters

Free download for ECU faculty

Allen Dennis can get you started over the phone! dennisa@ecu.edu

Example of Question

w/feedbackQuestion 1) Who determined the exact

speed of light?

a. Albert Einstein

@ No. Albert Michelson determined the exact

speed of light.

 *b) Albert Michelson

@ Yes. Albert Michelson won the Nobel Prize for

Physics for determining the exact speed of

light.

 c) Thomas Edison

@ No, Thomas Edison did not determine the

exact speed of light.

 d. Guglielmo Marconi

@ No. Marconi did not discover the exact speed

of light, but he did win the Nobel Prize for

Physics for his work with radio waves.

LockDown BrowserThorough instructions

available

LockDown Browser (by Respondus)

Both PC and Mac friendly | Yay !

Cuts down on opportunities to cheat on online exams

Easy download of special browser by students who access Bb > begin exam

LockDown Browser tool in Control Panel

Easy settings by instructor – you decide which tests (if any) require LDB

LDB prevents:• Screenshots / print screen• Browsing web for exam answers• Opening email; no instant messages• Opening another window / tab• Leaving exam without submitting

Our most common question from students this time of year.

When you’re done building your

course,

turn it on…

Control Panel to

Customization > Properties >

Set Availability > YES

“I don’t see

my course(s)

in

Blackboard.

What’s up

with that?”

Contact Info

• Matt Long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . longm@ecu.edu

• Blackboard, LockDown Browser, Yammer, iPad

• Cindy Bowers . . . . . . . . . . . bowersc@ecu.edu

• Blackboard, LockDown Browser, WordPress blogs

• Allen Dennis . . . . . . . . . . . . dennisa@ecu.edu

• Blackboard, Respondus, LockDown Browser, Tegrity

We’d be glad to help!