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PREPARATION1.Please log in to your computer

2.Log in to Blackboard, using the Chrome browser

3. Make sure you’re on the Enrolments page. You should have access to the following:

COURSES ORGANISATIONSYour own Practice Course Careers for Law StudentsBlackboard for Careers Staff Academic Integrity ToolkitFilm Studies Demo course Study Advice

4.Plug in the memory stick provided for use in the session – not for keeps, sorry!

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BLACKBOARD FOR CAREERS

Technology Enhanced Learning CQSD

03/05/2023

TEL STAFF (CQSD)

Vicki HolmesHead of TELv.holmes@reading.ac.uk

Adam BaileySenior TEL Advisora.r.g.bailey@reading.ac.uk

Lauren McCannTEL Advisor l.j.mccann@reading.ac.uk

Shirin IrvineTEL Advisors.irvine@reading.ac.uk

Maria PapaefthimiouSenior TEL Advisorm.c.papaefthimiou@reading.ac.uk

Andy TurnerTEL Applications Managera.r.turner@reading.ac.uk

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OBJECTIVES

1. To leave the session with the knowledge and confidence to have a go at setting up an effective and engaging course/organisation on Blackboard

2. To know how and where to access support to help you to do this.

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SESSION OVERVIEW• Blackboard and Careers: Where are we now?

• What are the features of a ‘good’ course/organisation on Blackboard?• How are others using Blackboard to support students?

• How to customise a course/organisation menu

• How to add & present engaging content • How to add tools/activities (discussions boards, blogs, journals)• How to add assessments (tests & surveys)

• Q & A – ask me anything!

• Fun Quiz (prizes!) 6

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COURSES & ORGANISATIONS•COURSES:•Your very own new Practice Course•Blackboard for Careers Staff course •Film Studies Demo course (exemplar)

•ORGANISATIONS:•Careers for Law Students •Academic Integrity Toolkit•Study Advice

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WHAT IS BLACKBOARD?

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• Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)• Web-based • Accessible anytime, anywhere (via an internet connection &

on mobile devices)It provides a practical way to:• Deliver and organise teaching content and activities;• Offers opportunities for

interaction, communication and collaboration;• Provide links to essential resources • Track, monitor and assess student progress.• It supports different teaching methods and modes of

delivery: face-to-face teaching, blended learning and distance provision.

• Other VLE examples: Moodle, Canvas.

WHERE IS CAREERS RE: BLACKBOARD?

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Website: www.reading.ac.uk/careers

Blog: http://blogs.reading.ac.uk/careers/

Blackboard – Organisations:

• Agriculture, Policy and Development Careers & Placement• BioSci Industrial Placements and Career Opportunities • Blackboard for the Careers, Placement and Experience Centre

(Admin)• Careers Advice for Finalists (Food?)• Careers Development (Chemistry)• Careers and Employability Board• Careers for Law Students• Careers in Languages• FT MBA Careers • GIIDAE Careers Information• Henley Careers • Henley Careers Support Working Group • ICMA Careers REP Careers Hub• Organisations on other systems: RD_CASADMIN –

HOW DO OTHERS USEBLACKBOARD?

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Examples:•Study Advice (Organisation)•Academic Integrity Toolkit (Organisation)•Careers for Law Students

In your groups of 3/4, spend 5 minutes looking at your allocated Organisation. •What’s good?•Are there any features you like? •What’s not so good / could be improved?

A ‘GOOD’ BLACKBOARD COURSE?

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Have a look at the Film Studies Demo course

• What do you think? • Anything you like?• Anything you don’t like?

WHAT DO YOU THINK MAKES A ‘GOOD’ BLACKBOARD COURSE?

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CREATING AN EDUCATIONALEXPERIENCE

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Garrison, Anderson and Archer’s Community of Inquiry Model (2000), https://coi.athabascau.ca/coi-model/

A BLACKBOARD COURSE / ORGANISATION – LET’S TAKE A LOOK!

Find your Practice Course:

Enrolments > Courses:(Your Name) Practice Course

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Customising your course: Add a BANNER to your course Control Panel > Customisation > Teaching Style(Use the banner image from your USB stick in the BB1 folder)

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COMMUNICATIONS

Post an Announcement on your practice course

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COURSE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY

• Enrol a partner as a student on your Practice Course

(You will need their username)Control Panel > Users & Groups > Users

> Find users to enrol 17

COURSE STRUCTURE: MENU

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Rationale for suggested menu:

• Minimum’/suggested standard & ripe for customisation to needs

• Consistency across courses

• Ease of navigation for students

• Ties in with e-assessment policies

Customising the MenuMake the MENU in your Practice Course more relevant to Careers: 1. Rename a couple of items2. Add a new menu (content) item called

Careers3. Reorder a couple of items4. Add a divider

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CONTENT BUILDING ACTIVITIESIn your Blackboard Practice Course, in the new Careers content area:

1. Add a Content Folder (call it Careers Events?)

2. Add an Item (some text – attach the PowerPoint from your USB stick in BB1 folder if you wish)

3. Add a Web Link (http://www.reading.ac.uk)

4. Re-order the materials

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Adding more visual contentIn your new Content Folder (Careers Events):1. Add an image (from your USB stick)2. Make it a hyperlink to a webpage, e.g. University of Reading (www.reading.ac.uk/careers) 21

Adding engaging contentIn the Careers Events folder, add:1. A mash-up (e.g from YouTube) 2. External content (use the embed code from

a website to add this content, e.g. embed code from You Tube)

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Using tools & adding activitiesIn your Practice Course:Set up either a:1. Blog 2. Journal 3. Discussion Board

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1. Go in to your partner’s Practice Course on which you’re a student

2. Post a contribution in your partner’s Discussion Board / Blog / Journal

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STUDENT PREVIEW

• Can I see what the students see?

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SUPPORT AVAILABLE

Support for Staff tab on BlackboardTEL blog

Blackboard Help site

TEL courses

Blackboard Surgeries

IT Service Desk(it@reading.ac.uk)

IT will:

• help you with technical queries

• forward your TEL queries to us

TEL guides

Staff Development

Get in touch

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KAHOOT!

TEL TWITTER@unirdg_TEL

TEL BLOGhttps://blogs.reading.ac.uk/

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