eTech Certification Course Calendar – Spring 2015 (tentative)

Week / Week of / Delivery Method / Topics / Assignments
1 / 01/26 / F2F / Student Viewpoint – working in Blackboard
  • Individual assignments and activities
  • Student interaction
  • viewing Tegrity videos
Overview –
  • goals, objectives
  • Meeting the needs of all students
  • Intro to Bb IM
/ Pre-class assignment - DUE Friday 01/23 11:59pm
  • Survey
  • post intro and photo in wiki
  • write a justification for developing an online course and submit the document via Bb assignment
  • your concerns in developing quality online courses
  • review Bb IM document and video
Post-class assignment- DUE Sunday 02/01 11:59pm
  • post a thread in a discussion board and reply to a thread
  • sign up for Bb IM
  • edit Bb IM profile
  • Contact instructor via Bb IM

2 / 02/02 / Online / Instructor Viewpoint – using the right Bb tool
  • Matching assignments and tools to goals and objectives
  • Individual assignments vs. interaction
Instructor Viewpoint – Blackboard basics
Tutorials – How to create assignments / Assignment DUE Sunday 02/0811:59pm
  • post and edit a course blog
  • construct the course objectives for your online course

3 / 02/09 / F2F / Intro to Bb Collaborate –
  • How the technology works, the basics
  • Hands on activity
  • Discussion of Bb Collaborate use in course, best practices
/ Pre-class assignment -
  • View video on Bb Collaborate overview
  • Read Bb Collaborate tutorial
Post-class assignment- DUE Sunday 02/15 11:59pm
  • Hands on activity, actively participating in Bb Collaborate
  • F2F discussion
  • post and edit a group wiki on ideas for best practices using Bb Collaborate

4 / 02/16 / F2F / Planning on your information delivery – various formats
  • Text box (small amount of information)
  • MS Word documents (larger amount of information or instructions they may need to print out
  • Not pdf
  • PowerPoint slides (not a good choice)
  • PowerPoint (or other programs) in Tegrity
  • Websites
  • YouTube videos (with cc and transcript)
  • Photos (yours, Google, etc.)
  • Flickr Photos
/ Pre-class assignment -
  • View video on making MS Word accessible
  • View video on PowerPoint design
  • View video on the Mashup tool
  • View video on how to record Tegrity video
Post-class assignment- DUE Sunday 02/22 11:59pm
Submit items that would be used in your online course
  • Text box assignment
  • MS Word document
  • PowerPoint document
  • Tegrity recording w/ PowerPoint
  • Websites
  • YouTube videos
  • Discussion board post with photo (Google image)
  • Flickr Photos (with Mashup tool)

5 / 02/23 / LIVE / Assessment of collaborative activities
  • Discussion board postings
  • Wikis
  • Blogs
  • Group projects
  • Bb Collaborate participation
/ Pre-class assignment-
Review Bb Collaborate overview video
Post-class assignment- DUE Sunday 03/01 11:59pm
  • Submit an idea for a group wiki in your class with a rubric to grade the wiki
  • Post to discussion board on your experience with Bb Collaborate
  • Submit a plan for your first Bb Collaborate session

6 / 03/02 / Online / Assessment – determining what they know
  • Quizzes
  • Tests
  • Assignments
  • Turnitin papers
  • Designing and using rubrics
/ DUE Sunday 03/08 11:59pm
  • Review video on Turnitin
  • Review instructions on Bb tests
  • Review video on setting up assignments
  • Review instructions on rubric design
  • Design and submit an assignment that meets one of your course objectives
  • Design and submit a rubric for the above assignment
  • Design and submit a 10 question test that would be hard to cheat on
  • Review video on Bb Grader for iPad
  • Review videos on Respondus 4.0 test builder

7 / 03/09 / Online / Gradebook – make it easy on yourself
Looking at the eTech course evaluation
End of the semester housekeeping
  • Exporing the gradebook
  • Archiving the course
  • Making the course not available
/ DUE Sunday 03/15 11:59pm
  • Review the eTech course rubric
  • Post on discussion board regarding eTech course evaluation rubric
  • Read how to make your course unavailable
  • Read how to download your gradebook
  • Read how to make an archive of your course
  • Make a Tegrity video of you exporting your grade book from actual course (or practice course), making your course unavailable and archiving your course

8 / 03/16 / Online / Course Construction – putting it all together
  • Need for standardized appearance
  • Making it easy to find, shouldn’t be a scavenger hunt
  • Grading on Bb navigation or on course assignments?
  • Multiple courses, multiple layouts, different tools – difficult for students
/ DUE Sunday 03/22 11:59pm
  • Review the “student-friendly” content document
  • Review the course calendar document
  • Download the course calendar shell
  • Submit your course calendar
  • Submit a detailed outline of what you will include in your course

TBA / F2F / Celebration –
  • Certification
  • Workshop evaluation
iPads and tablets – delivery and apps suggestions /
  • Setup of device – identification, email, network
  • Hands-on exploration of device
  • Selection, installation and exploration of appropriate apps