BLACKBOARD Blackboard Basics Respondus Test Generation Respondus Lock

BLACKBOARD Blackboard Basics Respondus Test Generation Respondus Lock. Down Browser Welcome Cindy Bowers, Blackboard Administrator bowersc@ecu. edu

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, Power. Points • 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 > Lock. Down 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 • Safe. Assignment • Discussion Board

Respondus integrates with Bb Respondus Test Generator Example of Question w/feedback PC friendly | not for Macs yet (sorry) Question 1) Who determined the exact speed of Organize and manage your exams light? Work in Microsoft Word > format with the help of Respondus @ No. Albert Michelson determined the exact speed of a. Albert Einstein light. Integrates with your Bb course(s) *b) Albert Michelson Exam(s) deploys directly to content area @ Yes. Albert Michelson won the Nobel Prize for Physics 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 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.

Lock. Down Browser Thorough instructions available Lock. Down 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 Lock. Down Browser tool in Control Panel Easy settings by instructor – you decide which tests (if any) require 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… “I don’t see my course(s) in Blackboard. What’s up with that? ” Control Panel to Customization > Properties > Set Availability > YES

Contact Info We’d be glad to help! • Matt Long. . . longm@ecu. edu • Blackboard, Lock. Down Browser, Yammer, i. Pad • Cindy Bowers. . . bowersc@ecu. edu • Blackboard, Lock. Down Browser, Word. Press blogs • Allen Dennis. . . dennisa@ecu. edu • Blackboard, Respondus, Lock. Down Browser, Tegrity