Online Class 3 @One! 

Intro to Using Blackboard 

Lesson 2: Course Design and Development: Creating, Organizing, and Uploading Material to Blackboard

During my second week in the online class: Intro to using Blackboard, I learned how to organize my class and add content to my shell.  

Some of the tips my instructor shared with the class:

1. Consider the structure of your own online course

2. Sketch a flowchart or write a list of your ideas.

Use this as a guide as you set up your Blackboard course and create content:

• What are your course objectives?
• What content should be included?
• What material do you have in digital format already? Will it work online or do you have to revise it? Will most students be able to access it?
• What material do you need to create?
• How will you integrate other resources into your own content (textbook, CD-ROM, web resources, learning objects, publisher materials, etc.)?
• What course components will you include in your online class? For example, lectures, activities, assignments, assessments, etc.
• How will you organize your course material within content areas? By topic? By chapter? By week?
• How will you structure a learning unit or module?
• What format will your online lectures have? Text? Images? PowerPoint? Audio? Video?
• Will you use discussion?
• How will you assess your online students?
• What buttons will you include in the Blackboard course navigation menu?
• How will you simplify the navigation so that students can focus on learning course content, rather than trying to access it?

 These tips helped me tremendously while creating my classes. I have learned a lot from Katie!