Updated May 2007

The course preview page is edited in the course html editor. Each semester, prior to the next term registration, course preview pages must be updated. See Blackboard resources for additional assistance. Upload this template to the file manager (Build tab) to the Public Files and use the action menu to edit this page. Delete this top section of the preview page prior to releasing.

(If you will have a mandatory orientation meeting, put that info here along with details regarding consequences, if any, for not attending).

Faculty Introduction

This is the place where you briefly introduce yourself and talk about your experience with and/or interest in the subject matter of the course.

Course Description

This is where you put a general description of the course that highlights what makes this course particularly interesting or valuable from a student's perspective. You should include the course description from the catalog or course outline. This is a good place to "market" your course.

Methods of Instruction

This is where you describe how course content will be delivered and how contact time will be allocated between in-class and out of class learning activities. You should describe the teaching techniques to be used, indicating their relationship to course objectives and student learning outcomes. By providing such a statement, you are helping students to understand their responsibilities as learners. Remember that for a blended course 25-75% of the formal educational process must occur on campus. Please modify the following sample statement to reflect your specific methods of instruction and the correct number of credit hours for your course:

"This is a 3 credit hour course. Normally, a three credit hour course would meet two times each week (during a 16 week term) for a total of 3 hours per week or 48 hours per term. In this class, we will meet once a week for at least 1.5 hours, and you will engage in structured outside or online activities for the remainder of the class time."

Please include a general statement about course assignments giving students information about how many tests, research papers, group projects, discussion assignments, etc. will be required for this class. This information will help students determine whether they can handle the anticipated workload.

Learning Outcomes

This is where you highlight the kinds of things that students should be able to know or do by the end of the course. You should include the general outcomes from the BCC course outline for this course.

Course Requirements

This is where you list key course requirements: Those written in bold are required and must be included in the Course Preview Page.

• Required Prerequisites or Special Admission Criteria (include any specific computer/technology skills or other special competencies needed).
• All students should check their browser and review computer requirements to make sure that their computer(s) meet BCC standards.
• Hardware or Software Requirements specific to your course (if different from the BCC standard for DL)
• Required Meeting Dates or Times (include attendance requirements and dates of on-campus tests if any)
• All students must obtain their BCC E-mail address. It is used for course login.
• Students who are using Blackboard for the first time should visit  BCC's E- Learning Page
• Consider posting your course syllabus to your faculty home page and providing a link to it from this welcome page so students needing more detailed information can obtain it without having to contact you.
• If use of a college or public library card will be required for your course, provide a link to library information and tell them which cards they will need.

Course Materials

This is where you list course materials. Make sure to indicate which materials are required and which materials are optional. Tell students how and where to obtain course materials.

• Course Materials (texts, workbooks, CD-ROMs, DVDs, lab manuals, etc.)
• Must students purchase a publisher Access Code? Where can they get it (either from bookstore, www.Blackboard.com, or student purchase during the first week of the semester during orientation)?

How to Register for this Course

If enrollment in your course is restricted, let students know how they can sign up.  Otherwise, please refer them to: BCC's Student Online System. Students must pay for the course before they will be able to log into the course.

Information Contact

Tell students how and where to reach you for more information about this course.  Include one or more of the following: office phone, e-mail address, office hours and location. Also, include the general phone number for your department.

How to Access this Course once you are Enrolled in this Course

Tell students which of the following login procedures they will need to follow:

1.   Required on campus orientation

If you require students to attend an orientation meeting,  walk everyone through the login process at once to make sure that their logins work and that they know how to find their way around your course site. Let students know that they will receive login information on the first night of class.

• Refer students to the BCC's Blackboard Homepage for email lookup and login instructions.
• Include the date, time and location of the Orientation class

2.   Students Login themselves

If you prefer for students to login on their own, please tell students when they will be able to login and what they should do once they login to your course. Normally, the login date should be the first day of the session in which the course is scheduled. Make sure that students understand that the only people who will be permitted to login are those students who have registered and paid for the course. There may be a delay of up to 24 hours from when a students registers and pays before Blackboard login is activated.

• Obtain BCC email user ID and PIN code before attempting to login to Blackboard/Blackboard.
• Click on "ID Lookup" then enter your Student# (or INTL Student ID#) and PIN code (2 digit birth month and 2 digit year). Write down your email ID (not the @mail.broward.edu). That's your Blackboard login.
• Your Blackboard ID is the same as your BCC email user ID.
• Your Blackboard password is the same as your BCC email PIN code.

3.   Links to help students get connected to e-learning course(s) at BCC

• BCC's E-Learning login page
• Student E-learning Resources
• Publisher access code help page
• Contact the Helpdesk if you experience login difficulties.