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SYLLABUS/PREVIEW PAGE/ORIENTATION TEMPLATES
If you are developing and/or teaching blended or fully online courses, please use the current BC Course Syllabus template, which includes the new attendance policy, the current Course Preview Page template, and the Student Orientation Templates. Here is how you can obtain and edit each template for your course:
Put your cursor on either template link, right click, and "Save Target As ..." to save the template (.html file) to your computer. Use any html/web page editor or the HTML Editor within your Blackboard course to edit it.
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ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
This document serves to provide e-Learning faculty with guidelines and strategies to promote academic integrity in online classes. More specifically, general guidelines to prevent and curb cheating in the online learning environment are presented. Specific strategies to thwart cheating on written work and high-stake assessments are also provided.
PDF file - Academic Integrity document. |
END-OF-COURSE SURVEY
The End-of-Course Survey is a required component of a fully online course. It gives instructors feedback on how the course was designed and delivered from a student perspective.
End-Of-Course Survey (Right click to save this .zip file to your computer)
For directions on how to import the End-of-Course Survey into your Blackboard class, please view the tutorial.
BLACKBOARD TUTORIALS FOR INSTRUCTORS
These tutorials support BC faculty in using the Blackboard tools.
Blackboard Tutorials for Instructors
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BLACKBOARD TUTORIALS FOR STUDENTS
These tutorials will help students learn everything they need to know about how to use the Blackboard tools.
Blackboard Tutorials for Students
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SOFTCHALK
SoftChalk is a web lesson editor that lets you create engaging, interactive lessons for your e-learning classroom. To obtain the latest version of SoftChalk use your BC Novel user name and password to log in to: http://www.broward.edu/securedocs/departments/itech/respondus.jsp
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TURNITIN
Turitin defines itself as "a proprietary system that instantly identifies papers containing unoriginal material and acts as a powerful deterrent to stop student plagiarism before it starts."
Click here for directions and the BC account number to begin using Turnitin This Adobe BPDF document is courtesy of Profesor David Hennessay and requires your BC login.
Click here for directions on integrating Turnitin with Blackboard (courtesy of Professor David Hennessy).
Click here to learn to use Turnitin
The Instructional Technology Department provides both face-to-face and fully online workshops for faculty wishing to learn Turnitin.
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RESPONDUS
Respondus is a tool for creating and managing exams that can either be printed from or published within Blackboard. To obtain the latest version of Respondus, or to locate the current password and renew an existing installation, use your BC Novel username and password to log in to http://www.broward.edu/securedocs/departments/itech/respondus.jsp.
Learn Respondus in no time flat with this brief online tutorial (courtesy of Professor Street). |
DOWNLOAD JAVA
If you are receiving the Browser Check notice that your version of Java is not appropriate for Blackboard, please download and install the latest version.
Click here to download Java for Blackboard.
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BLACKBOARD REFERENCE MANUAL
This document covers every aspect of using Blackboard. At over 750 pages, it should!
Download the Designer and Instructor Reference Manual.
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BLACKBOARD GRADE BOOK MAINTENANCE
Directions on maintaining your Blackboard grade book during the term is available on this page.
Click here for solutions to all your grade book questions.
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USING OFFICE 2003 - 2007
Microsoft has new file formats for Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007. If you are using Office 2003, you can still view Office 2007 files, but you must download and install the http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/HA101686761033.aspx. If you do have Office 2007, this is not necessary. |
