{"id":2058,"date":"2018-03-20T14:28:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T18:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ctl\/?p=2058"},"modified":"2018-08-07T11:29:16","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T15:29:16","slug":"resources-for-getting-started-with-blackboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ctl\/2018\/03\/20\/resources-for-getting-started-with-blackboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources for Getting started With Blackboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For instructors who are new to Blackboard or who just want a refresher, there are a number of ways to learn.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>See the recently-launched CTL resource, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/ctl\/?Page=blackboard\/_twb\/index.php\">Teaching with Blackboard<\/a>.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>For general one-on-one help setting up your course and getting to know Bb, you may wish to visit\u00a0our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/ctl\/?Page=dr\/index.php\">Open Hours<\/a> for support.<\/li>\n<li>Keep an eye on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/ctl\/events\">our events calendar<\/a>, as we periodically offer Blackboard intro courses, which cover such topics as:\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction to Bb (the what&#8217;s and the where&#8217;s)<\/li>\n<li>Grade Center set up<\/li>\n<li>Communication tools<\/li>\n<li>Grading with rubrics<\/li>\n<li>Delivering tests and assessments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>There are many\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/ctl\/?Page=blackboard\/index.php&amp;SM=m_blackboard.html\">help files and documentation articles available on our site<\/a>, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lynda.com\/search?q=blackboard\">on Lynda.com<\/a>, (to which UVM subscribes &#8211; see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/lynda\/\">how to log in and access Lynda materials<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>For a deeper dive into teaching fully online, the CTL offers\u00a0a four-week, cohort-based, 100% online course known as &#8220;Teaching Effectively Online (TEO).&#8221; Find out more about this program, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/ctl\/?Page=services-programs\/teo\/index.php&amp;SM=m_sp.html\">application details and upcoming session start dates<\/a>, on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/ctl\/?Page=services-programs\/teo\/index.php&amp;SM=m_sp.html\">the TEO webpage<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For instructors who are new to Blackboard or who just want a refresher, there are a number of ways to learn. See the recently-launched CTL resource, &#8220;Teaching with Blackboard.&#8221; For general one-on-one help setting up your course and getting to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ctl\/2018\/03\/20\/resources-for-getting-started-with-blackboard\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46172,6875,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blackboard-tips","category-promote-to-ctl-home-page","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ctl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ctl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ctl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ctl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ctl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2058"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ctl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2075,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ctl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058\/revisions\/2075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ctl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ctl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ctl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}