Dont be Stranded without the Right Tools to do the Job

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Dont be Stranded without the Right Tools to do
the Job

• Distance Learning Instructional Technology
  Meeting FA06

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Agenda

• Online Course Orientation and Syllabus Updates
  for SP07
• Blackboard Email Updates
• New College Orientation vs. FLO Orientation
• Course Evaluations
• Certification Course
• Highlights
• Testimonials
•  Whats next
• FA06 Tech Summit Highlights
• New Technology Updates at RCC
• Calendars
• Camtasia and SnagIt

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Online Course Orientation Syllabus Update

• Online Course Orientations are linked to the RCC
  Syllabi website from the Blackboard Content
  System.
• Online Course Orientations need to be completed
  and updated no later than Friday, December 13,
  2006 in order to be placed on website before
  Christmas break.
• You can download the Powerpoint template from the
  Blackboard Content System or contact
  kwalker_at_rcc.vccs.edu

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Syllabus

• General Information Sheet will be given to all
  Distance Learning Students at the College
  Orientation on January 6. (You do not need to
  include this information in your syllabus
  format)
• If an Instructor wants their syllabus available
  for handouts during the College Orientation, they
  will be responsible to provide print based
  copies. (Possibility of free printing station for
  syllabi during College Orientation)
• All syllabi need to be completed by December 13
  and sent to the Distance Learning Office for
  uploading to the RCC website. You can send a link
  from the content system or as a word document.

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• Login to Blackboard via MyRcc
• Go to the Content System Tab
• Select VCCS Content and RCC folder

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General Information Sheet- click and save to
download to your computer or you can link
directly to it in your course by adding content
Powerpoint Template for Distance Learning Online
Course Orientation- click and save to download
to your computer and begin creating your
presentation.
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• Go to your Blackboard Content System Tab
• Select the VCCS Content and RCC Folder

• In your Blackboard Course select a content area
  like Course Information.
• Click on Edit View (Shortcut to the Control
  Panel)
• Select the dropdown box and Content System
  Content and click on GO
• Put in a title heading and scroll down to the
  browse button.
• Choose VCCS Content and RCC folder as show in
  previous directions.
• Select the Radio button for the General
  Information Sheet and submit.

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Where Do I Find the Syllabi and Online
Orientation Information

• Go to the RCC Website at www.rcc.vccs.edu

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Right Tools for the Job

• Tutorial on how to create a public link for
  adding your syllabus http//learn.vccs.edu/bbcsweb
  dav/institution/RCC/Blackboard20Tutorials/Addings
  yllabus.wmv
• To create your online course orientation you can
  use camtasia to record your screen or add audio
  to your powerpoint presentation. For directions
  or information, please contact Kristy Walker at
  kwalker_at_rcc.vccs.edu
• To view the course syllabus template and samples,
  please visit the RCC website Technology
  Department and Select Training

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Blackboard Email Updates

• Blackboard Courses for SP07 request need to be
  made for course copy by Dec.8.
• Blackboard 7.1 is available for testing
• Bb 7.1 integration for Summer 2007 - New Features

Assignments.  This feature is designed to replace
the buggy and unfriendly digital drop box.  It
streamlines the process of creating assignments,
collecting assignment from students, grading and
providing feedback to students. Performance
Dashboard allows you to view when you students
last logged into your course, their discussion
board activity, viewing and overriding grades and
adaptive release activity (see below).
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New Features of Blackboard 7.1
Discussion Board Postings
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Blackboard 7.1 Features

• Course Statistics and Tracking allows you to
  determine which parts of your Bb course have been
  accessed, when they were accessed and by whom
  they were accessed.
• Adaptive Release allows you to customize and
  personalize your course by making course content
  available to individual users by user name, date,
  test score or group. 
• Blackboard Messages.  This feature is for those
  instructors who would rather use an internal
  e-mail system within the Bb course, rather than
  relying upon student (and faculty) external
  e-mail addresses.
• Quick Tutorials

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Email Updates

•  Student email accounts will be deleted after
  one semester of non-enrollment unless that
  student has an incomplete or blank grade.
  Students with incomplete or blank grades will be
  deleted after two semesters of non-enrollment.
• On November 9, 2006, at 500 am students who have
  not been enrolled since spring of 2006 who do not
  have an incomplete or blank grade will have their
  email account deleted. 

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College Orientation vs. FlO Orientaion

• What were some of the good points?
• How can we improve?
• Highlights.
• Handout for Students General Info Sheet and
  Login Directions
• Room for viewing online course orientations and
  possible printing station
• Instructors on-campus using IV rooms for
  required orientation sessions.sample schedule
  http//www.rcc.vccs.edu/distancelearning/documents
  /GlennsOrientationScheduleFA06.pdf
• Sessions for Blackboard , Email and SIS for all
  students.

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Course Evaluations FA06

• Surveys are being composed in Web Surveyor
• We will keep the same links for surveys for each
• course and republish link each semester.
• You will need to place an announcement in
  Blackboard that your survey is available.IV and
  Distance Learning Student Opinion
• Survey links will be posted on the website at
  http//www.rcc.vccs.edu/distancelearning/IVstudent
  opinionsurvey.shtml (will be updated for FA06 in
  the upcoming weeksemail will be sent to
  instructors when link is available)
• If you are assigning a grade or points for taking
  the course evaluation, please go to the
  technology website to click on the tutorial- How
  to post your course evaluation in Blackboard. If
  you need help please contact Kristy Walker at
  kwalker_at_rcc.vccs.edu
• Each Instructor is responsible for saving the
  results, when sent for evaluations.

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Certification Course

• 11 Full Time Faculty Participated
• Comments from Participants.
• Having to complete this course on-line really
  gave me an "eye-opener" re what my students
  experience.  I will be way more sensitive to
  their situation now.  The many resourses our
  facutly and fellow students searched out and
  introduced were extreemly helpful.  The comments
  of fellow faculty members who are way more
  experienced than I using this meduim were also
  excellent and very useful.

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More Comments..

• For me, the most valuable part of this course was
  the exposure it gave me to Blackboard.  I
  learned just by attempting to post my materials
  to my practice course or send them to my
  instructors via the Digital Drop Box and
  Discussion Board.
• Sharing ideas with other instructors. Having
  instructors who are genuinely interested in and
  passionate about the topic!

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Tech Summit Highlight FA06

• It is hard to pick one best topic.  This was
  the best summit yet for giving me tools to create
  learning opportunities for my students.  I loved
  the preview of Office 2007 etc.  It was good to
  see and helped me to feel comfortable with the
  changes.  Perhaps the best teaching tool was
  learning to use Camtasia with PowerPoint to
  create mobile files for my students to learn
  "anywhere, anytime..."

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Having the Right Tools to Do the Job
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Dates To Remember

• Go to the RCC website and click on Employees /
  Calendars
• Make sure to view thePDO calendar and Events
  Calendars for important dates.

December 8 Blackboard request for SP07
due. December 13 Syllabus and Online Course
Orientation due into Distance Learning
Office January 6 College Orientation Glenns/
Warsaw830 a.m noon
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What Tools Do You Need?

• Everyone in Attendance Tonight will receive
  Camtasia 4 and SnagIt 8 to create your online
  course orientation
• Give Aways.(Make sure you have a ticket)
• This powerpoint presentation was developed
  using SnagIt 8

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• Thank you for coming.
• Tentative Date, March 6
• Please be sure to email the courses that you
  would like to teach for SU07 FA07..Schedule
  Development will begin soon