Training Events

The following technology training sessions are on offer during Winter, 2013. Please email CyberAdvisor at: CyberAdvisor@cocc.edu , and identify which sessions you plan to attend.

Training Opportunities:
Date:     Topic:    
April 5
9-10:30

Pioneer 200C

Repeat Session:

April 5 1:30-3:00

Pioneer 200B

Blackboard Overview and Basic-Use Skills: In this session Michelle Torsen will give you a tour of Blackboard, to spark your creative juices, then you will learn the following:
  • How students get populated into courses 
  • Course-to-Course Navigation 
  • Create an Announcement 
  • Add a Content Link 
  • Add a Blank Page 
  • Add a Tool Link 
  • Add a Web Link 
  • Add a Course Link 
  • Add a Subheader 
  • Add a Divider 
  • Add an Item (e.g., a Syllabus) 
  • Course Files (just a light touch on this subject)
  • Add an attachment 
  • Overwrite an attached file 
  • Deleting old files 
  • Add a YouTube Mash-Up
  • Add an Atomic Learning Tutorial Mash-Up
 
 April 12
9-10:30

Pioneer 200C

Repeat Session:

April 12

 1:30-3:00

Pioneer 200B

Blackboard Grade Center: In this session Michelle Torsen will break open the Grade Center Tool with the following activities and actions:
  • Tour the Grade Center 
  • Email students via the Grade Center 
  • Create Categories 
  • Total Column 
  • Weighted Column 
  • Weight Grades by Category 
  • Adding a Column (an activity), by hand 
  • Automatically-Created Columns 
    • Assignments 
    • Tests 
    • Surveys 
    • TurnItIn Assignments 
     
  • Hide Columns from Users 
  • Hide Columns from Instructor 
  • Creating a Grade Report 
  • History Report 
  • How to download the Grade Center in Excel

 

April 19
9-10:30

Pioneer 200C

Repeat Session:

1:30-3:00

Pioneer 200B

Blackboard Assignment Tool: In this session, Barbara Klett will give you a tour of the Blackboard Assignment tool and how it works. Then you will see how to:
  • Create an Assignment 
  • Edit an assignment 
  • Clean an attempt of a student  
  • Retrieve submissions students have submitted 
  • Needs Grading 
  • Grade an Assignment 
  • Ignore an Attempt
 

May 3  

9-10:30

Pioneer 200C

Repeat Session:

1:30-3:00

Pioneer 200B

Grade Center Open Lab: 

Drop in and have Michelle Torsen take a look at your Grade Center to make sure you have things set up correctly. A second pair of eyes looking at the details is always appreciated!

May 10
9:00-10:30

Pioneer 200C

Repeat Session:

1:30-3:00

Pioneer 200B

Blackboard Test & Survey Tool: In this session, Michelle Torsen will have you experience a Test and a Survey in Blackboard, then you will see how to:
  • Create a Test from within Bb 
  • Add questions 
  • Edit Questions 
  • View the various Question Types 
  • Deploying Exams 
  • Importing Tests from other locations 
    • Respondus 
    • Test Bank Network