Course-Building Checklist

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Appendix C. A Blackboar Course-building Checklist

From Southworth et al, Blackboard for Dummies, Appendix C, pp 322-324.

• Announcements (Chapter 6)
  • Post a "welcome to the class" letter
  • Post a reminder about the first assignment due.
  • Post a message about how you plan to use blackboard.
• Faculty and Staff Information (Chapter 6)
  • List your title
  • List your email address
  • List your office hours
  • List your office location
  • List your contact preferences
  • Post a photograph of yourself.
  • Post a link to your personal web page
  • List other Instructor's contact information
  • List your teaching assistant's contact information
  • List guest lectures' contact information
• Syllabus (Chapter 4)
  • List class meeting dates and times
  • Post the course description
  • Post the prerequisite course list
  • Post a reading list
  • Post requirements and deadlines
  • Add notes about graded events or items
  • List learning objectives
  • Post your grading policy
  • List your course expectations
  • List your paper and project turn-in procedures
  • Post instructions for navigating the Blackboard course
  • List outside learning resources
  • [Link to a course and/or subject "pathfinder"]
• Course Content (Chapter 5)
  • Consider learner's learning styles
  • Decide on a course structure (Sessions, topics, modules ... for example)
  • List corresponding content areas oon the course menu
  • Post materials in the appropriate content areas
  • Create subfolders where appropriate
  • Describe the subfolders below the title.
  • List outside web links where relevant
  • Double-check completeness of materials
• Assessment (Chapter 8)
  • Post assignment-submission procedures
  • Ensure that assignments match the course objectives
  • Post due dates
  • Ensure that the quizzes and testes are written
  • Enter automated feedback
  • Choose assessment settings
  • Add additional graded items to the gradebook.
  • Split learners into project groups.
• Communication (Chapter 6)
  • Decide on your personal communication comfort level
  • Create lightweight chat sessions
  • Create Virtual classroom sessions
  • Decide on forum settings
  • Plan chat and discussion topics
  • Consider how to encourage Learners to communicate online
  • Conside how to assess online participation
  • Give project groups communication tools
  • Create at least one forum in the group discussion boards
• Evaluation
  • Create an online course evaluation.