Online Teaching Certification Program: September 22nd & 23rd

On September 22 and 23rd, I attended two AUM faculty professional developmental courses in the Online Teaching Certification Program for a total of six hours.  The 1^st course in the series entitled “Blackboard Basics and Presenting Content” was designed to introduce the novice online instructor to the Blackboard CMS interface.    In this class I achieved the following learning objectives:

·         How to Create the Course Menu

·         How to Add/Hide Tools

·         How to Create Content Areas & Add/Organize Content

·         How to Add/Organize Links

·         How to Add Textbook Information

·         How to Create a Learning Module

·         How to Utilize Mashups and Add URLs & Tests to a Learning Module

·         How to Create Web-Friendly Content

The second course in the series entitled “Blackboard:  Assignments, Groups, and Grade Center,” focused more on how to create collaborative groups and how to manipulate the grade center.  The following learning objectives were achieved.

·         How to Create/Edit/Review Grade Assignments

·         How to Create/Manage Single Groups & Group Sets

·         How to Create Group Assignments

·         How to Navigate the Grade Center Interface