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Blackboard 201

Blackboard 201. Communication Workshop Barbara Cooper. OCC Faculty Online Coordinator. Distance Education Guidelines pg. 10.

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Blackboard 201

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  1. Blackboard 201 Communication Workshop Barbara Cooper. OCC Faculty Online Coordinator

  2. Distance Education Guidelines pg. 10

  3. 409. Distance Education and Education Technology.(a) The Chancellor shall convene a distance education and education technology advisorycommittee to advise the Chancellor’s Office on the vision, policy, and planning in support ofdistance education and education technology. The advisory committee will take issues to andwork in collaboration with the Technology and Telecommunications Advisory Committee andSystem Advisory Committee on Curriculum in formulating recommendations to the Chancellor.The advisory group has as its primary goal improvement in student access and success throughutilization of instructional technology in the classroom and through hybrid courses and distanceeducation programs provided by the California Community Colleges. The distance educationand education technology advisory committee will identify best practices in the development andevaluation of distance education and other instructional offerings utilizing instructionaltechnology, and recommend guidelines and regulatory changes. PROCEDURESAND STANDINGORDERSOF THE BOARDOF GOVERNORS September 2013 ————— Boardof Governors California Community Colleges Sacramento, California

  4. Regular and effective contactAny portion of a course conducted through distance education includes regular effective contact between instructor and students, through group or individual meetings, orientation and review sessions, supplemental seminar or study sessions, field trips, library workshops, telephone contact, correspondence, voice mail, e-mail, or other activities. Regular effective contact is an academic and professional matter pursuant to sections (55204 Chancellor’s Office, California Community Colleges)All DE courses at OCC, whether hybrid or fully online, will include regular effective contact as described below:Policy establishing expectations of frequency and timeliness of instructor-initiated contact and instructor feedback will be posted in the syllabus and/or other course documents that are made available for students when the course officially opens each semester. Initiated interaction: Instructors will regularly initiate interaction with students to determine that they are accessing and comprehending course material and that they are participating regularly in the course.Frequency: DE Courses are considered the “virtual equivalent” to face to face courses. Therefore, the frequency of the contact will be at least the same as would be established in a regular, face to face course. . OCC Distance Education Guidelines

  5. Type of Contact: Regarding the type of contact that will exist in all OCC DE courses, instructors will, at a minimum, use the following resources to initiate contact with students: Threaded discussion forums with student to student and instructor to student interactions.Weekly announcements in the Course Management System.Timely feedback, the syllabus and course information should clearly indicate reasonable instructor response time for key events and interactions. This includes instructor availability, including e-mail response time, degree of participation in discussions, and availability via other media (phone, in-person if applicable. (Example: If an instructor adopts a policy, that information should be clearly stated in the course.)Other forms of communication can include: group or individual meetings, orientation and review sessions, supplemental seminar or study sessions, field trips, library workshops, telephone contact, correspondence, voice mail, e-mail, or other activities and/or CCC Confer, video conference, pod cast, or other synchronous technologies may also be included. OCC Distance Education Guidelines

  6. Why is this important • In the ACCJC report, OCC was given a warning regarding REGULAR AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION in online courses • While there was some classes showed evidence of effective communication, there was no evidence of consistency • GOAL: Provide training how to use BBL tools to meet guidelines and enhance communication with students

  7. REGULAR effective communication Regular is comparable to the frequency of F2F classes

  8. Acceptable Methods of Effective Communication • Video conferences • Assessments/Assignments • Onsite • Online • Orientations • Onsite • Online • Field trips • Study sessions • Rubric • Syllabus • Library orientations • Surveys • Announcements • Bulletin Boards • Chat rooms • Discussion Boards • Wikis • Blogs • Journals • Email • Messaging • FAQs • Scheduled F2F meetings • Telephone • Voice Mail • Correspondence

  9. Communication Tools in BBL • Rubrics • Email • Messages • Retention Center • Announcements • Discussion Board • Syllabus • Contracts • Performance evalulations • Inline grading • Assessments • Assignments • Discussions

  10. Adding Course Tools in BBL

  11. Blackboard Tools Tracked Non - tracked Messages Inline grading Assessments Assignments Discussions Syllabus Retention Center Discussions Rubric grades Announcement Email Regular Gradebook Announcement/Emails Publisher chats Video conferences F2F meetings

  12. Announcements • Welcome message • Regular messages • Can also be sent as email • Announcements archive in BBL

  13. Mail (Email) • Welcome message • Can email through Gradebook • Not tracked in BBL • Will go to students Gmail address • Student does not need to go into class

  14. Documents • Syllabus • Establish policies • Technical training • Browser check • Help Desk • Blackboard tutorials • Contact information • Include office hours • Responsibilities • Instructor • Student • Contract • Communication- frequency, response times • Syllabus Quiz • FAQs • Early contact - Class Welcome • 1st contact • Making class available • Class schedule details • Blackboard Tutorials

  15. Course Tools - Rubrics

  16. Provides guidelines for students • Instructor expectations • Points associated • Provides consistent grading for instructor • Make sure that rubric is visible to the student for it to be effective

  17. Inline Grading & Instructor comments

  18. Inline Grading Tools • Editing tools • Archived in BBL

  19. Instructor Feedback Instructor comments

  20. Retention Center

  21. Maintaining Communication not Tracked by BBL • Outlook folder • Maintain dates in • Syllabus • Announcements • Contract • Messages • Calendar

  22. Open Discussion • What other tools are you using? • What other tools do you need additional training? • Comments

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