To be able to have a course site that meets your instructional goals, it is recommended that faculty use an instructional design method. The simple course site design steps below may be helpful in setting up a Blackboard course site.
- Analyse - Be aware of your students' general background, knowledge and their technology skills. Identify what type of computer your students might have.
- Plan - Think of and list all documents you want on your course site. Create a flowchart to map out the organization of the course content.
- Develop - Start uploading the contents, modifying tools, creating assignments and tests.
- Implement - Deliver the contents you have developed and conduct the class activities.
- Evaluate - Conduct the regular testing of you course site. Test all the links to make sure they all work. Update the information and check the links and documents regularly to make sure they all still work correctly
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Posted on September 2, 2008
Blackboard Fall 2008 Course Creation and Quarterly Maintenance
- All Fall 2008 courses will be auto-created in Blackboard on September 6 by 11:00 am. There will be no down time required when auto-creating Fall 2008 courses.
- Blackboard will be unavailable on September 11 at 00:01 am to September 12 at 11:59 pm for a quarterly maintenance.
Posted on September 2, 2008
Blackboard Weekly Maintenance
Effective beginning April 5th, Blackboard weekly maintenance, which performs weekly course backups, will move from Sunday 2:00 a.m. to 4:15 a.m. to Saturday from 2:00 a.m. to 4:15 a.m. During this weekly scheduled time, Blackboard will not be available.
Posted on March 13, 2008
Other Possible System Maintenance
Campus networks and services may experience maintenance outages between 5:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. on Sundays and between 9:30 p.m. and midnight on Thursdays. These outages may affect Blackboard. For more information, see the Alerts, Status, and Maintenance. http://www.csupomona.edu/~ehelp/
alerts.html