Development for academic, academic-related and support staff at QMU for the new VLE

The following provides an overview of the three face-to-face workshops that the CAP will provide to familiarise the QMU community with our new VLE. These face-to-face workshops will be supported with a wide variety of short video tutorials and also with some limited documentation.

To use the new VLE, everyone will have  to attend Workshop 1 and Workshop 2. Failure to attend these workshops will mean that the CAP will not provide support to this individual.

Workshop 1: introduction to Blackboard (mandatory for use of Blackboard)

This workshop is compulsory for anyone using or supporting Blackboard and will cover:

·         Introduction to the interface

·         Uploading content: folders and files

·         File manager

·         Navigating/menus/information panel

·         Overview of tools

·         Specific tools    

o   Announcements

o   Email

o   Tasks

·         Creating web links

·         Mash-ups (YouTube, Slideshare and Flickr)

·         Library services

·         Module evaluation and Turnitin

·         Handling of online submission of assignments

·         Where to find further help

Time: 3.5 hours

Workshop two: learning modules, communication, group tools, adaptive release and student tracking (mandatory for use of Blackboard)

This will cover:

·         Learning modules

·         Online discussions

·         Group Tools including blogs

·         Early warning system

·         Student Tracking

·         Adaptive release

Time: 3.5 hours

Workshop three: assessments and surveys (optional)

This will cover

·         Quizzes

·         Surveys

·         The Grade Centre

·         Assignment Dropbox

·         Peer and self-assessment

Time: 3.5 hours