The Online Learning
Link includes important information and announcements about
Online Teaching & Learning and Blackboard at Chabot College.
@One Webinar: Your Online Course
Usability - 10 Ways to Kick it Up a Notch
The @One Project recently held a series of
Webinars, including "Your Online Course Usability - 10 Ways to
Kick it Up a Notch." This upbeat webinar was an idea sharing session on how to
implement Universal Design for Learning principles in your
online course.
During this webinar not only will you be introduced to some
practical tips for enhancing the usability of your current
online course, you’ll also learn about ways to design with
usability in mind for future content development. An archive of
this webinar is available at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTogzQ9bsTY .
Respondus Training
Respondus is an easy-to-use software
application for creating and managing tests that can be
published directly to Blackboard. After some formatting of your
existing tests (*.doc, *.rtf, or *.txt files), you can use
Respondus to convert and publish your test to Blackboard, saving
you hours. You can view the steps for obtaining the software and
importing your tests at
http://www.chabotcollege.edu/OnlineTeaching/Respondus/.
Respondus is also offering instructor training webinars during
the months of May and June. These 45-minute webinars demonstrate
how to use Respondus 4 to create and manage exam content. The
training is free. The complete listing of training sessions can
be found at
www.respondus.com/webinars. New dates are added frequently
so faculty can look for an upcoming date that works best for
their schedule.
 Online
Education Initiative (OEI)
Updates
The California Community Colleges (CCC)
Online Education Initiative
(OEI) is making
progress on a number of fronts including online tutoring,
online learner readiness tools, the online course exchange, and
the common Course Management System.
Colleges can now take advantage of
Link-System International's (LSI) platform for online tutoring
called WorldWideWhiteboard, provided for free by the OEI. This
system would allow each college to have their own tutors to work
with students through WorldWideWhiteboard. Colleges can also
contract tutoring through NetTutor, which is provided at a
volume discount through the OEI. For more information on the
OEI's progress on online tutoring, visit
http://ccctechedge.org/news/miscellaneous/521-online-tutoring-services-offered-systemwide
.
The OEI is also working on providing online
student readiness modules to be shared system-wide. These
resources, which will help students gauge if online learning is
right for them, should be available to all colleges by the end
of the year through both the OEI instance of Canvas as via
website.
The Online Course Exchange aspect of the OEI,
which allows students to take online courses from any college,
will enter the pilot phase in January 2016. Note that the Online
Course Exchange is meant to meet the needs of students who
cannot get the "bottle-neck" courses they need at their home
institution. Currently, the OEI is figuring out details of
business processes and pilot agreements that "Exchange" colleges
will be using. Once the pilot agreements have been created, the
OEI will work with the pilot colleges' IT staffs to implement
the needed parts for students to be able to enroll in classes
system-wide.
The OEI common Course Management System, Canvas is in the final
contract phase and details and an implementation timeline are
expected to be released soon. The OEI encourages colleges to
start having in-depth conversations about whether or not to
change to the common CMS. For detailed information visit
http://ccctechedge.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=531&Itemid=24
. For a resource site on the OEI instance of Canvas, visit
https://ccconlineed.instructure.com/courses/90/pages/home .
Highlights from the
The Committee On Online
Learning (COOL) has received course proposals for 8 hybrid and 5
fully online courses in the subject areas of Electrical Systems,
Computer Networking Technology, Anthropology, Business, English,
Geography, Kinesiology, and Political Science. Review teams are
currently reviewing each proposal individually and providing
feedback as per the proposal approval process posted at
http://www.chabotcollege.edu/cool/process/ .
In addition to the online/hybrid proposal review process, the COOL
has held discussions on several topics related to online learning,
including State Authorization & the Online Education Initiative, and
committee members have shared aspects of their courses as well. The
COOL schedule of meetings along with minutes can be found at
http://www.chabotcollege.edu/cool/meetings/201415/
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Volume 26, April 2015
 Blackboard Tips
Blackboard Grader App - Grade
on your iPad!
Many instructors use iPads for online course
needs. However, up until now, grading on an iPad
required users to switch to Screen Reader Mode. Blackboard
has now released the Blackboard Grader App, which provides an
easy way to grade student work.
Features of the Blackboard Grader App include:
- Inline viewing of student submissions
- Support for audio-based and video-based feedback
- Seamless integration with Bb Learn
- Stay on top of students' progress (Retention Center-like
functionality)
To learn more about the Blackboard
Grader App, visit
http://www.blackboard.com/bbgrader
For a video demonstration of this app, visit
http://www.youtube.com/embed/6Me8Z0YSkn0?autoplay=true
Request Summer & Fall Sites:
As you are finishing up the Spring term,
remember that you can request your summer & fall Blackboard sites
at any time.
To request
Blackboard sites, simply log into
CLASS-Web, click on the Menu
for Faculty Staff & Advisors, scroll down to the Blackboard
Course Site Request link, and get started by selecting the
semester and campus.
Click here for detailed instructions.
Once your course sites have been setup and appear in Blackboard,
you can use the Course Copy tool to copy over your content from
a previous site (view
steps on how to use the Course Copy tool). This can be done
at any point after sites are in Blackboard, but we recommend
that you do it early and only one time (to avoid repeated
items).
Need Help? Contact Us!
Online Teaching & Blackboard Faculty Support Form
Request to Give Someone Access to Your Blackboard Site
Students Need Help?
Online
Learning Student Support Form
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