Workshops

Introduction to webcourses

Overview

This workshop is an introduction to the DIT elearning platform webcourses.

Webcourses runs in the Blackboard 9.1 environment

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this hands-on workshop participants will know how to:

• Log into webcourses
• Navigate within webcourses
• Add content (e.g. Powerpoint slides; PDF documents; Word/Excel documents) to your webcourses module
• Easily use content from Flickr, YouTube and Slideshare
• Structure content in an appropriate manner
• Add students to a webcourses module and view student lists

A brief overview of more advanced features of webcourses such as wikis, chat/whiteboard, gradebook, SafeAssign and more will also be provided

DIT Institutional Objectives

This workshop is considered to support the following DIT institutional objectives:

• Develop the curriculum
• Develop and support teaching excellence
• Develop key skills & competencies in students
• Promote diversity of learning opportunities

Who is this workshop suitable for?

All academic staff, all staff involved in student support.

Pre-requisite

Participants should have basic computer skills (i.e. ability to use a mouse and computer keyboard).

Facilitated by?

This workshop is facilitated by LTTC staff involved in eLearning support and development.