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 Niall Dixon (DIT IT Trainer) and/or LTTC staff involved in eLearning support and development.