Center for Teaching Excellence
Blackboard 30-Minute Workouts (Spring 2016)
JANUARY 2016
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Faculty Return
January Professional Development Day
Blackboard Blitz (All Day at CTE)
Classes Begin
Bottom-line Blackboard (@SH)
Bottom-line Blackboard (@Tilley)
Bottom-line Blackboard (@CTE)
What Does Your Course Say (@SH)
What Does Your Course Say (@Tilley)
What Does Your Course Say (@CTE)
Blackboard Blitz
Jan. 14, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m in the CTE
 Eleven back-to-back 30-minute Bb workouts. Faculty are welcome to
attend any or all of these sessions. See CTE website for more info.
Blackboard 30 Minute Workouts
 Bottom-line Blackboard – Learn 4 musts in Bb: Syllabus, Roster,
Grade Center, & Final Grades; how to navigate your course
What Does Your Course Say? Learn to create & manage menu
links; how to delete duplicates links, columns, and assignments
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Blackboard 30-Minute Workouts
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FEBRUARY 2016
Communicate from Blackboard – Learn to make announcements,
send emails, & communicate with Bb Video Everywhere
All About Course Content – Learn how to course copy, restore an
archived course, create folders, & upload content
Managing the Grade Center – Learn about columns (manual,
calculated, duplicates, external, hide/show, organizational), points,
averages, totals, reports, & in-line grading
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Publishers’ Week at CTE
Communicate from Bb (@SH)
Communicate from Bb (@Tilley)
Communicate from Bb (@CTE)
President’s Awards Nominations Due
All About Course Content (@SH)
All About Course Content (@Tilley)
All About Course Content (@CTE)
Managing the Grade Center (@SH)
Managing the Grade Center (@Tilley)
Managing the Grade Center (@CTE)
Publishers’ Week at the CTE: Feb. 2-4
Nomination Deadline for the President’s Awards: Feb. 14
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SafeAssign (@SH)
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14-18 Spring Break
15 ILLUMINATE Application Deadline
22 Creating Interactive Rubrics (@SH)
24 Creating Interactive Rubrics (@Tilley)
25 Creating Interactive Rubrics (@CTE)
28 Easter Monday – No Classes
Blackboard 30-Minute Workouts
 Assessment Tools in Blackboard – Learn about tests, deploying,
grading, test pools, & surveys
 SafeAssign – Learn about using SafeAssign for assignments, how to
directly submit, interpret results, & rubrics.
 Creating Interactive Rubrics – Learn creating, associating, settings,
grading & feedback on interactive rubrics
Save the Date
ILLUMINATE Grants for the Improvement of Teaching: Mar. 15
Blackboard 30-Minute Workouts
APRIL 2016
 Portfolios as Assignments – Learn student perspective, faculty
perspective, & providing grades and feedback
 ResDev Shells Can Save You Time – Learn how to create ResDev
shells to save and/or store your course content
 Create a Course Banner – Learn to create a course banner in Bb
Upcoming Events – Save the Dates
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 TWT Boot Camp: June 6-10; Applications due Apr. 15
 Take a Break: May 6, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
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Portfolios as Assignments (@SH)
Annual Assessment Day
Portfolios as Assignments (@Tilley)
Portfolios as Assignments (@CTE)
ResDev Shells Can Save Time (@SH)
ResDev Shells Can Save Time (@Tilley)
ResDev Shells Can Save Time (@CTE)
TWT Boot Camp Applications Due
Create a Course Banner (@SH)
Create a Course Banner (@Tilley)
Create a Course Banner (@CTE)
Blackboard Walk-In Support Times
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Tuesdays from 2-4 p.m. in the Science Hall, Room 118
Thursdays from 2-4 p.m. in the Tilley Center
Fridays from 8:30-10:30 a.m. in the CTE
Monday-Friday 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. by appointment
Register for Workshops (or find workshop/presenter info) in the Pro Dev Portal (CTE tab)
Tuesday workshops at 4 p.m. in Science Hall, Room 118; Thursday at 4 p.m. in Tilley Center; Fridays at 10:30 a.m. in CTE
Center for Teaching Excellence, DeMoss 3032, Phone (434)582-3032, Fax (434)582-3873, e-mail: CTE@Liberty.edu
www.Liberty.edu/CTE, www.Facebook.com/LibertyUniversityCTE, www.Twitter.com/LibertyUCTE