eTech Certification Course Calendar – Spring 2015 (tentative)
Week
1
Week of
01/26
Delivery Method
F2F
Topics
Student Viewpoint – working in Blackboard
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Individual assignments and activities
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Student interaction
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viewing Tegrity videos
Overview –
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goals, objectives
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Meeting the needs of all students
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Intro to Bb IM
Assignments
Pre-class assignment - DUE Friday 01/23 11:59pm
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Survey
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post intro and photo in wiki
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write a justification for developing an online course and submit
the document via Bb assignment
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your concerns in developing quality online courses
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review Bb IM document and video
Post-class assignment- DUE Sunday 02/01 11:59pm
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post a thread in a discussion board and reply to a thread
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sign up for Bb IM
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edit Bb IM profile
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Contact instructor via Bb IM
2
02/02
Online
3
02/09
F2F
Instructor Viewpoint – using the right Bb tool
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Matching assignments and tools to goals and objectives
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Individual assignments vs. interaction
Instructor Viewpoint – Blackboard basics
Tutorials – How to create assignments
Intro to Bb Collaborate –
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How the technology works, the basics
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Hands on activity
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Discussion of Bb Collaborate use in course, best practices
Assignment DUE Sunday 02/08 11:59pm
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post and edit a course blog
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construct the course objectives for your online course
Pre-class assignment 
View video on Bb Collaborate overview
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Read Bb Collaborate tutorial
Post-class assignment- DUE Sunday 02/15 11:59pm
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Hands on activity, actively participating in Bb Collaborate
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F2F discussion
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post and edit a group wiki on ideas for best practices using Bb
Collaborate
4
02/16
F2F
Planning on your information delivery – various formats
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Text box (small amount of information)
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MS Word documents (larger amount of information or
instructions they may need to print out
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Not pdf
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PowerPoint slides (not a good choice)
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PowerPoint (or other programs) in Tegrity
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Websites
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YouTube videos (with cc and transcript)
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Photos (yours, Google, etc.)
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Flickr Photos
Pre-class assignment 
View video on making MS Word accessible
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View video on PowerPoint design
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View video on the Mashup tool
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View video on how to record Tegrity video
Post-class assignment- DUE Sunday 02/22 11:59pm
Submit items that would be used in your online course
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Text box assignment
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MS Word document
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PowerPoint document
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Tegrity recording w/ PowerPoint
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Websites
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YouTube videos
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Discussion board post with photo (Google image)
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5
02/23
LIVE
Assessment of collaborative activities
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Discussion board postings
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Wikis
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Blogs
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Group projects
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Bb Collaborate participation
Assessment – determining what they know
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Quizzes
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Tests
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Assignments
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Turnitin papers
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Designing and using rubrics
Flickr Photos (with Mashup tool)
Pre-class assignmentReview Bb Collaborate overview video
Post-class assignment- DUE Sunday 03/01 11:59pm
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Submit an idea for a group wiki in your class with a rubric to
grade the wiki
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Post to discussion board on your experience with Bb Collaborate
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Submit a plan for your first Bb Collaborate session
6
03/02
Online
7
03/09
Online
Gradebook – make it easy on yourself
Looking at the eTech course evaluation
End of the semester housekeeping
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Exporing the gradebook
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Archiving the course
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Making the course not available
DUE Sunday 03/15 11:59pm
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Review the eTech course rubric
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Post on discussion board regarding eTech course evaluation
rubric
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Read how to make your course unavailable
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Read how to download your gradebook
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Read how to make an archive of your course
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Make a Tegrity video of you exporting your grade book from
actual course (or practice course), making your course
unavailable and archiving your course
8
03/16
Online
Course Construction – putting it all together
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Need for standardized appearance
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Making it easy to find, shouldn’t be a scavenger hunt
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Grading on Bb navigation or on course assignments?
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Multiple courses, multiple layouts, different tools – difficult
for students
DUE Sunday 03/22 11:59pm
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Review the “student-friendly” content document
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Review the course calendar document
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Download the course calendar shell
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Submit your course calendar
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Submit a detailed outline of what you will include in your course
TBA
F2F
Celebration –
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Certification
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Workshop evaluation
iPads and tablets – delivery and apps suggestions
DUE Sunday 03/08 11:59pm
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Review video on Turnitin
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Review instructions on Bb tests
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Review video on setting up assignments
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Review instructions on rubric design
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Design and submit an assignment that meets one of your course
objectives
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Design and submit a rubric for the above assignment
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Design and submit a 10 question test that would be hard to
cheat on
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Review video on Bb Grader for iPad
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Review videos on Respondus 4.0 test builder
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Setup of device – identification, email, network
Hands-on exploration of device
Selection, installation and exploration of appropriate apps