Hi Jacqui,
I'm afraid the screencasts are hosted on our streaming server which requires authentication to access.
I don't know if they would be of any use anyway, as they are very specific to the way we have configured and Branded Blackboard.
The rest of our material is available on ipark.ud.ac.uk
Best of luck to all.
A.
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From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Neale J G (LCSS)
Sent: 20 January 2011 16:57
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Subject: Re: BB9.1 Training materials for staff
Hi Dominic
And a very interesting response from Andy.
Andy, you mentioned your byte sized screencasts ... are they available for us to view/share? Maybe I missed the link on your site, if so could you point me in the right direction?
Here at the University of Glamorgan we have a basic Blackboard course available for staff to attend, which is popular. We used to then have a second course available which looked at further features like, adaptive release, the assignment tool, discussion forums etc. but found that the uptake of this was limited as it became apparent that staff want more control over what they want to learn, focussing on specific things at any one time. So now, instead of this second session, we now have drop in sessions offered on particular dates. Staff will need to book in advance with some information on what they want to look at before they turn up. We’ve run this type of training before when we introduced a standard Blackboard template for modules and found it productive and non-time wasting.
Im terms of documentation, we used to offer a range of PDF How To guides, which staff really liked, but these are time consuming to create and now that my remit isn't purely for support this wasn't feasible to continue.
We do create captivate guides sometimes, but once again these can be time consuming to put together and so recently when we upgraded to BB 9.1 we created screencasts using publically available web service 'Screenr'. In terms of quicker production and still retaining quality we were happy with the outputs from this, and we have had good feedback from staff and students. However, the approach we took with these was to provide more of an overview of what we wanted to convey. They are not intended to be as detailed as our original How To guides, but if staff are struggling at this level we would expect them to book onto one of the training sessions. We would like to create more screencasts which provide more detailed step by step instructions, but this will be dependent on resources.
Here's the link to the main page which lists the screencasts and other resources for BB 9.1
http://lcss.glam.ac.uk/blendedlearning/improvedblackboard/
and all this is publically available for anyone to use. However, as we have our own standard Blackboard template for modules, it might be too specific for you, but it should give you some food for thought.
Kind regards
Jacqui Neale
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From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andrew Raistrick
Sent: 20 January 2011 16:25
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Subject: Re: BB9.1 Training materials for staff
Hi Dominic,
I am involved in up-skilling staff at Huddersfield in all aspects of Learning Technologies
We have found a mixture of techniques to be effective.
We run a series of standard staff development course, but have supported these with byte sizes screencasts hosted on our own streaming service rather than written material. We have found the screencasts more effective and engaging. They allow self paced reflection and skills refreshment. There are a whole raft of academic papers that support the pedagogical use of multimedia and screencasts. The down side is that quality screencasts are time consuming to produce. The up side is that on occasion, the screencasts stand alone as a training resource, negating the need for academics to attend the face to face delivery sessions.
We also run a series of lunch time sessions titled "Learning Bytes" -the free tea and coffee is a must at these. We have aimed these at solving particular pedagogical issues, and always place the pedagogy ahead of the technology. These have been very successful. Past titles have included
"How can I mark more efficiently and give feedback to students more quickly?"
"How can I connect better with students and communicate more efficiently with them?"
We invited academics to present at these and share best practice, but ensure that we have the technical expertise there as well.
Thirdly, we have developed an online resource (http://ipark.hud.ac.uk/) where we can centrally locate all Learning Technology resources. We have made sure that the site is so much more than simple training resources, and have incorporated academic papers, best practice guides and research projects.
Hope this is of some help to you.
Kindest regards
Andy
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From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dominic Gore
Sent: 20 January 2011 14:39
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Subject: BB9.1 Training materials for staff
Hi All,
Happy New Year to everyone. I was wondering (and this may sound a little cheeky), but if anyone would be willing to share any of their thoughts and ideas around training materials they have produced in up-skilling their staff in Bb9.1. I am in the process of re-evaluating our staff training materials at UCB, and as such i feel that we could do with a complete overhaul of how and what we train the staff in with regards to Blackboard.
If anyone is willing to share their experiences and offer any useful information or guides they have used or currently use, I would be most grateful.
many thanks
Dominic
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