Distance Learning News

As the first week of classes is quickly approaching, I wanted to send a few reminders:

About the Technology

• Blackboard is not yet certified for use with Internet Explorer 9 browser (see the list of known issues in this post for suggestions).
• Please check the Teaching with Blackboard page to find links for many great tutorials.
• Check Faculty Blackboard FAQ’s page for frequently asked questions.
• The DL Professional Development Schedule lists upcoming training opportunities (live and self-paced online).

About the Pedagogy

• The DL Course Development page offers resources to help you develop quality online courses.
• Contact Liz Stover if you would like assistance developing your online courses or locating resources to help deliver rich, interactive content.

New Items and Fun Stuff

• Create a Banner for Your Blackboard Course
  Learn how to easily create a banner for your course using a free web-based image editor, Pixlr.
• Since CFCC now uses Gmail through the new portal, this also provides you with access to Google docs and YouTube (where you can post lectures and instructional multimedia), in addition to a number of other useful tools for your courses.  Access these through My.CFCC.edu and click the Email link, which takes you the CFCC gmail, documents, etc.

As we slowly approach the summer and fall semesters, please make note of some important resources available for building your online and Internet courses:

• Current list of known Blackboard issues:
  Issues and suggested solutions
• Distance Learning Faculty Resource Site:
  Guidelines, resources, and tutorials
• DL Professional Development Schedule:
  Training opportunities (live and self-paced online)
• Course Readiness Checklist:
  What you need to have up and running for the beginning of the semester

Have a great summer!