Faculty Resources for Distance Learning
On this page, you will find information regarding policies and procedures, plus links to external resources and events. Check the Distance Learning blog for updated information about DL training at CFCC and resources for your online courses.
IMPORTANT: Upgrading to Blackboard 9 document
We are holding special drop-in days devoted to helping faculty with course copies on Mon., March 22 & Tues. March 23 in our S200 office, and at the North Campus Learning Lab on Tues. March 30 from 1 – 4pm.
CFCC will be upgrading to Blackboard 9 Course Management System in between the spring and summer semesters. Please check the training page on the DL Blog for upcoming "What's New in Blackboard 9" training. All of our future "Getting Started with Blackboard" workshops will also be taught using Bb9.
In the meantime, you can check our document, What's New in Blackboard 9 (PDF) and the Blackboard Quick Tutorials Library for short movie tutorials on Bb9.
Procedures and Guidelines
- How to: Copying Course Content
- How to add: New Course Content Template
- Course Template (for new courses only)
- CFCC Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
- DL Contingency Plan for Internet Based Course Delivery
- DL Entry, Attendance, and Withdrawal Procedures
- DL Course Request (request for Internet or Hybrid courses)
- Login Procedures
Important Dates
Course Development
- CFCC DL Course Approval Procedure
- CFCC DL Course Guidelines
- CFCC DL Course Checklist
- CFCC DL Course Request: Note that course shells are automatically created from Datatel, so there is no need to request a course using this form unless you want a Blackboard course for your face-to-face class, for Continuing Ed courses, or if are requesting a master or developmental course.
- NEW! CFCC Course Essentials Checklist :
This list of 25 specific standards will help you start developing a quality Internet or Hybrid course. These standards were agreed upon by the CFCC Distance Learning Committee and the Distance Learning Department. - NEW! CFCC Course Essentials Rubric:
This rubric accompanies the Course Essentials checklist and provides you with an easy way to help assess your course strengths and areas for improvement. - Learning Resource Center: Integrating CFCC Library into your Online and Hybrid Courses
- NC ExpLORe : North Carolina's learning object repository has quality reusable content for your courses.
- NC LIVE : articles, eBooks, historical materials, and videos for your courses
- North Carolina eLearning Portal
- Online Course Readiness Evaluation
Blackboard
CFCC has licensed Blackboard Learning System to provide online courses. Please refer to our Teaching with Blackboard 9 page for documentation about this tool.
Online Teaching Tips
- Best Practices in Designing Online Courses : Learn about best practices (includes examples) for creating quality online courses, from Las Positas College.
- Blackboard Exemplary Courses : View some exemplary courses and watch videos with guided tours through course features and organization.
- Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines
- Instructional Strategies for Online Courses
- USDLA Newsletter
- TEACH Act-Copyright Issues
- TEACH Toolkit- Online Resource for Understanding Copyright and Distance Education
- League for Innovation -League Connections
- Learning Abstracts
- MERLOT Grapevine Newsletter
- The Open Door Newsletter
Training
If you would like training, there are several options available to you:
- There is an instructor manual which is accessible both on the Blackboard (Bb) support website mentioned above, or in your course Control Panel, in the section labeled "Support".
- There are frequent training sessions held in the TTC - watch your email to see when these sessions are announced, and sign up. You can also check the training page on the Distance Learning blog for upcoming training.
- We have an online course, self-paced Introduction to Blackboard course - (Bb 101) - that only takes a couple of hours to complete. It is a good introduction to Blackboard! All new Distance Learning instructors will be enrolled in this course. Others interested in taking the course should contact Larolyn Zylicz to be enrolled in this course.
- You can also contact Larolyn Zylicz to arrange one-on-one training or training for your department
Conferences
- Campus 2010 Technology Conference
- Distance Education Conference Database
Search for conferences by date or region.
Listserves
- Distance Education Online Symposium Listserv
- Educational Technology Listserv
- Online Education in the Humanities Listserv
Login Procedures
DY/NY, and IN sections:
Students are enrolled in Blackboard curriculum courses after registration and at the end of each day of drop/add. Dropped students are unenrolled from Blackboard courses during drop/add. After drop/add, faculty will only be able to BLOCK a student from their course.
Non-DL sections:
Students will automatically be enrolled in Blackboard course sites by computer services.
Login Information (Students, Faculty & Staff)
User ID:
You can look up your user ID here: 'What's my User ID?'.
Password:
Your password will be the same as CampusCruiser and WebAdvisor. If you do not know this password please change it by clicking on What's My Password?
