Empower and enhance with course templates and community modules

Tannant, Maria (2014) Empower and enhance with course templates and community modules. In: Blackboard Teaching & Learning Conference - Dublin 2014, 30 April - 2 May 2014, University College Dublin. (Unpublished)

Creators:
Tannant, Maria
Description/Abstract:

With just 2 learning technologists to collectively manage and administer Blackboard across five sites and 7 schools, this presentation offers a window into how course templates and community modules have radically transformed the mechanism of providing students a ONEclick journey to their learning resources.

The presentation looks at the content given to students and staff via the templates including a set of digital literacy skills for today’s creative professional (for students) - as well as digital pedagogy with learning activities and case studies (for staff). It demonstrates how the learning technologists gather and share knowledge about each course throughout the year so the renewed template is created according to user demands, trends in technology and curriculum requirements.

Along with the locally built resources in the template, the presentation will also look at how the Blackboard Community Module Page is deployed - but centrally managed outside the course area to target subject specific learning resources – many belonging to the Library. As with all universities, library resources can be overwhelming if not managed correctly. By using subject specific library modules within a course/unit area, students are taken directly to relevant eStream broadcasts, eJournals, databases and no more getting lost and giving up on the library website. With this use of the community modules, the task of providing library resources directly within course/unit areas has finally become manageable, has empowered subject librarians and most importantly enhanced the student experience.

Item Type:
Conference or Workshop Item
Official URL:
http://www.slideshare.net/mariatannant/1-bbdublinu...
Date:
30 April 2014
Event Location:
University College Dublin
Additional Information:

Learning Outcomes:
Deliver subject specific learning resources centrally
Empowering Library/Faculty Staff
Making the most of templates to enhance learning/meet student expectation

Uncontrolled Keywords or tags :
Blackboard, VLE, LMS, online, learning, templates, resources
Schools:
Other Departments > Library & Student Services
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Depositing User:
Maria Tannant
Date Deposited:
12 Aug 2014 11:19
Last Modified:
01 Mar 2022 08:44
URI:
https://research.uca.ac.uk/id/eprint/1753

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