Welcome back TAMUS-SA Faculty!
 
  Beginning this semester ITS/Academic Technologies is now offering an
  Online Blackboard Student Orientation Course!

What will your students learn?

Some of the learning objectives include:

•   Navigate the   Blackboard Learn interface and course environment
•   Identify the   basic skills needed to successfully learn online
•   Establish a   personal profile
•   Schedule tasks   and calendar events
•   Communicate   with others online in real-time and on your own time
•   Collaborate   with others by sharing your thoughts through journaling, blogging, and   building a wiki
•   Exchange   digital files such as word processing documents with peers or instructors
•   Complete online   tests and surveys
•   Monitor your   progress using the Grade Center

To see a full lesson by lesson description, please   click the course organizer link
  (http://www.tamusa.tamus.edu/uploadFile/folders/sherita.love/Pdf/Pdf-635252201921279721-10.100.150.124.pdf).

How long will it take?

Students can go at their own pace. The course should   take a few hours to complete. 

How will students be assessed and given credit?

At the end of the training, students will be asked   to take a short 20 question assessment.  Upon achieving a score of 80%   or better, the students will be given the option to print a personalized   certificate for their records and to turn into you if desired.

How can your Students participate?

To register your students, please send an email to   the ITS helpdesk at Helpdesk@tamusa.tamus.edu   , or contact any member of the Academic Technologies Staff. 

Please be   sure to include in the email/request your name and the full course ID and   title (e.g. EDED 3409_098_201426). 

Once your request has been processed, we will enroll   the students in the Blackboard course for you, and send you a confirmation   when it has been completed.  Students will access the course similarly   to the way they access any course in Blackboard.

We recommended that students take this course as   early in the semester as possible so that they can apply what they have   learned in your courses.