Organize your course for ease of use in a fully online environment.

• Limit menu items to 7 for ease of navigation
• Create folders by topic/week to keep things organized. Post any tests or discussions to be completed in that section in order in the folder.
• Check what it looks like in Student Preview
• Students who withdraw from your course won’t be able to see it within the hour but you can remove them if you would like to clean up your grade center.

VIDEO TUTORIALS

• Copy over a previous Bb course content
• Creating your course menu and reorder
• Add content in folders and items
• Student Preview
• Organize your course list by semester in Bb
• How to remove students who have withdrawn
• Change course availability dates

Pre-recorded lectures (asynchronous) that students can access anytime from any device.

Engaging interactions need to be purposefully built into your course.

• Send Announcements weekly to keep students on track.
• Keep Discussion Boards manageable for you and them. If you want concise posts then include that in your rubric. Sample student discussion expectations HERE.
• Consider a groupwork contract.
• Self and Peer assessment grade themselves
• Journals are great for student reflection.
• Use surveys to get anonymous feedback. Great for finding out what you need cover in your live class time.

Online assessments are where the students show you what they’ve learned.

• The Assignments tool provides plagiarism checking.
• Students can send pictures of their work / calculations in either an assignment or a test.
• Set up groups to allow for group assignment submissions and feedback.
• Set test options to use a Timer with auto-submit. Do not use Force Completion so if students have a wifi “bump” they can go back and resume the test where they left off.
• “Industry standard” is 1 multiple choice question per minute unless there are calculations or a lot of reading.
• Keep discussions manageable by setting clear expectations. HERE is a sample.
• Self and Peer assessment grade themselves!
• Journals are great for student reflection.
• Use categories in the grade center if there are numerous assessment items to include (e.g. labs, weekly quizzes) or you aren’t sure how many there will be.
• Provide meaningful feedback so students can correct prior learning and improve future performance. You can mark up their submissions in Bb or consider recording video feedback.
• Check out some assessment ideas HERE

Weekly communications and online office hours help keep you stay connected to the students.

• Send Announcements weekly to keep students on track. If you are emailing all students, then just post an Announcement.
• Set up an FAQ Discussion Board and subscribe to it so you are notified of postings.
• Use online conferencing tools (see Lecturing Online section) to set up live office hours.