Texas Tech University Worldwide eLearning, the Teaching, Learning and Professional Development Center, and the IT Division are offering the following Blackboard-led training classes. Please contact elearning@ttu.edu if you have any questions.

Creating and Managing Tests & Surveys
Tuesday, Oct 18, 2016, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
TLPDC Room 151
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This Blackboard-led training will cover how faculty can utilize the distinctive stages of the assessment creating process, define and discuss the range and benefits of different question types, and distinguish between formative and summative assessment methods and relate these to good practice in course design. This session will include the following topics:

• Assessment Cycle
• Auto-Graded and Instructor-Graded Question Types
• Creation Settings and Test Deployment Options along with Student Exceptions
• Grading Tests and Viewing Statistics
• Assessment Item Analysis
• Reusing Questions (Pools, Question Sets, Random Block Tests)
• Surveys
• Question Import

Mastering the Grade Center
Tuesday, Nov 1, 2016, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
TLPDC Room 151
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In this Blackboard-led training session, attendees will discuss how to configure the Grade Center to make it easier for students to understand their performance, how to identify and manipulate the features of the grade center to enhance the ability to monitor learner performance, and how to customize the grade center to increase instructor efficiency. This session will include the following topics:

• Column Organization
• Columns and Manual Grade Entry
• Display Options and Settings
• Grading Periods and Schemas
• Configure Default Total or Weighted Total Columns
• Add Additional Calculated Columns
• Grading Exceptions
• Color Coding
• Smart Views to Customize Display

Content Management
Friday, Nov 18, 2016, 1:30 – 3:30 pm
TLPDC Room 151
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In this Blackboard-led session, participants will learn more about Blackboard Content Management. This session will include defining the key features of the Content Collection and discovering the advantages of the content collection in terms of efficiency for file and content usage. This session will include the following topics:

• Content Collection Folders
• Options for Uploading Files
• Overwriting Files
• Permissions, Versions, and Tracking
• Passes
• Bookmarks and Search Options
• Learning Object Catalogue

Designing for Mobile Learn
Tuesday, Nov 22, 2016, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
TLPDC Room 151
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This session will include a discussion on how to design your class for mobile learning and includes the key differences between the desktop and mobile interfaces and how to deploy compatible course content on the Blackboard Mobile Learn App. This session will include the following topics:

• Blackboard Mobile Learn App
• What Can Students Do on Mobile Learn?
• What Can Instructors Do on Mobile Learn?
• What Content Works? Doesn't Work?

Building Communities
Monday, November 28, 2016, 1:30-3:30
TLPDC Room 151
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In this Blackboard-led session,  participants will learn how to 
identify ways to best incorporate groups online along with ways to assess group participation or contribution. This session will include the following topics:

•  Groups and Group Management
•  Blogs – Individual, Group, and Course
•  Journals – Public and Private
•  Wikis – Options for Monitoring Participation and Grading