Faculty Self-Assessment for Blackboard for NEW Faculty

1. Please Answer All of the Survey Questions

Please take a few minutes to answer ALL of the following questions regarding the Blackboard application. In the sections below, place a checkmark by each item you already know how to do within Blackboard. Leave the checkboxes blank next to items you do not yet know how to do. For questions 13 through 16, enter your own responses; there are no limitations on the number of characters you can enter for these questions.

1. First Name and Last Name? (We will not share this information. This question will enable us to place you in the appropriate training workshop for your skills level.)

First Name and Last Name? (We will not share this information. This question will enable us to place you in the appropriate training workshop for your skills level.)

2. Ohio University Department?

Ohio University Department?

3. Do you use a PC (Windows) or Macintosh?

Do you use a PC (Windows) or Macintosh? PC

Macintosh

Both

4. Blackboard Basics:

Blackboard Basics: Add and complete your Profile

Add your syllabus

Add/view/modify announcements

Add/view/modify a course calendar

Add/view/modify images, file attachments, and external links

Send an email to all (or select) students enrolled in the course

Receive files via the Digital Drop Box

5. Discussion Board (asynchronous collaboration tools):

Discussion Board (asynchronous collaboration tools): Add/modify/remove a discussion forum

Determine whether students can modify, delete, post anonymously, include attachments, and other options

Change the order of discussion forums

Setup multiple forums around different topics and embed those forums in appropraite content areas or lessons

Sort/view forums by thread, author, date, or subject

Search forums and collect postings

Store and share discussion archives

6. Assignments:

Assignments: Add an assignment to a Content Area

Determine if a student has submitted an assignment by checking its status in the Gradebook

View and grade assignments within the Gradebook

Provide feedback to students' assignments

Download the submission from an entire class via the Gradebook

7. Gradebook:

Gradebook: Add/modify Gradebook items

Manage and grade assignments

Assign different weights to grades

Control what information is displayed in the Gradebook

View detailed statistics for a Gradebook item

Download grades to a common delimited file

Upload grades from spreadsheet

8. Study/Project Groups:

Study/Project Groups: Add study or project groups

Add users to a group

Modify groups

Remove users from a group

Give group access to its own Discussion Board, Virtual Classroom Group File Exchange, and Group Email

9. Assessments and Surveys:

Assessments and Surveys: Create and manage a test/quiz

Add a variety of question types to a test/quiz

Assign point values to a question

Import a pool of questions (from a textbook publisher)

Make tests and surveys available to users - test deployment

Randomize the items in a test/quiz

Control the availability of test features

Create and manage a survey (anonymous mid-term teaching evaluations)

10. Lightweight Chat and Virtual Classroom (synchronous collaboration tools):

Lightweight Chat and Virtual Classroom (synchronous collaboration tools): Install the Java Plug-in needed to use the synchronous collaboration tools

Access and use the two default Collaboration Sessions (Office Hours is the default Lightweight Chat and The Lecture Hall is the default Virtual Classroom)

Create and schedule collaboration sessions

Search for a sesssion

Record and archive a session

Use the tools in the Virtual Classroom (collaborative whiteboard, group web browsing, private question-and-answer, breakout)

11. Other Blackboard Features:

Other Blackboard Features: What's New module

Quick Edit

Performance Dashboard

Adaptive Release

12. Course Management: In the list below, select the features that you know how to use (please select all that apply).

Course Management: In the list below, select the features that you know how to use (please select all that apply). Customize the course menu

Enable and disable course tools

Select course security, availability, and guest access options

Use Course Statistics to view usage data for the entire course

Import Course Cartridges

Copy, recycle, archive, and export courses

13. Are there specific things you want to learn about/be able to do in Blackboard?

Are there specific things you want to learn about/be able to do in Blackboard?

14. What is your preferred mode of assistance? (small group workshop, one-on-one consultation, etc.)

What is your preferred mode of assistance? (small group workshop, one-on-one consultation, etc.)

15. Are there other technologies you want to use in your teaching? If so, please list them below.

Are there other technologies you want to use in your teaching? If so, please list them below.

16. Do you have any questions about information technology at Ohio? If so, please let us know and we'll do our best to answer them.

Do you have any questions about information technology at Ohio? If so, please let us know and we'll do our best to answer them.