Blackboard Training

Faculty and staff from the Center for Instructional Development & Distance Education (CIDDE), along with their colleagues in Computer Services and Systems Development (CSSD) and the University Library System (ULS) provide training and support for CourseWeb at Pitt. 

The Blackboard training seminars address how to use Blackboard and other computing tools (such as Word and PowerPoint) that can facilitate the creation of your Web-based course materials.  The seminars are intended to help you learn and apply instructional design principles and knowledge of Blackboard authoring, communication, and management tools.  They can help you enhance learning in your courses by focusing on the application of Web-based instructional technologies that encourage active and collaborative learning. 

CIDDE offers five versions of its core Blackboard training as well as a refresher version for faculty members who have been away from the process for a while, or learned to use an earlier version of CourseInfo.

	Blackboard Training
	Blackboard Training - Standard  (8 Hours, Hands-on)
	This eight-hour course (offered as two half-day sessions or one full-day session) introduces faculty to the use of Blackboard at the University of Pittsburgh. This course focuses on the application of Web-based instructional technologies to enhance learning by encouraging active and collaborative learning. It is intended to help you learn and apply knowledge of Blackboard authoring, communication and management tools. You should be familiar with basic computer operating system concepts such as "files," and should be experienced with Web browsers (current versions of Netscape or Internet Explorer) as well as a word processor.
	Blackboard Training - Self-Instructional Version (2 Hours, Limited Hands-on)
	This two-hour course is for those who cannot attend the BlackBoard Standard Training. The session is an introduction to BlackBoard and covers the basics of adding content to a course and using the gradebook. Users are shown how to access additional support materials and resources available over the Internet to assist in using other BlackBoard functions.
	Blackboard Training Schedule & Sign up Form

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