- 1. ACTIVITY 7TEACHING ONLINEDay Seven:
CollaborativeLearning
2. AGENDA: DAY SEVEN Creating Groups Course Tools Blogs Wikis
Group Discussion Board Journals Tasks Skype 3. ONLINE
COLLABORATION: GROUPS OverviewBb offers a variety of group tools
that give students away to share their ideas with each other. To
accessthese tools, students need to be placed in groups. Thegroups
creation tool is illustrated in the followingslides. 4. ONLINE
COLLABORATION: GROUPS The first image is the list of sign up sheets
that students see when they are choosing groups. The second image
is a list of all the group tools. 5. ONLINE COLLABORATION: GROUPS
These two slides show all of the options you have in creating
groups. To prevent confusion, it might be best to limit the number
of tools each group can access. 6. COURSE TOOLS AND GROUPSStudents
access the tools added to the Group Homepage under Group Tools.Only
the Instructor and the Group members can access tools enabled for
theGroup, with the exception of comments in the Group Blog and
Group Wikitools.Group Blogs and Wikis are visible to all Course
members when the tools areaccessed on the Tools page. 7. COURSE
TOOLS ANDGROUPS the tools added to the GroupStudents access
Homepage under Group Tools or My Tools. 8. BLOGSAbout Blogs Blog is
a shorthand term that means Web log. On the Internet, a Blog is
usually an online journal that is frequently updated and intended
for general public consumption. In Blackboard, only enrolled users
can view and author Blogs. Blogs address the need to expand various
aspects of social learning. Blogs provide a way to share the
knowledge and materials collected. 9. BLOGS In Blackboard, Blogs
consist of two elements: Blog entries: Text, images, links,
multimedia, and attachments added by Course members open for
comments. Comments: Remarks or responses to Blog entries made by
other Course members, including the Instructor. 10. BLOGSYOU CAN
ALLOW STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN BLOGS IN THREEWAYS: Course Blogs:
Created by the instructor.. All Course memberscan add Blog entries
and add comments to Blog entries. Individual Blogs: Created by the
instructor for individualstudents. Only the owner of the Blog is
able to add Blogentries. All other Course members can view and
addcomments. Group Blogs: The instructor enables the Blogs tool for
theGroup; all Group members can add Blog entries and makecomments
on Blog entries, building upon one another. AnyCourse member can
view Group Blogs, but can only addcomments. A Group Blog is
different from a threadeddiscussion as each entry does not need to
continue thediscussion of the previous entry, but can be a complete
thoughton its own.The Instructor can edit and delete entries in any
of the three Blog 11. WIKISThink of a Wiki as a bulletin board. All
the students in aGroup are able to work on the Wiki to add or alter
thecontent.Wiki pages can be created and edited quickly, and you
cantrack changes and additions, allowing you to measure
howeffective the collaboration has been between the multiplewriters
of the Wiki.You can create one or more Wikis for all Course
membersto contribute to or Wikis for specific Groups to use
tocollaborate. Wikis can also be used to record information and
serve asa repository for course information and knowledgelike
astudent created course glossary. 12. WIKIS: GRADINGYou have the
capability of viewing all changes to allpages in the Wiki. You can
choose to see an overviewof the changes or drill down to retrieve
information aboutthe development and contributions for any
individual.Once a Wiki is set to be graded, a grade column
isautomatically created in the Grade Center. Then,individual
Student and Group contributions can begraded inside the Wikis tool,
where all pages and editscan be referenced, as the grade is
determined. 13. WIKIS: GRADINGOnce a Wiki is set to be graded,
agrade column is automaticallycreated in the Grade Center.Then,
individual Student and Groupcontributions can be graded insidethe
Wikis tool, where all pages andedits can be referenced, as thegrade
is determined. 14. WIKIS: GRADING You can view all changes to all
pages in a Wiki. The changes can be viewed at a high level and you
can drill down to retrieve information about the development and
contributions for any individual.Student contributions toa Wiki can
be assigneda grade or can be usedsolely for coursecontent review.
15. GROUP DISCUSSION BOARDThe Group Discussion Boarddiffers from
the CourseDiscussion Board because onlymembers of a Group can
accessthe Group Discussion Board.Group members can accesstheir
Discussion Board throughthe My Group area below theCourse Menu.You
might also consider adding aGroups button on the CourseMenu (by
adding a Course Linkto the Course Menu). 16. STUDENT ACCESS TO
GROUPSIf you choose to use avariety of collaborativetools, you may
want to setup a Groups area either onyour Course main page oras a
button on the CourseMenu. 17. JOURNALSJournals are typically
privateeither belonging to asingle student or to a Group. While
Journals can bemade public, the purpose is for reflection on a
topicrather than on sharing research or ideas with theentire
class.Group Journals can be used to allow users within aGroup can
share their thoughts with each other andcommunicate with the
Instructor. 18. GRADING GROUP JOURNALS ANDBLOGS CREATE A GRADABLE
GROUP BLOG While creating a Course Group or editing an
existingCourse Group, select the Blogs or Journals tool. Select
Grade and type a number in the Pointspossible text box. You can
grade the quality of the discussion, as well asthe number of
entries and comments that are made byan individual or a whole
Course Group. Grades for Blogs and Journals can be changed,deleted,
reverted, and overridden just like other gradesin the Grade Center.
19. GRADING GROUP JOURNALS ANDBLOGSGRADABLE GROUP BLOG CREATE A You
can assign a grade to a Group Blog but not include it in
GradeCenter calculations. You can grade on the Blog page with a
side panel where entries aregraded for individuals and Course
Groups. The side panel consists ofthree sections which expand to
four when grading begins: About this Blog: Includes type, number of
entries, and number of comments. Blog Grade: Enter grade for Group
or individual student along with Feedback or Grading Notes Previous
User and Next User let you navigate among users to grade (or click
a users name in the list). View Entries by: Users who have
submitted one or more entries appear with exclamation marks, the
needs grading icon. Click a users name to access the Index: For a
selected user or all Course members, view a list of entry titles
added during the index spanby month or by week.*Note: All Group
members receive the same grade, but you can edit individual grades
in GradeCenter. 20. GROUP TASKSEncourage students to use the Group
Tasks function tocreate a plan for group projects.Tasks can be
assignedspecific due dates andpriorities.Students in a Groupcan set
the Task inmotion or alter thestatus. 21. SKYPE 10 WAYS TO USE
SKYPE IN YOUR ONLINE CLASS http://www.informationtechnol
ogyschools.org/blog/2010/10- ways-to-use-skype-in-online- classes/
Videoconferencing Student Presentations Tutoring Classroom
Discussions Live Lectures Announcements Guest Lectures Oral
Examinations Global Projects Virtual Fieldtrips 22. AFTERNOON
SESSION AGENDA Create Groups Create a Blog Create a Wiki Create a
Journal for individual students and for a Group Create a Group Task
Create a Skype account
