John Whitmer, Ed.D., Learning Analytics and Research Director, Blackboard Inc. It’s long been accepted that, when it comes to long-term learner success, one of the most important elements is how engaged learners are. This is a topic that I spend a lot of time thinking about and researching in my work at Blackboard, asking questions […]
Creating online classrooms where all students can learn, be engaged, and believe that they matter means anticipating the diversity of students that may enroll in your course and planning accordingly. There are many considerations to take in to account when increasing the accessibility and usability of your course for all students. Below you’ll find just […]
Blackboard xpLor is an advanced learning object repository that currently contains over 100000 Open Educational Resources (OER) created by over 850 connected institutions! Blackboard xpLor has two licensing models: basic and premium. All Blackboard Open LMS users have free access to basic xpLor. It does however require the acceptance of the xpLor license but it […]
Creating a consistent design in online courses can be a challenge. Creating a consistent design across multiple courses is even more of a challenge as different course builders add their individual touches. There are many inconsistencies within and between courses that can come to light. If you are creating multiple courses for the same audience […]
The Moodle 2.8 release focused its attention on updating and adding to the gradebook capabilities. Although configuring the gradebook is very much the same as it has been in previous releases some of the updates will require the teacher to navigate to a new location for setup. Additionally new grading reports were added to grade […]
Building a course for online delivery may present many challenges. Not only are you learning new technology but you are also trying to maintain the effectiveness of your instruction deal with time constraints and create new activities that fit the online world. Many of your face-to-face activities won’t directly translate to the online environment no […]
Today I’m going to focus on the best practices for adding SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model) packages into your Moodle courses. Many people have a love/hate relationship with SCORM but once you learn these valuable tips and tricks I think you’ll start to fall in love and alleviate any frustrations you may have. SCORM […]
Recently I had the opportunity to attend a conference session on developing trusted relationships and it got me thinking about the importance of building trust within the online environment. A community of trust enables students to engage at a higher level to try and to fail through exploration in a safe environment and to grow […]
In Moodle, site administrators set a theme to change the look and feel of the site. Moodle 2.7 has two themes (Clean and More) both of which are responsive. also has a responsive theme called Snap. This theme is available to customers and not only changes the look and feel of the site but the […]
Whether you are considering moving courses from Moodle 1.9 or another Learning Management System (LMS) Blackboard Open LMS has options to assist in the migration. There is more to think about when migrating courses however than how to transfer the content from one site to another. Even if you have storyboarded your course and it […]
The start of a new year is a perfect time to set a few goals for improving your e-learning courses. In today’s post I am going to focus on eight tips for refining the quality of your Moodle and Joule courses over the “course” of 2015: Support multiple devices by using a responsive theme so […]
Responsive design focuses on creating a site that responds to what device a user is currently accessing the site from and optimizes the layout to fit the screen size and orientation. This helps users with accessing content and eases navigation. When considering a theme for your Moodle site consider a responsive theme. Moodle 2.7 has […]
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