1. Overview of software and solutions for teaching using computer technology and the Internet April 2003 Ed Garay UIC Instructional Technology Lab http://www.accc.uic.edu/itl Academic Computing and Communications Center University of Illinois at Chicago

5. How the Web works blackboard.uic.edu

10. Blackboard CourseInfo Welcome Screen

11. Reading a document in Blackboard CourseInfo

12. Each document area can be organized in folders and flat files. A flat file can be uploaded or typed in directly on the screen.

13. Clicking on the Communication button, on the navigation tool bar on the left of the screen, displays these icons, which you could use to send Internet email to your class, access the discussion boards, etc.

14. In Blackboard CourseInfo, sending email to your class is easy.

15. The Control Panel is only available to instructors, and is what they use to add content to their course sites, such as announcements, uploading HTML or PDF files, typing in plain-text or cut-and-pasting HTML inline, etc. Most of this is done through the tools under the Content Areas.

16. Entering an announcement in Blackboard CourseInfo

17. To add a document, you click on the Add Item button

18. In Blackboard, you upload files directly, that is, without using arcane programs like FTP. Simply click on the Browse button to search the disk drives of your personal computer, select other options and click Submit to do the upload.

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47. A sample quiz in Blackboard CourseInfo

48. A more elaborate quiz in Blackboard CourseInfo, using multiple choice, true/false, multiple-choice with an image and short answer/essay type questions

49. A sample response screen you might get when taking a quiz in Blackboard CourseInfo The next slide shows how this question was created

50. Creating quizzes in Blackboard CourseInfo is not difficult. Simply follow a few steps to complete a few questions to use in the quiz

51. The final step in creating a quiz in Blackboard CourseInfo is completing the Assessment Availability screen and selecting a few options

52. You can tell Blackboard CourseInfo to automatically generate an announcement with a link for a new quiz that you have just made available

54. CourseBuilder for Dreamweaver is a good tool to make interactive learning modules. This example shows how a student could learn (through critical inquiry) by experimentation, i.e by dragging and dropping the correct names on the appropriate images

55. This Dreamweaver CourseBuilder example allows the students to move a slide to indicate their selection. The moment they let go the slide, they get immediate feedback, specified by the instructor

57. Brainstem is a highly interactive learning module, developed by the College of Medicine, and converted to Macromedia Flash by the ITL

58. Students learn by going through a number of cross- sections, viewing one label at the time or all the labels. They can take self-assessment quizzes at anytime.

59. Flash is a very powerful tool for creating interactive animations that engage the students and facilitate learning

60. Macromedia Authorware is another powerful tool well suited for developing interactive courseware for CD-ROM or Web delivery *

62. Macromedia Flash is the technology and tool to use for delivering engaging animations on the Web

63. Interactive tutorial developed by the ITL — try it at http://www.accc.uic.edu/computing

64. Flash is also a powerful tool for developing complex Web applications, like this virtual campus tour at Purdue *

73. Streaming RealVideo and HTML provide a powerful combination for delivering effective learning materials

74. In this example, students learn by watching small video clips showing a psychiatrist interacting with patients properly (in some cases), and making mistakes (in others). The students can watch these sample interviews, on-demand, as many times as they wish.

75. Another example of using RealVideo effectively to facilitate learning

76. Streaming technology like RealVideo is good for showing short surgical procedures

87. ACCC e-Rooms: Centra Symposium

88. ACCC e-Rooms: Centra Symposium