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SHC PD Sessions – Educational Technology Sem. 1 2008/9

1 Karen O’ Donnell

List of BBVista-related PD Sessions to be offered to Foundations and English Teachers

Contents

Using StudyMate to create interactive flash activities ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 2

Preparing images for the web .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3

Creating audio files for the web ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 4

Using Respondus to create question banks or quizzes/surveys for BBVista ............................................................................................................................................................. 5

Creating Questions in the BBVista Question Database ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 6

Creating Quizzes using questions from the BBVista Question Database .................................................................................................................................................................. 7

Creating Interactive Reading Content using Wimba Create ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 8

Setting up and using the BbVista Discussion Board ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9

Setting up the BBVista the Gradebook .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10

Managing Assessments in BBVista ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11

Creating Learning Modules in BBVista ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12

Uploading and Managing Content in BBVista .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13

Other Sessions .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14



PD Session Title Content Who is this for? What to bring Related Sessions

Sample activities

Using StudyMate to

create interactive

flash activities

2 x 1 hour workshops

Using StudyMate to create stand-alone interactive flash activities: flashcards, pick a letter, matching, fill in the blank, crosswords, glossary, quizzes, 2 player challenge games. Scores are not saved in BBVista. These are self-tests. Skills covered:

Create and open files

Import formats for no/one/many answer activities Word documents

Create items

Add/remove images

Add/remove audio

Insert hyperlinks

Modify settings

Preview

Publishing in various formats.

Do your students need to learn vocabulary, look at an image and learn the word, read a term and definition?

Do you want your students to practice spelling, listen to a word or look at an image and spell it?

Do you want your students to test their knowledge of word meanings, read definitions and write terms?

Do you want to give your student multiple choice quizzes to test grammar?

1. A word document with terms and definitions.

2. A word document with multiple choice questions.

3. Images (.jpg or .gif) sized to around 100 x 100 pixels *.

4. .mp3 audio files *.

*Do you need help creating and editing image files or audio files? If so, sign up for the sessions below.

Preparing images for the web.

Preparing audio files for the web.

Click here to view some activities.

http://www.respondus.com/studymate/samples.shtml





PD Session Title

Content Who is this for? What to bring Related Sessions

Sample activities

Preparing images for the

web

1 hour session

.jpg or .gif images are needed for StudyMate activities, BBVista quizzes, Discussion postings, BBVista glossaries, Course Genie webpages and for lots of other online material. Images can be created or modified in Windows Office Picture Manager or with more advanced tools such as IrfanView, Adobe Fireworks or Adobe Photoshop.

Basic skills such as:

Cropping

Rotating

Resizing

Exporting to different file types

Importing other images

Changing resolution

Adding text or shapes

Aadjusting colour/brightness/contrast

Sharpening

Changing canvas size and colour

Layering images

Blending layers

Do you need to put image files into your StudyMate activities but don’t know how to make a .jpg or .gif file?

Do you need to resize or modify images that are too large for your BBVista quiz questions or reading content?

Do you need to create a new image by combining many images together?

A word document with images or images already in .jpg or .gif format that need to be modified.



PD Session Title

Content Who is this for? What to bring Related Sessions

Sample activities

Creating audio

files for the web

30 minute session

Create .mp3 audio files for use in StudyMate spelling activities, BBVista listening comprehension activities, Discussion board activities, podcasts etc

Learn about reasons for using SHC real streaming server and how to upload and link to files on the server.

Do you need to add audio to a StudyMate activity, a BB Vista quiz, a discussion board activity but don’t have the audio files?

Do you need to cut or edit audio files?

Do you need to speed up the delivery of audio files by placing them on the SHC streaming server?

List of words to be recorded or listening comprehension script

Click here to view how to make an mp3 file with Audacity.

http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=e10c441f2c118ac418ee








Sample activities

Using Respondus to create question

banks or quizzes/surveys

for BBVista


Respondus allows teachers to create a question bank of quiz questions. Question types include Multiple Choice, Multiple Response, True/False, Matching, Short Answer, Fill in the Blank, Jumbled and Calculated. Once created, questions are published to the BBVista question database or to a quiz/survey. Respondus does not create stand-alone quizzes as with StudyMate.

Create and open files

Import questions from Word or text files

Create various question types

Modifying questions

Add question feedback

Randomise distracters

Create question sets

Randomise questions

Create quiz or survey

Entering Quiz Settings

Previewing quiz/survey

Publishing in various formats.

Do you have quiz documents that could be corrected online instead of by hand?

Do you need to create graded assessments (quizzes) or surveys in BBVista?

Do you feel uncomfortable working as a Designer or being given Designer access to BBVista and would prefer to work with a simpler tool?

Assessment documents with various question types

Multiple Choice

Multiple Response

True/False

Matching

Short Answer

Fill in the Blank

Jumbled

Calculated (Maths).

Creating BBVista questions for the Question Bank

Creating BB Vista Assessments (Quizzes)

*If you need to create image or audio files for your quizzes and need help doing this, sign up for the sessions below.



Respondus does not create stand alone activities. Quizzes or questions are sent to BBVista Assessment and Question Banks. See Creating BBVista Quizzes and Creating BB Vista Questions




Sample activities

Creating Questions in the

BBVista Question Database


Quiz and survey questions in BBVista are stored in categories in the BBVista Question Database. Before creating quizzes and surveys, this question database needs to be populated with questions. Question types include Multiple Choice, Multiple Response, Combination, True/False, Matching, Short Answer, Fill in the Blank, Jumbled, Paragraph and Calculated.

Create question categories

Create Questions o Title o Question Text o Add image o Generating answers o Values o Grading Schemes o Alternate answers o Actions o Settings o Previewing o Modifying o Saving as New

Working with the HTML Editor

Working with the File Manager

Do you have designer access to your course and need to create questions for a survey or quiz? If so……

Do you have quiz documents that could be corrected online instead of by hand?

Do you need to create graded assessments (quizzes) or surveys?

Are there questions, sent by a teacher with no BBVista Designer access from Respondus, which need to be modified?


Multiple Choice

Multiple Response

True/False

Matching

Short Answer

Fill in the Blank

Jumbled

Paragraph

Calculated (Maths).

Creating quizzes from questions in the BBVista Question Database

Uploading and Managing Content in BBVista



Preparing audio files for the web

Contact Course Leader to view Quizzes in BBVista courses




Sample activities

Creating Quizzes using questions

from the BBVista Question Database

1 hour workshop

Quiz and survey questions in BBVista are stored in categories in the BBVista Question Database. To create a quiz or survey, questions are pulled from the database categories.

Create assessment (quiz/survey) o Title o Description and Custom

Instruction o Visibility o Column Name o Template o Question Delivery o Display o Duration o Attempts o Submission o Student Scores and Results o Randomisation o Stats o Availability o Security

Creating Question Sets

Creating Question Parts.

Do you have designer access to your course and need to create quizzes or surveys? If so……

Are there questions in your BBVista question database that need to be added to a quiz?

Do you want to know how to change the settings on existing quizzes?

Do you want to create revision quizzes using questions from quizzes delivered in a group of quizzes?

Is there a quiz, sent by a teacher with no BBVista Designer access from Respondus, which needs to be modified?


Multiple Choice

Multiple Response

True/False

Matching

Short Answer

Fill in the Blank

Jumbled

Paragraph

Calculated (Maths).

Creating Questions in the BBVista Question Database




Preparing audio files for the web

Contact Course Leader to view Quizzes in BBVista courses


Sample activities




Sample activities

Creating Interactive

Reading Content using Wimba

Create

2 x 1 hour workshop

Wimba Create (formerly called CourseGenie) allows users to convert Word documents to interactive webpages. These webpages can be embedded with a variety of self-test questions, links to glossary words, audio/video files, flash cards, pop-ups to further content. These files can be used as standalone webpages or can be added to a Learning Module in BBVista.

Starting and Stopping Wimba Create

Adding Styles

Embedding media (images, audio, text)

Adding Interaction

Adding self-test questions

Metadata

Settings

Generating files

Importing into BBVista

Do you want to create interactive reading content for your students?

Do you want students to read chunks of manageable text on a webpage that also provides self-test questions that check their understanding of the content being presented?

Do you want to convert worksheets to activities that can be completed online?

Do you want to provide information about course tasks, course outline, course assessments etc on a webpage rather than on a word document?

A word document with images, text

and scope for self-test questions.

Creating Learning Modules in BBVista

Click here to view a sample course

created with Wimba Create

http://www.wimba.com/demos/coursegenie/courses/Demo/index.htm










Sample activities

Setting up and using the BbVista Discussion Board

2 x 1 hour sessions

BBVista Discussion Tool allows designers and instructors to set up 3 types of discussion topics which can be grouped by category: threaded discussions, blogs and journals.

Messages and comments can be posted by users. Discussions can be marked by entering a grade or applying a marking rubric. Peer evaluation of postings is also possible.

Messages can be viewed in different ways and compiled to be printed.

How to motivate students by designing appropriate discussion activities will also be discussed.

Create categories and topics

Post, read and compile messages

Create and apply marking rubrics

Motivate students

Grade Discussions

Do you want your students to:

Engage in writing activities online?

Construct knowledge through online discussion?

Learn by sharing experiences with others?

Write daily diaries?

Learn through peer evaluation?

Learn through reflection? etc

Topics for discussion

Ideas for stimulating discussion online

Media files that could be used to stimulate

discussion (audio/video/image)

Do you need help creating and editing image files or audio files? If so, sign up for the sessions below.



Contact your Course

Leader for access to

course discussion

board.




Sample activities

Setting up the BBVista

Gradebook

1 hour session

The Gradebook can be used to store grades from assessments, assignments, and discussion forums.

Columns can also be added for offline assessments.

Learn how to work with different Gradebook views: Grades, Members, View All, Custom View reordering/hiding/showing columns.

Learn how to work with column settings releasing/unreleasing data.

Designers who need to set up and organise the gradebook.

Designers/Instructors who need to add section data to the Gradebook.

Gradebook must have grade columns

for Assessments, Discussions already

created.

Setting up and using the Blackboard Discussion Board




Sample activities

Managing Assessments in

BBVista

1 hour session

In BBVista, there are two main tools used by teachers to manage assessments:

Assessment Manager

Gradebook

Use the Assessment Manager to

View graded/ not graded submissions

View students with no submissions

Update outdating attempts when modifications have been made to quiz questions.

View reports

Run queries

Download results

Print off assessment statistics

Reset student attempts

Adjust and update individual attempts

Grade paragraph questions

Use the GradeBook to:

Search for student grades

Freeze/Unfreeze columns

Sort data

Teachers who need to:

Access grades from gradebook

Run assessment reports/statistics

Update grades

Manually grade assessment (paragraph) questions

Add comments/feedback to assessment submissions

Students must have completed an assessment, assignment or graded discussion.

Setting up the BBVista Gradebook




Sample activities

Creating Learning

Modules in BBVista

1 hour session

Course learning content which includes reading material, assessments, discussions etc can be added to BBVista Learning Modules.

Learn how to:

Add content to the Learning Modules

Configure the learning module

Modify files in the module

Add the module to a course folder page

Designers responsible for uploading content to the

course and adding all learning objects to the

course.

Content that needs to be uploaded to the

course.

Using StudyMate to create interactive flash activities

Creating Interactive Reading Content using Wimba Create



Sample activities




Sample activities

Uploading and Managing Content in

BBVista

The BBVista course architecture is based around the addition of course files and content objects such as learning modules, discussions, web links etc to BBVista folder pages. Learn how to:

Use the File Manager

Use the HTML Editor

Locate course content

Link to the File Manager using Dreamweaver or/and WebDav

Upload content efficiently into the File Manager.

Import content into the course

Designers responsible for:

Uploading content to new or existing courses

Maintaining links in existing courses

Modifying content in existing courses

Content that needs to be uploaded to the course.

Outline of course structures

Using StudyMate to create interactive flash activities

Creating Interactive Reading Content using Wimba Create




Other Sessions

Creating engaging eLearning with PowerPoint

Using Camtasia to record software demonstrations, screen shots, animate powerpoints

Using OneNote for writing Research Reports Other BBVista tools such as Assignments, Glossary, etc



Creating Quizzes from questions in the BBVista Question Database

Using StudyMate to create interactive flash Activities

Preparing Images for the Web

Preparing Audio files for the Web

Using Respondus to create questions/quizzes

Creating Questions in the BBVista Question Dabatase

Creating interactive reading content using Wimba Create

Setting up and using the BBVista Discussion Board

Setting up the BBVista Gradebook

Creating Learning Modules in BBVista

Managing Assessments in BBVista


Administration Instructors

accessing grades

and reports

Designers setting

up quizzes and the

gradebook

Reading Reading texts with

self-tests and

interactive support

such as glossary

Reading texts with

graded quizzes

Reading student/

teacher postings

Grammar/Vocab/

Spelling Quizzes

Self-Tests

Writing Online discussion

Diary

Reflections

Blog

Paragraph

questions in

quizzes

BBVista PD SessionsMonday, October 20, 2008

Content

Organisation/

Designer

Listening

Quizzes

Self-tests

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