Blackboard For Dummies [Paperback]

Howie Southworth (Author), Kemal Cakici (Author), Yianna Vovides (Author), Susan Zvacek (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2006

Use the quick-start guide to create your course in a flash


Post course materials, give quizzes, facilitate discussions, and handle grades

You're an educator, not a psychic, so how would you know how to use Blackboard with no instructions? These step-by-step examples show you how to set up a Blackboard classroom, put your materials on the Internet, communicate online with students, and even evaluate their performance.

Discover how to
* Navigate the Blackboard environment
* Customize your course menu
* Add and organize course materials
* Give online assignments
* Conduct online discussions and chat rooms
* Keep track of grades

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...the latest in a series of titles to explain the complexities of software applications to ordinary users..." (Times Higher Education Supplement, March 2006)

From the Back Cover

Use the quick-start guide to create your course in a flash

Post course materials, give quizzes, facilitate discussions, and handle grades

You're an educator, not a psychic, so how would you know how to use Blackboard with no instructions? These step-by-step examples show you how to set up a Blackboard classroom, put your materials on the Internet, communicate online with students, and even evaluate their performance.

Discover how to

• Navigate the Blackboard environment
• Customize your course menu
• Add and organize course materials
• Give online assignments
• Conduct online discussions and chat rooms
• Keep track of grades

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Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (May 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471798320
• ISBN-13: 978-0471798323
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,049 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars nice reference for using blackboard, February 2, 2010

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Janet E. Eckhart "Jan in Jonesborough" (Jonesborough, TN) - See all my reviews
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Nice reference for blackboard but doesn't match with all versions of blackboard and unfortunately my college just upgraded this past year.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Some Corrections, August 16, 2006

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D.W.D. - See all my reviews

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The review by Someone's Mom appears to contain some factual errors. The banner feature is discussed on pages 75 - 76. Creating a learning unit is discussed on pages 98 - 100. Whether these entries would satisfy the previous reviewer is another matter, but the topics are addressed. There may be other errors as well in that review, but these two just jumped out at me. I agree that the authors couldn't seem to decide whether they wanted to write a technical book about Blackboard or a book focused on pedagogy and the use Blackboard. Nevertheless, there is useful content in this book, particularly for someone who is new to the use of course management systems.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Extremely Dated, January 16, 2012

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SafeCop "Joe P." (NJ) - See all my reviews

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Extremely dated. Published in 1996. Imagine if you still had a computer from 1996- how useful would it be? I wish someone would update this book but as it stands now, it is useless with the current applications of Blackboard. It doesn't even mention the "Build, Teach, Student" format.