Blackboard at California Baptist University

An instructional technology training session will be held on Friday, October 7th, 2005 from 10:10 to 11:00 am in the W.E. James Building, Room 218. This training session is open to all CBU faculty members (part-time and full-time).

This session will focus on the creation of Turnitin assignments in Blackboard (Turnitin is a online plagiarism detection tool). Attendees will learn how to create Turnitin assignments in Blackboard 6.3.

Please contact Robert Shields at rshields@calbaptist.edu or (951) 343-4504 if you are planning to attend!

Subject: Creating Turnitin Assignments in Blackboard
Date: Friday, October 7th, 2005
Time: 10: 10 to 11:00 am
Place: W.E. James Building, Room 218

An instructional technology training session will be held on Friday, September 23rd, 2005 from 10:00 to 11:00 am in the W.E. James Building, Room 218. This training session is open to all CBU faculty members (part-time and full-time).

This session will focus on the use of RSS (Rich Site Summary) for instruction. Many pages that have refreshing content, such as blog pages, use RSS technology. It is my understanding that RSS “feeds” can be plugged into a RSS reader and/or Web page. By doing this, current content is displayed from the original source. Attendees will learn how to integrate RSS content in their Blackboard courses.

For more information, please contact Robert Shields at (951) 343-4504 (office phone) or rshields@calbaptist.edu (email).

Hello Friends:

Edublogs.org is offering free blog pages to education professionals. A blog page allows a user to post content to the Web instantly. Blog pages (short for Web log) have become quite popular; they are used for everything from personal journal entries to product development updates. You may choose to post a link in your Blackboard course(s) that send users to your blog page.

Please follow the instructions below to set up your free blog page:

1) Browse to http://www.edublogs.org
2) Choose and enter a blog id in the space provided.
3) Choose and enter a title for your blog site in the space provided.
4) Type your email address in the space provided.
5) Click the “Create your edublog!” button.
You will receive your login instructions via email. Once logged in, you can post content to your blog. Please follow the instructions below to post content to your blog:

1) Click the “Write” link on the top of the screen.
2) Type a subject for your blog message.
3) Type your blog message.
4) Click the “Publish” button.
5) Click the “View Site” link on the top of the page to view your posting.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

God Bless,
Robert C. Shields | http://www.calbaptist.edu | Matthew 28: 19-20
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