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Faculty Help Resources - BlazeVIEW for Faculty and/or Course Tools
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Staff Help Resources - BlazeVIEW for Staff
Self-paced Resources and Support Community
(At this time these resources are only available to VSU Faculty, Staff, and/or Supporting Graduate Assistants).
Whether you are just getting started with BlazeVIEW (powered by Blackboard Vista 8) or need a refresher on specific tasks, get comprehensive instruction with this online training resource that provides self paced learning and peer support.
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Training with Wimba, Inc.
(Location: Online)
Distinguished Lecture Series
View upcoming or archived sessions from Wimba's Distinguished Lecture Series on topics such as: assisting at-risk students with writing, creatively teaching math, science, engineering, and physics online, use of virtual classrooms, best practices in online instruction, how technology can assist in disaster preparedness, enrollment and retention, and more!
Wimba, Inc. provides online training for 2 popular course tools (Wimba Classroom and Wimba Voice) that are available to you in BlazeVIEW (powered by Blackboard Vista 8). Access the following links to register for a training session.
Wimba Classroom (web conference)
Wimba Classroom™ 5.2, is a live, virtual classroom within BlazeVIEW (powered by Blackboard Vista 8) that includes audio, video, application sharing and content display where faculty and students can engage the web-based conferencing as if they were meeting face-to-face.
More>Wimba Voice Tools
Voice tools facilitate and promote vocal instruction, collaboration, coaching, and assessment. Increase the interaction and student engagement level of any online class by allowing faculty and students to easily embed vocal interactions into the page level of BlazeVIEW (powered by Blackboard Vista 8).
November
Respondus 101
Respondus is a Windows application that enhances the functions and features of quizzes, surveys, and self-tests in BlazeVIEW (powered by Blackboard Vista 8). Respondus allows you to author quizzes offline, import existing questions from a word processing file, and publish the quizzes directly to your BlazeVIEW course. The application can be used to manage and print multiple versions of your test for face to face courses. (Currently this training is for faculty who are using BlazeVIEW.)
Dates, Times, & Locations:
Tuesday, November 10th 3pm-4:30pm, Odum Library room 3270
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Wednesday, November 11th 10am-11:30am, Odum Library room 3270
Register Now - Please enter exact title and date in form
BlazeVIEW Grade Book
This introductory workshop will provide an overview of the BlazeVIEW (powered by Blackboard Vista 8) Grade Book features, creating and managing grade book columns, entering student grades, creating calculated columns, column settings, editing and overriding grades, audit history, denying and granting student access, and backing up your section grades by exporting to a spreadsheet. Workshop participants will work hands on in a BlazeVIEW training section.
Dates, Times, & Locations:
Wednesday, November 11th 1pm-2:30pm, Odum Library 3270
Register Now - Please enter exact title and date in form
Technology Spotlight: Google Docs
This is our new monthly workshop where we introduce new and exciting educational technologies that relate to the field of Distance Learning. This month we will be showcasing Google Docs. Come to this session and get up to speed on this free collaboration tool that lets you upload documents online to edit and share (with those you grant access) and then save documents back to your computer.
Dates, Times, & Locations:
Friday, November 13th 2pm-3pm, Odum Library room 3270
Register Now - Please enter exact title and date in form
Intro to BlazeVIEW (powered by Blackboard Vista 8)
This session is intended for new or beginning users who have NOT used WebCT Vista or other online course management systems. In this workshop, you will get a hands-on introduction to the Section Designer role in BlazeVIEW (VSU’s online course management system). The focus will be on the features and functions of the BlazeVIEW Learning Module, managing and sharing your content, and organizing your content and other BlazeVIEW course tools into a learning path for students. Bring your syllabus or lecture notes with you as a Word file, webpage, or other document file, and leave this workshop with your materials in BlazeVIEW.
Dates, Times, & Locations:
Monday, November 16th 3pm-5pm, Odum Library room 3270
Register Now - Please enter exact title and date in form
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To make an appointment for one-on-one assistance, please contact Distance Learning 229.245.6490
What’s New?! BlazeVIEW! (powered by Blackboard Vista 8)
VSU transitioned to Blackboard Vista Version 8 in June 2009, our online course management system formerly called WebCT Vista is now called BlazeVIEW. This hands-on session is intended for existing WebCT Vista users and will provide an overview of some of the changes between WebCT Vista and BlazeVIEW.
Dates, Times, & Locations:
Tuesday, November 17th 3pm-5pm, Odum Library room 3270
Register Now - Please enter exact title and date in form
Faculty Development Discussions: Preparing to Teach Online
USG Office of Faculty Affairs & the Digital Innovation Group are facilitating web-conference discussions on current topics in education. This month's discussion is centered on Melanie Clay of the University of West Georgia and useful preparations for getting ready to teach online.
Dates, Times, & Locations:
Thursday, November 19th 3pm-4pm, Odum Library room 3270
Registration is not required for this event.