leavesablanklinefollowingthiscode ~ 0 Youmayalsoprepareyourannouncementinawordprocessor(copyingandpastinginas k SmartText),oryoumayprepareyourannouncementinanhtmleditor(FrontPage)toget X fancyformattingfeaturesinyourAnnouncement,butboththoseoptionstakemoretime. 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(#(# Ќ HINTS:Adviselearnerstosettheirannouncementstoshoweverythingpostedinthelast30 ;# ! days.Thatwaytheywillnotmissrecentannouncementsthatmightbepostedmorethan '$w " twoweeksago. %c # NOTES: &<"% LearningActivity#2:SendinganEMailWithAttachmenttoRudiRatlos ! ! ( # 3 3 " 3 " 3A 2 # 1 .3 0 InyourBBcourse,clickonCommunicationinyourNavigationBarontheleft,thenon SendEMail. 3A n v (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3 2 # 2 .3 0 ClickonSelectUserstoseealistofeveryoneinyourcourse(learnersandprofessor). 3 c (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3 2 # 3 .3 0 ClickintheboxbesideRudi salias(RudiRatlos)inthelistofusersidentifiedforthe P course. 3 = (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3 2 # 4 .3 0 EnteratitleforyouremailintheSubjectbox. 3 $ * z (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3 2 # 5 .3 0 CreatethetextforyouremailmessageintheMessagebox. 3 $ g (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3 2 # 6 .3 0 ScrolldowntoAddAttachments,andclickonAdd. 3 . T (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3 2 # 7 .3 0 ClickonBrowse;insertthefloppyyouhavebeenprovidedwithinto_ your_ Ԁa:drive.Click A onanyofthefileswhicharethere,andyouwillseethefilenameappearintheboxbeside . Browse.Youhavenowattachedthisdocumenttoyouremail. 3 . (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3 2 # 8 .3 0 ClickonSubmittosendyourmessagewithitsattachment. 3 / (#(# Ќ Rudihaspromisedanautomatedresponsetoyourmessagesothatyouwillknowthatyoure mailwassentsuccessfully! HINT:WhenyouusetheSelectUser optioninyouremail,youmayclickonasmanynames l asyoulikesothatyouremailgoestowhatevernumberofusersyouhaveidentified.Thisisa \ veryhandyfunctionwhen,forexample,youwanttoremindeveryonewhomissedadeadline I whatthepenaltyformissingthatdeadlineis,andwhatthemakeupopportunitiesare. 6 NOTES: ` L LearningActivity#3:CreatingCalendarEntries PartA:ForYourCalendar YoumaycreateyourcalendarinBBforyourownplanning.Thisisaprivatecalendarwhichno ` learnersorcolleagueswillhaveaccessto.ThiscalendarisconstructedinyourAlgonquinTab M homepagethatlistsallofyourBBenabledcoursesanddiscussiongroups.Tocreatesome : entriesinyourowncalendar,followthesedirections: ' w ! ! ( # 3 3 " 3 " 3Z& 2 # 1 .3 0 ClickonAlgonquintabontheupperlefthandcornerofyourscreentotakeyououtof Q yourcourseandbacktoyourAlgonquinTabhomepage.Youshouldsee Welcome > [yourname]!toidentifyitasyourpersonalBBhomepage,andyoushouldseeallyour + courseslistedontherighthandside. 3Z& & (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3( 2 # 2 .3 0 ClickonCalendarintheToolsmenuontheleft. 3( ( (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3) 2 # 3 .3 0 ClickontheViewWeektabatthetopofyourcalendar.Ifyouhavenomoreevents scheduledforthisweek,clickontheforwardarrowstotherightofthedateatthetopof thecalendartoseenextweek.SinceyouareaverybusyAlgonquinprofessor,you | probablyhavealeasttwoappointmentsfornextweek. 3) ) i (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3+ 2 # 4 .3 0 Toaddyourfirstappointmenttoyourcalendar,clickonAddEventatthetopleftofyour V calendar. 3+ + C (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3- 2 # 5 .3 0 IntheEventTitlebox,identifywhomyourappointmentiswith.Youwillseethistitlein 0 yourcalendar. 3- @- m (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3`. 2 # 6 .3 0 IntheEventDescriptionbox,addanyinformationthatyouwanttoaboutthisevent.This Z informationwillnotappearinyourcalendar,butitwillappearinawindowifyourclick G onyoureventtitle. 3`. . 4 (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3 0 2 # 7 .3 0 ScrolldowntoEventTime,andenterthestarttimeandfinishtimeofyourappointment. 3 0 M0 ! (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3G1 2 # 8 .3 0 ClickonSubmittorecordyoureventinyourcalendar. 3G1 t1 (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3L2 2 # 9 .3 0 Repeatthisprocesstoaddanyotherappointmentsthatyouhavethisweek. 3L2 y2 (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3_3 2 # 10 .3 0 OK!Thisisatest!Nowscrollaheadinyourcalendaruntilyoufindthemonthofaloved one sbirthday,oryouranniversary.Markthisdateinyourcalendar. 3_3 3 (#(# Ќ " 3 " 34 2 # 11 .3 0 GobacktoyourAlgonquinTabhomepage,andclickonCalendarinyourToolsmenu. 34 5 r (#(# Ќ " 3 " 36 2 # 12 .3 0 GototheboxontherighthandofthescreenthatsaysAllEvents.Clickonthearrowto _! scrolldownandchooseMyEvents.Nowyoushouldseetheeventsthatyouhavejust L" posted. 36 46 9# ! (#(# Ќ NOTES: %c # _ Go_ ԀtothenextpagenowforPartBofthisLearningActivity... +&* ЇLearningActivity#3cont. PartB:MakingEntriesinYourCourseCalendar ! ! ( # 3 3 " 3 " 3m9 2 # 1 .3 0 GointooneofyourBBcoursesorintoyourtrainingcourseforthisworkshop. 3m9 9 a (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3: 2 # 2 .3 0 ClickonControlPanelintheNavigationBar,andthenonCourseCalendarinthe N CourseToolsmenu. 3: : ; (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3; 2 # 3 .3 0 UsethesameprocessthatyouusedinPartAtomakeseveralentriesinyourlearners ( x coursecalendar.Perhapsyoucouldbeginbyenteringthestartdateforclassesandthe e holidaysinthefallsemester. 3; ; R (#(# Ќ StartDate:0 August27,2001 ? (# (# Holidays:0 September3,LabourDay , (# (# ` October8,Thanksgiving " 3 " 3> 2 # 4 .3 0 GobacktoyourAlgonquinTabhomepage.ClickonCalendar.Opentheboxonthe rightandchooseAllEvents.Nowyoushouldseebothyourpersonaleventsandthe eventsprogrammedforyouintheTeachingWithBlackBoardcourse.Ifyouwereto moveforwardtoAugust,youshouldseethefirsteventyoupostedinyourcourse } calendar:thefirstdayofclasses. 3> > j (#(# Ќ NOTES: [ LearningActivity#4:Tasks PartA:MakingaPersonalToDoList YoumaywanttousetheTasksfunctiontocreatetodolistsforyourself.Itisveryeasytocreate ` andremovetasksfromyourownTaskmenuinBB.Createatodolistforyourselfnowby M followingthesedirections: : ! ! ( # 3 3 " 3 " 3C 2 # 1 .3 0 GotoyourAlgonquinBBhomepage. 3C C d (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3yD 2 # 2 .3 0 Clickon Tasks intheToolsmenu.YouwillseethatRudihasalreadygivenyoumany Q tasksinthecoursecalledTeachingWithBlackBoardwhichhehasregisteredyouin.To A turnthesetasksoff(nooffensetoRudi!!!!),opentheboxontherighthandofyour . screenwithAllTasksshowinginitandchooseMyTasksinstead.NowyourTaskslist shouldbeempty. 3yD D (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3G 2 # 3 .3 0 ClickonAddTask. 3G =G (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3G 2 # 4 .3 0 Thinkofonetaskthatyouhavetocompletewithinthenextweekor_ two._ ԀIdentifythat taskintheTaskTitlebox. 3G H (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3`I 2 # 5 .3 0 AddanyadditionalinformationthatyouneedintheDescriptionbox. 3`I I l (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3mJ 2 # 6 .3 0 Fillinthedatecolumnstoindicatetheprojectedcompletiondateforthetask. 3mJ J Y (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3K 2 # 7 .3 0 ScrolldownandclickonSubmit. 3K K F (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3uL 2 # 8 .3 0 SinceyouareanAlgonquinprofessor,youprobablyhavelotstodointhenextcoupleof 3 weeks.Addseveralmoretaskstoyourtodolist. 3uL L p (#(# Ќ NOTE:0 ` ! ! ToremoveataskforyourlistjustclickontheRemovebuttonbesidethetaskin J yourtasklist. 7 ` (#` (# CAUTION: 0 ` IfyouentertasksforyourstudentsinanyofyourcoursesandchooseAllTasks, thosetasks,aswellasyourownpersonaltasks,willshowinyourTaskslist. Similarly,ifyouareastudentinaBBprofessionaldevelopmentcourse,youwill alsofindthosecoursetasksinyourgeneraltasklistifyouchoosetoview All tasks. Topreserveyoursanity,youmaywanttokeepthe MyTasks view x asyourdefaultview!!! h! ` (#` (# NOTES: @# ! GotothenextpageforthesecondhalfoftheTasksactivity. +&* LearningActivity#4:Tasks PartB:CreatingCourseTasksforYourLearners " 3 " 3 R 2 # 1 .3 0 GointoyourBBtrainingcourse,oroneofyourrealcourses. 3 R -R ` (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3S 2 # 2 .3 0 ScrolldowntoclickontheControlPanel. 3S 3S M (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3S 2 # 3 .3 0 UnderCourseTools,clickonTasks. 3S ,T : (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3T 2 # 4 .3 0 AddaTaskthatyouwouldlikeyourLearnerstocompletewithinthefirstorfirsttwo ' w weeksofclass;e.g.CompletetheTourofBlackBoard.Usethedateboxestoindicatea d duedateforthetask.clickonSubmit. 3T $U Q (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3V 2 # 5 .3 0 Addseveralmoretasksthatyouwouldlikeyourlearnerstocompletebytheendofthe > firstorsecondweekofthesemester. 3V V + (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3X 2 # 6 .3 0 GobacktoyourAlgonquinTabpage.ClickonTasksandthenchangethesettingonthe righttoindicate AllTasks. NowyouwillseemanytaskslistedinTasks: yourown personaltodolist,thetasksyouhavecreatedforyourlearners,andthetasksthathave beenassignedtoyouintheTeachingWithBlackBoardcoursethatyouareregisteredin. 3X DX (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3Z 2 # 7 .3 0 Ifyouwanttoseeonlyyourtodolist,resetyourTasksto MyTasks. 3Z Z (#(# Ќ [ LearningActivity#5:CreatingandContributingtoaForumintheDiscussionBoard PartA:CreatingaForumforQuestions " 3 " 3{\ 2 # 8 .3 0 Returntoyourowncourseoryourtrainingcourseforthisworkshop. 3{\ \ ` (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3] 2 # 9 .3 0 ClickonDiscussionBoardintheNavigationBarontheleft. 3] ] M (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3^ 2 # 10 .3 0 ClickonAddaForum. 3^ ^ : (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3x_ 2 # 11 .3 0 Thinkofonepartofyourcoursewherelearnersoftenhavequestionsforyou.Thinkof ' w allthosesimilaranswerswhichyouhaverepeatedoverandoveragaintoindividual d learners.Giveyourforumatitlewhichencompassesthesekindsofquestions. 3x_ _ Q (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3ba 2 # 12 .3 0 UsetheDescriptionboxtoexplaintoyourlearners whyyouwantthemtoposttheir > questionshere,andto_ explain_ Ԁyourprotocolforansweringthesequestions. 3ba a . (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3 c 2 # 13 .3 0 ScrolldowntotheForumSettingstosetthecontrolsonyourforum.Submit. 3 c 9c (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3.d 2 # 14 .3 0 ViewyourforumbygoingtoDiscussionBoard,thenclickingonthetitleofyourforum. 3.d [d (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3Oe 2 # 15 .3 0 ReplytoyourownquestionbyclickingonReply,thencomposingyourmessage,then clickingonSubmit. 3Oe |e (#(# Ќ " 3 " 3f 2 # 16 .3 0 Openupyourforumagain,butthistimeaddanewthread. 3f f (#(# Ќ PartB:CreatingaForumforDiscussion Y ! ! ( # 3 3 Createasecondforuminyourcoursefordiscussionaboutoneofthetopicsinyourcourse.Use 2 thesameprocedureyouhaveusedforyourquestionsforumtogiveyourforumatitleand o provideabriefdescriptionofwhatyouwantinthelearners contributions,andtogenerateone \ ortworesponses. I NOTES: #