Learning Objects - CampusPack
Introduction
Over the summer, Truman purchased and installed a suite of tools that will allow faculty and students to better integrate social learning and collaboration through the Blackboard Course Management System. The documentation and description for these tools are available below. We have made available resources from the vendor, Learning Objects and our own Truman users guide.
If you have additional questions regarding the use of these new features available to you, please contact IT Services Help Desk (785-4544 or toll free at 866-520-2412) for additional assistance.
Resources from Learning Objects
Documentation
Usage
Guides & Pedagogy
Research &
Resources
JournalLX - Private Journals
Students now have the ability to author private, media-rich journals inside of their Blackboard courses. Journals are a terrific tool to use when assessing student learning through self reflection for course projects, and personal thoughts, ideas and opinions. Private journals are only shared between an individual student and their instructor.
To learn more about setting up Private Journals, review the following documentation.
JournalLX - Individual and Group Blogs
Individual Blogs allow students to author, post, and share their personal experiences and thoughts with other members of their class and the instructor. Individual Blogs allow peers to view other member's Blogs, however they are not allowed to edit each other's information. We recommend integrating the Blog tool in this manner.
To learn more about setting up Individual Blogs, review the following documentation.
Group Blogs allow students to develop author, post and share experiences as a group while allowing each other to edit commonly developed content. While this tool can be very effective and instructive for students, a wiki assignment (See below) may better meet educational and assessment goals for collaborative work so that both group and individual contributions can be assessed by the instructor.
TeamsLX - Wikis
Wikis are wonderful tools that allow students (and instructors) to develop comprehensive, rich-media projects and web sites. Wikis allow students to collaboratively develop project-driven web pages all while learning from each other by editing and sharing information through a common web site. Course instructors are able to assess wikis by reviewing the efforts of individual students and the wiki group.
To find out more about using Wikis in your Blackboard course, please review the following documentation.