Social Media and Blackboard Connect

January 11, 2013

Transcript

1. Teaching with Technology Series John Parry and Bruce Young Centre for Teaching and Learning University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus
2. Introduction Formats • Presentations and Workshops CTL Twitter Feed • ubcoctl Major Initiatives • Connect • Streaming Video • Lecture Capture  CTL Blog • http://blogs.ubc.ca/ubcoctl/
3. Connect and Social Media
4. Social Media Tools Software tools that mediate human communication. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media
5. Communication Collaboration Engagement
6. Built in tools! Blog • A web site that displays information in reverse chronological order. Comprised of posts and comments. Wiki • A website which allows its users to add, modify, or delete its content. Discussion Tool • Comprised of forums, threads and comments. Allows users to discuss various topics.
7. Web 2.0 Tools  Embed Code
8. Integrating Web 2.0 tools into Connect 1. Locate the embed code. 2. Copy the embed code. 3. In Connect create an Item or Blank Page in a Content Area. 4. Enter a Name 5. In the Text Editor, click the Toggle HTML Source Mode icon 6. Paste the embed code. 7. Click Submit.
9. Using Audio Blog/journal entries can include audio postings using the Voice Authoring Tool.. Voice Boards. Synchronous Sessions can be facilitated with the Virtual Classroom Option. This is not working correctly at this time but a ticket has been submitted to have the problems addressed.
10. Mashups