For existing users interested in having students work on collaborative projects within Blackboard. Teams can create shared documents, adding text, images, and links to a presentation or other external resources. The workshop will also have a demonstration on how to create a public wiki project.
OBJECTIVES / QUESTIONS ADDRESSED
- Should wikis be used for group or individual work?
- Should the instructor help groups with organization?
- Should there be a single point of assessment or multiple points?
- Should students be required to post individual responses to milestones prior to working on a group response?
- Should the instructor provide an anchor document to help students understand what a successful project should look like?
- Should students post all work associated with the project in the wiki?
- Should wiki creation be "played back" to assess individual student participation?
- Can wiki statistics alone be used to assess level of participation?
- Are non-technical students disadvantaged by being asked to collaborate in a wiki environment?
- Can a wiki environment motivate students to collaborate to construct knowledge?
Handouts:
To see the PowerPoint used in this workshop, click here.
To see the paper handout (PDF) used in this workshop, click here.
To see the case study used in conjunction with this workshop, click here.
Tutorial:
For step-by-step directions about how to create a wiki in Blackboard, click here.