It’s Week 1: Do you know where your online learners are?

It's week one of the semester and following your daily log-in to Blackboard, you notice that several students have yet to log in, access the syllabus, view the welcome video, or post an introduction. You have not received an email or message from these students asking for technical support or clarification. Now what?

You likely will send an email to the missing students, reminding them what needs to be accomplished this week and encouraging them to respond. But have you considered how Blackboard’s student tracking tools could support your ability to monitor students’ progress, receive alerts if they fall behind, and efficiently schedule outreach? 

Whether you teach in-person, online, or hybrid, join us to learn how to leverage student analytics reports in Blackboard that complement best practices from Quality Matters on orienting and supporting students in your course. 

About QM

Grounded in evidence-based practice research, peer review, and collegiality, Quality Matters (QM) is used by more than 40,000 educators and instructional designers worldwide to strengthen online and blended course design.

In particular, QM’s General Standard 1: Course Overview & Introduction, offers researched-backed effective practices for orienting students to the course and your expectations for communication, grading, feedback, and use of Blackboard. 

Session participants will be able to: 

• Recall QM’s effective practices to orient and support students

• Consider Ultra's conditional availability feature  

• Explore the Course Activity Report, including student alert flags  

• Review Student Overview to access student analytics, coordinate communications

• Leverage progress tracking 

This session will be facilitated by Peter Ariev and Susan Biro, members of the Instructional Technology team. To RSVP, please click “Going virtually” below and be sure to add the event to your calendar!

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