Rubric
A scoring tool you can use to evaluate graded work. When you allow students access to rubrics before they complete their work, you provide transparency into your grading methods. Most Blackboard tools allow you the ability to include a preformatted, customizable, and
Safe-Assign
Part of Blackboard’s Assignment Tool, SafeAssign compares submitted assignments against a set of academic papers to identify areas of overlap between the submitted assignment and existing works. SafeAssign is effective as both a deterrent and an educational tool. Use SafeAssign to review assignment submissions for originality and create opportunities to help students identify how to properly attribute sources rather than paraphrase.
Scaffolding
In the context of online education, scaffolding refers to supporting learning from novice to expertise and providing ample time for students to orient themselves with technology that they are expected to use in the course before being assessed using those tools. Come up with formative assignments or learning experiences that can be purposefully implemented throughout the course to prepare learners for success on major assignments and assessments.
Social Learning
Involves learning by interacting with other people. Those people may be classmates, peers or others in the same profession; or they may be experts, such as a teacher or outside authority. An expert is anybody who can answer a difficult question or offer assistance. With social learning, teachers can manage larger classes, especially ones containing headstrong learners. The group counterbalances strong personalities and can deliver strong feedback and have it accepted. (Horton, W., 2012).
Social Presence
Creating a climate that supports and encourages probing questions, skepticism, expressing and contributing to ideas (Garrison & Akyol, 2013).
Summative Assessment
High stakes graded activities done at various milestones in the course (mid term, final, etc.).
Synchronous
Defined by when the instructor teaches a class in real-time on a set class schedule using video conferencing technology (e.g., Zoom, Blackboard Collaborate). Reliable Internet access is needed both by students and instructors. Since there are many valid reasons why students may not be able to participate in synchronous instruction, it is important for instructors to plan asynchronous alternatives for students who miss class.
Teaching Presence
Widely researched in the Community of Inquiry (CoI) theoretical framework where it emerges as “the binding element in creating a community of inquiry for educational purposes” (Garrison & Archer, 2000).