{"product_id":"9781849692939","title":"Blackboard Essentials for Teachers","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn Detail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlackboard is the world's most popular commercial learning management system. With Blackboard you can construct and deliver professional quality elearning courses with ease. Its many features, which allow you to manage courses, grading and assessments, and social collaboration, are the standard against which other learning management systems are measured.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlackboard Essentials for Teachers\u003c\/i\u003e shows you how to use Blackboard's most essential features by guiding you through the development of a demonstration course, built on Blackboard's free site for teachers, coursesites.com. You will also learn more about Blackboard's most important features, such as the gradebook, using clear instructions to guide you every step of the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy following an example course, this book will guide you, step-by-step, through creating your own Blackboard course. Start by adding static material for students to view, such as pages, links, and media. Then, add interaction to your courses, with discussion boards, blogs, and wikis. Most importantly, engage your students in your course by communicating with them, assessing them, and putting them into groups. \u003ci\u003eBlackboard Essentials for Teachers\u003c\/i\u003e will enable you to take your elearning course from inception, to construction, to delivery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApproach\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book develops a sample site with lots of step-by-step instructions and screenshots to get you up and running in no time at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho this book is for\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are a teacher or course builder, you need only basic computer skills to get the most from this book. You don't need any background in online teaching or building Web pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Packt Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157707440368,"sku":"9781849692939","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781849692939_p0.jpg?v=1763752852","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781849692939","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}