Are you looking for a new way to engage your online students without leaving your Blackboard course site?\u00a0 Consider using a wiki, blog, or journal!\u00a0 Wikis allow your students to collaborate on a single document within Blackboard and you are able to track their participation.\u00a0 This is a great tool for brainstorming, collecting research, or producing a student-created FAQ or glossary.<\/p>\n
A blog is meant to be a place where students can post their opinions or climb on a ‘virtual soapbox’ and deliver a message.\u00a0 There are opportunities for others to comment, but the focus is on the initial posts and what the student had to say.<\/p>\n
A journal is usually intended to be used as a private space for reflection.\u00a0 It is a space that can only be ‘written’ on by the student and the instructor, although you can control whether the rest of the class can read each others’ journals or not.<\/p>\n
Sometimes using a different tool for a week or two gives the students a break from the traditional discussion board routine – -and that in itself can improve student engagement in a class.\u00a0 Instructions for setting up a wiki<\/a>, blog<\/a>, or journal <\/a>are found here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Are you looking for a new way to engage your online students without leaving your Blackboard course site?\u00a0 Consider using a wiki, blog, or journal!\u00a0 Wikis allow your students to collaborate on a single document within Blackboard and you are able to track their participation.\u00a0 This is a great tool for brainstorming, collecting research, or… Continue reading