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>Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 08:56:14 -0400
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>Subject: Re: #6184.4 blackboard class (!)

In response to the question of how best to present content when
Blackboard is the container you are training faculty to use:

The decision as to whether teachers are steered to present
course content by PowerPoint or via Blackboard should be driven
by what they do in class. Teachers who organize lectures in
a style amenable to the use of powerpoint could be encouraged
to develop their ppt lectures. To put them into CourseInfo,
convert the ppt show to html (file --> save as webpage).
This way, students won't need ppt to view the material.
(you also have the option to save as .pps but html is a
far better choice because it will display on any browser,
platform, version, etc.).

Teachers who don't need to develop ppt skills or to use ppt
in class should not have to go the extra step to get their
content into ppt, then a web-based course management system.
But you will want to encourage them to consider how they want
their students to access and explore the material they have --
which for some faculty may mean organizing by topic and for other
may mean grouping "raw material" - notes, visuals, outside readings,
links, media clips, etc. -  regardless of which week the material
is introduced.

two cents

bruce