Educators and Designers

Re: Make a student orientation module

Michael Zimmerman — Tue, 08 May 2012 02:04:19 GMT

John,

You can have tests in a SCORM module, but I don't think a SCORM module can access the discussion board.

Mike

Re: Make a student orientation module

John A. Hollenbeck — Mon, 07 May 2012 20:39:54 GMT

Michael,

That's a lot of work for a simple course module. Would this work if I made a SCORM package instead? I doubt my faculties' ability to follow the instructions you suggest (don't tell them I said that).

Thanks,

**John

Re: Make a student orientation module

Michael Zimmerman — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:42:22 GMT

John,

You could just build it as a stripped-down "course" with nothing in it but the materials you want to include. Then you could export it to a course export (.zip) file, and instructors could import it into their courses with the "import package" option. The only thing is, you'd have to be sure to tell them what options to select when importing the package as well. They'd probably want to import "Discussion Board", "Tests, Surveys and Pools", "Grade Center Columns and Settings", and whatever content areas you have things deployed in, for instance.

Mike

Make a student orientation module

John A. Hollenbeck — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:20:29 GMT

OK, here's what I want to do. Faculty have asked for a student orientation module to Blackboard that could be included in their classes if needed. I have made a Learning Module that fills those needs. It includes stunningly effective lessons on using Bb, plus links to an "ice-breaker" discussion and a simple quiz.

So how do I package up this work of genius and distribute it to all the other faculty courses? Since it includes a quiz and discussion board, the Content Collection does not work. Also, I want it to be more like a course object that can be uploaded and enabled in the course.

Does this mean I finally have to learn SCORM? Or is there a way out?