Faculty Support for Blackboard

Faculty and students can now go directly to Blackboard course areas from myUFV. They no longer need to sign into UFV Online explicitly. Luminis needs to know which courses are Blackboard and which use myUFV course. Instructors need to "tell' myUFV which course area to go to. Please follow the instructions here.

Workshops for developing courses in BlackBoard

The Teaching and Learning Centre has scheduled workshops for instructors preparing to teach using BlackBoard for fully online or supplemental courses.

Mastering the Fundamentals of Blackboard (our course management software)

Introductory Blackboard
Date and time to be confirmed. Abbotsford Campus,  G180

This workshop introduces you to the interface and tools of Blackboard. After working in My Blackboard and Mail, we will explore the Build, Teach, and Student View tabs, and the common tools of the softward. You will begin to design a course in Blackboard.

Through hands-on activities, you will customize your course by adding and editing headers, and creating and adding simple components. A brief overview of media options in the online environment will also be provided. 

This workshop is for those developing or teaching either full online or supplemental coures in Balckboard. Participants will practice on thier own course shell. We will discuss design issues for online courses, including course tools, and migration issues. We will cover communicating with students, assignments and assessment tools, including quizzes and the Grade Book.

Facilitator: Wendy Burton


Advanced Blackboard: Developing your fully online or supplemental course
Date and time to be confirmed. Abbotsford Campus, G180

This is a drop-in event, for those with basic familiarity with Blackboard, who are developing either fully online or supplemental courses in Blackboard. Participants will continue to work on their own course shell. We will cover developing learning modules, media libraries, and content pages.


Blackboard Courses Show and Tell
Date and time to be confirmed. Abbotsford  Campus, G180

Join us for an informal show and tell of three courses for the fully online environment. John Belec, Zoe Dennison, Samantha Pattridge and Gordon Jang will take you behind the classroom door to explore their courses and answer questions about the design and the intention of these courses.


How to enrol: If you have a BlackBoard instructor account, log into My Blackboard, go into the Online Faculty Centre and choose the icon on the home page. Choose the day you want to attend, and click Sign Up. If you do not have access to My Blackboard, send me an email and I will register you for the workshop of your choice. ruby.ord@ufv.ca