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Faculty Showcase presentation on creating a social learning environment. This is a brief tutorial on how to use Blackboard Scholar.
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Using Blackboard Scholar Intro to Scholar Blackboard’s Social Bookmarking Tool
1. Account Create an 1. Log into Blackboard 2. Click on Tools 3. Click on My Scholar Home 4. Create an Account by filling out the form Tip: Use Firefox instead of Safari if you are on a Mac 1. Account Create an 1. Log into Blackboard 2. Click on Tools 3. Click on My Scholar Home 4. Create an Account by filling out the form Tip: Use Firefox instead of Safari if you are on a Mac
Set up the 2. Bookmarklet Drag the “Scholar it” icon to your browser’s toolbar For detailed instructions: http://www.scholar.com/ bookmarklet.dobbb Set up the 2. Bookmarklet Drag the “Scholar it” icon to your browser’s toolbar For detailed instructions: http://www.scholar.com/ bookmarklet.dobbb
3. Course Collection Add bookmarks to the Added automatically 3. Course Collection Add bookmarks to the Added automatically
3. Course Collection Add bookmarks to the Enter if not added automatically 3. Course Collection Add bookmarks to the Enter if not added automatically
. 3. Course Collection Add bookmarks to the Follow syllabus instructions
. 3. Course Collection Add bookmarks to the Describe resource with appropriate tags
. 3. Course Collection Add bookmarks to the Use Comm. Studies
. 3. Course Collection Add bookmarks to the Use Topics-Media...
. 3. Course Collection Add bookmarks to the Use “public”
. 3. Course Collection Add bookmarks to the Click “save”
. In Summary: • Bookmark Name: Give your bookmark a name if it doesn’t already have one • URL: The URL should be added automatically. If it isn’t be sure to add it • Description: Summarize the resource and explain why it is a good source to include • Tags: Include a number of tags that describe the resource you’ve added.
. In Summary: • Discipline Tag(s): Select “Communication studies” as the discipline tag • Course Tag(s): Select the Course Tag from the pull-down menu. • Status: Select “public” • Save: Click save before exiting ➡ Once you click save, your bookmark will be added to the Scholar Course Home
. Additional Resources • Intro to Scholar video: http://wiki.scholar.com/download/attachments/5906/ Scholar_screencast_1.2.swf?version=1 • How to: http://wiki.scholar.com/