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Making the Best of Blackboard Tools

Making the Best of Blackboard Tools. Grade Book, Assignments, and Turnitin. Turnitin. Get an account Go to http://www.turnitin.com/ Account number = 16011 Password = csuhayward2. Deterrent Value. Announce your intentions to use Turnitin in the class Include Turnitin info in your syllabus

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Making the Best of Blackboard Tools

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  1. Making the Best of Blackboard Tools Grade Book, Assignments, and Turnitin

  2. Turnitin • Get an account • Go to http://www.turnitin.com/ • Account number = 16011 • Password = csuhayward2

  3. Deterrent Value • Announce your intentions to use Turnitin in the class • Include Turnitin info in your syllabus • Explain how it works • Print out and show examples of how Turnitin works

  4. Turnitin (continued) • Two ways to submit documents • Students submit documents • Revision feature allows revision without plagiarism check • Instructors submit documents • One at a time • Batch upload multiple files

  5. Turnitin • Searches the Internet, old copies of the Internet, journals, newspapers, Proquest database, and its own database • Sensitivity is 6 – 8 characters in a row • Creates a digital fingerprint of the submitted document and compares it to all others on the web

  6. Proquest From: http://www.proquest.com/division/au-about.shtml Today, as a result of agreements with more than 9,000 publishers worldwide, ProQuest Information and Learning provides access to information from periodicals, newspapers, out-of-print books, dissertations, and scholarly collections in various formats. Our archive includes more than 5.5 billion pages of information, spanning 500 years of scholarship, in formats that range from print to microform to digital.

  7. Bernie, You’re supposed to do the demo part now. Sincerely, Bernie

  8. Turnitin Hints • Create revision assignments so a student’s paper will not be flagged as plagiarized • Use as a deterrent • Provide an alternative

  9. Gradebook • Control Panel > Gradebook • Students automatically populate the spreadsheet • Spreadsheet is downloadable as an Excel file

  10. Setting up • Click “Add Item” to create a column • Auto – generated columns: • Assignments • Assessments • Pay attention to settings • Letter = A, B, C, D, and F with + or – only • Text = all letters • Score = number • Complete/Incomplete = I or C • Inconsistencies in display settings and entries may result in an “F” displaying to students

  11. Gradebook: Display As: • Ensure that “Points Possible” and “Display As” options are matched

  12. GB Display Options

  13. Weighting Grades Number of points scored 1. X % = Number of points possible y % 2. X % times the weight of the item = Sum of the y% of each item = weighted total 3.

  14. Gradebook (and Student) Display Display as “Letter” Display as “Text” The “F” Grade List Input

  15. Gradebook Hints • ensure the grades/score you enter in an item match the display options (setup) • ensure that for a grade only display, points possible are 0 • when weighting grades, that the weights equal 100% • being aware of the display options • download spreadsheet after it is set up (you can work offline) and do not alter its structure

  16. Assignments • Integrated with the Gradebook • More elegant than the Digital Drop Box

  17. Assignments • Provide clear and concise directions of your expectations as well as of the process (download assignment - complete assignment - upload assignment)

  18. Assignments Hints • Create a naming protocol • Avoids duplicate filenames and over-writing of files • Ex. “lastname_hw1.doc” for the first homework assignment • Provide clear instructions

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