1. What is Blackboard ? www.pharmacy.ac.uk blackboard.pharmacy.ac.uk - It is our course web site - Others: WebCt – Moodle - Sakai Blackboard is a (VLE) program that controls part of the SoP web site

2. What can we do with Blackboard ? http://blackboard.pharmacy.ac.uk Send messages Timetables Aims and objectives Policy documents Official forms Course notes Tutorials Animations Podcasts – audio files Video files Email users Quizes and tests Surveys Work submission Have discussions

3. What makes Blackboard special ? The user logs on – Blackboard knows who they are. File organisation is appropriate to the user Communication can be facilitated Loading of files is simplified All of Blackboard Site Blackboard Course FilesEmail Students Instructors Announcements Files and users are grouped into ‘courses’ – organisation. Loading files is made simple – ease of use.

4. What does it look like ?

5. What does a course look like ? http://blackboard.pharmacy.ac.uk

6. Title Text Link Text lines More text Link The browser and the world wide web http://blackboard.pharmacy.ac.uk IE 6,7 – Firefox - Netscape - Opera - Safari User -- > Browser window WWW www.website.com Title Text Link Text lines More text Link Title Text Link Text lines More text Link Title Text Link Text lines Title Text Link Text lines Title Lines of text Link

7. How does the web work with Blackboard ? Browser can only interpret HTML text files and images - gif, jpeg, png. Browser (IE) controls all interactions Requests the file. Interprets the file and makes up the page - Text + Images - Links (more file requests). * Calls local program for other types:.pdf,.doc,.ppt,.swf….. * Server gets request --- delivers file to browser Server = blackboard.pharmacy.ac.uk - has a store of files HTTP

8. Getting documents: What does the browser do ? Sends the file HTML Server finds fileUser clicks Link = web page Address Browser displays page BB:Interpret link -> Request file -> Receive file -> Then what ?? Decide.htm.txt.doc.rtf.ppt.pdf.wpd Normal Display Open Word Open Powerpoint Use Acrobat ? Don’t Know ? Save.swf Flash Player

9. Use the mouse to save the file directly Saving files from blackboard

10. .rtf = a wordprocessor file type that is application independent can contain text, images, tables, formatting Rich text files To make: Write the document as normal in any word processor Use: File->Save As: (rtf) Advantages: Can be opened or saved with any wordprocessor or version. Cannot contain virus code. Files are ASCII text – easier management and editing. The ending rtf is added automatically

11. Using computers is all about files Text Document:.txt,.doc,.rtf,.wpd Special:.zip,.pdf,.exe,.dll,.ini,.eps Bit map:.gif,.jpg,.png,.cpx,.bmp Vector:.drw, ai,.cgm.wmf,.tiff Web: htm,.asp,.php,.swf,.css,. js,.vbs Other Media:.cpa, wav,.wmf,.mp3,.mp4 Graphic and Image: Application:.ppt,.xls, qpw,.odt,

12. Knowing about your files Ext Title View Details

13. e-Learning -- What it is Management Function –Course enrolment Communication –Announcements Email General Information –Aims, Sylabus Teaching Material –Notes, PowerPoint Assessment –Tests, Essay submission Structured Guided Interactive Discussions Standalone Electronic support for conventional teaching Electronic teaching BlackboardHTML, FlashPowerPoint

14. Login to Blackboard: http://blackboard.pharmacy.ac.uk http://www.pharmacy.ac.uk