exemplars blackboard

by Dr. Ephraim Kihn 4 min read

What is the exemplars program?

The folks at Blackboard recognize the contextual nature of course design, and have identified exemplar courses from a variety of disciplines as high quality given key characteristics such as interaction and collaboration, assessment, and learner support.

What is the Exemplary Course rubric?

Mar 23, 2022 · Along with the rubric and a webinar series to help you learn more about the exemplary principles, Blackboard celebrates the winners who developed and designed these exemplary courses. These educators and instructional designers are improving the quality of online learning at their institutions for their students.

How do I get help with blackboard?

Blackboard Exemplary Course Program Rubric There are 191 total points available in the Exemplary Course Program Rubric. In order to receive an Exemplary course rating, a score of at least 85% must be earned. Ratings of Compelling and Promising will be awarded with scores of 80% and 70%, respectively. COURSE DESIGN

Why do students ask to do exemplars?

Blackboard Educational Resources North America Are Your Courses Exemplary? What does it take to create an engaging, effective course? The Exemplary Course Program, with its peer and expert review processes, can provide valuable insights. Download

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What is the exemplary course rubric?

The Exemplary Course Program Rubric uses numerical point values for each standard. These point values (from 1 to 5) have been assigned to indicate the relative importance of that standard, with values of 5 representing compulsory standards. Compulsory standards must be met in order to receive an Exemplary course award. The 14 compulsory standards are as follows:

What is assessment in education?

Assessment focuses on instructional activities designed to measure progress toward learning outcomes, provide feedback to students and instructors, and/or enable grading or evaluation. This section addresses the quality and type of student assessments within the course.

What is learner support?

Learner Support addresses the support resources made available to students taking the course. Such resources may be accessible within or external to the course environment. Learner support resources address a variety of student services.

What is course design?

Course Design addresses elements of instructional design. For the purpose of this rubric, course design includes such elements as structure of the course, learning objectives, organization of content, and instructional strategies.

What is the Exemplary Course Program (ECP)?

The ECP began in 2000 with the goal of identifying and disseminating best practices for designing high quality courses.

Who Can Participate in the ECP?

Blackboard Learn (both original and Ultra experience) and Blackboard Open LMS clients can submit their courses any time throughout the year for peer course review, and there is no charge for participation.

What Are the Benefits of Participating?

There are three ways to participate in the Exemplary Course Program. Each has its own set of benefits.

Are There Additional Professional Development Opportunities?

Two times per year, we provide ECP Cohorts with five free 60-minute webinars. The webinars cover each exemplary characteristic from the Rubric, provide best practice examples, course tours by Exemplary Course Winners, and presenters walk you through building an exemplary course within a live Blackboard Learn environment.

What Happens If My Course Is Deemed Exemplary?

This is an exciting and notable achievement for you—and we love to celebrate and share your success.

Blackboard introduction

This one minute video will walk you through the login process and your My Blackboard page:

Frequently asked questions

This video shows you how to enter a course in Blackboard, and what you will find in a course:

Ways to get outside help

Your instructor is the first person to contact for Blackboard help. They can help you find things in their course and will need to know if something is broken.

What is Exemplars in education?

Exemplars is one of the few initiatives that has proved effective time and time again! There is more than enough in each activity for a teacher, even one without a great deal of science background, to plan high-quality, inquiry-based lessons and assess student performance with confidence ...

Why are exemplars important in math?

Exemplars are a wonderful tool for our highly capable math students. They encourage them to show their work, explain their thinking, and label their answers. I think that these tasks provide higher-level thinking skills and require students to take a look at the reasoning behind their answers.

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