IRC - Instructional Resource Center

Training Materials | Quick Reference Guides

Browse from the list below to access our entire library of online training materials.  Most are Quick Reference Guides--PDF materials that guide faculty through specific tasks in the tools below.  More are added all the time; check back frequently.

Adobe Connect

(Please note: These materials are for Adobe Connect version 7.5.  Adobe Connect 8.0 is now available.)

Adobe Connect Workshop (run time 49 mins)

About Adobe Connect

Adobe Connect Quickstart Tutorials

Making Recordings Public (PDF)

Blackboard Version 9.1

Blackboard 9.1 User Guide

IRC Training Videos (pre-recorded sessions of our full length workshops)

Blackboard Basics Workshop

Blackboard Communication and Collaboration Workshop 

Blackboard Course Assessment and Gradebook Workshop

Video Tutorials from Blackboard OnDemand (short, "how-to" videos for specific tasks in Bb)

Understanding and Building Your Course (video collection)

Communicating and Collaborating (video collection)

Assessing Students (video collection)

Blackboard Quick Reference Handouts (opens in a new window)

Sakai to Blackboard Migration

Migrating Sakai Content Files into Blackboard (PDF)

Migrating Sakai "Assignments" into Blackboard (PDF)

Migrating Sakai "Lessons" into Blackboard (PDF)

Migrating Sakai "Announcements" into Blackboard (PDF)

Blackboard Course Checklist (PDF)

Multimedia

Multimedia process for the voice narrated presentations:

1) Downloading Audacity (video)

2) Narrating PowerPoint Presentation with Audacity (video)

3) Submitting Narrated PowerPoint for Processing (Multimedia Request Form & Sending) (video)

Link to the Multimedia Request Form

General

Using ISIS (JHU's Student Record System) (video)  (For information on grading a roster, move to slide 21.)

Facilitating Your Online Course (run time 40 minutes)

This session reviews important information for faculty about to start the summer 2011 term online, including important dates, making your course site available to students, creating a communication plan, and the importance of being engaged with your students.

Writing Learning Objectives (video)

Facilitating a Class Discussion: The "Fishbowl" (video)

Getting Technical Help for Online Courses (PDF)