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Introduction to Blackboard Learn
Workshop details
2025-26 dates
Wed 22 October 14.00-16.00 (in person)
Wed 10 December 14.00-16.00 (in person)
Wed 25 February 14.00-16.00 (in person)
Wed 13 May 14.00-16.00 (in person)
Attending the session
ICT Teaching & Learning training sessions will be delivered on campus teaching spaces. After signing up for a session, joining instructions will be sent out by the Digital Education Team shortly before the event takes place.
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will have:
- Understood how to design a Blackboard course and add content;
- Understood which tools are available for teaching and learning;
- Setup and graded assessments and tests in Blackboard.
Tutors
ICT Digital Education Services Team
Administrative Enquiries
Su Beasley edudevcourses@ic.ac.uk
Who should attend?
This session provides an introduction to Blackboard Learn, Imperial College London's virtual learning environment (VLE). This course is aimed at academics and support staff who are new to the product and are responsible for creating and managing content using Blackboard Learn.
From this practical, hands-on familiarisation session, participants can expect a concise overview of the tools and features available in Blackboard, knowledge of how to integrate and modify content and activities, and methods for locating further information, help, and training. In addition to increasing their technical know-how of Blackboard, participants will be encouraged to discuss pedagogical and practical issues associated with using these tools to support learning and teaching.
Please note that this session will not be focusing on Turnitin or any advance reporting tools. ICT offer separate Turnitin training.
Key areas
- Adding and managing content, including adaptive release
- Gaining experience navigating the learner and editor interfaces
- Considering the affordances of Blackboard’s tools for communication and collaboration
- Exploring options available with assignments and tests
Prerequisite
Attendees should be familiar with basic navigation in Blackboard. You may find it helpful to watch this short video from Anthology, Introducing Blackboard Learn, before attending the course.
Imperial STAR Framework
This workshop is particularly suitable for those seeking recognition at D1 or D2 level of the Imperial STAR Framework. It addresses the following dimensions of the Professional Standards Framework (PSF 2023): A1, A2, A4, K4, V1.
