{"id":9523,"date":"2021-09-20T13:37:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T13:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/?p=9523"},"modified":"2021-09-20T13:37:46","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T13:37:46","slug":"preparing-your-blackboard-modules-for-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/2021\/09\/20\/preparing-your-blackboard-modules-for-the-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing your Blackboard module(s) for the new year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>*This post was sent to all teaching staff as a Bb-Users&#8217; email in August 2021*<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To help you prepare for teaching in the new academic year and to set up your Blackboard module(s) ready for your new students, please see the following essential guides:<\/p>\n<h2>Prepare your Blackboard module(s) for the new year<\/h2>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.reading.ac.uk%2Ftel-support%2F2018%2F08%2F28%2Fgetting-ready-for-the-new-year%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cf.oliveira%40pgr.reading.ac.uk%7C5693b04df8f846b166f908d96e3bd418%7C4ffa3bc4ecfc48c09080f5e43ff90e5f%7C0%7C0%7C637662025543377404%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=HjtQdhHT1iEIP%2BN8zqMtERNDgV4oCkHe6zbZd6W%2BePI%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Prepare your Blackboard module for the new year CHECKLIST<\/a>\u00a0details everything you need to do, including\u00a0important tasks like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Making your course available to your students<\/li>\n<li>Enrolling other staff\u00a0delivering the module<\/li>\n<li>Creating a\u00a0course banner<\/li>\n<li>Adding\u00a0module\u00a0roadmaps\u00a0\/ weekly\u00a0plans<\/li>\n<li>Using Blackboard as part of your start-of-term communications<\/li>\n<li>Repurposing screencasts &amp; 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