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Getting Started

In the event of a pandemic (or other) emergency that closes the University for an ongoing period of time, you will most likely want to communicate with your students and make content available to them in fairly short order. Below are some suggested resources for getting started in that process.

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Host Your Course in ELMS (powered by Blackboard)
Task	Helpful Resources	What You Need...
Upload your syllabus	Getting Started with Blackboard Academic Suite pp. 11 and 12	•• ELMS course space
Post Announcements	Getting Started with Blackboard Academic Suite pp. 8 and 9 Adding an announcement to ELMS	•• ELMS course space
Upload and Manage Course Materials	Managing Course Content in Blackboard Academic Suite pp. 3-7 How to Upload a File to an ELMS Course Space	•• ELMS course space •• Files must be in digital format; e.g., .doc, .ppt, .pdf, .html
Use Online Tools to Interact with Your Students
Task	Helpful Resources	What You Need...
Send E-mail or Messages	Collaboration and Communication in Blackboard Academic Suite pp. 3-6	•• ELMS course space
Send E-mail (external to ELMS)	Requesting and Managing Coursemail	•• UMEG course roster
Create Forums	Collaboration and Communication in Blackboard Academic Suite pp. 9-14 What are the Components of the ELMS Discussion Board?	•• ELMS course space •• Discussion Board
Set up real-time, online classroom	Getting Started With Wimba Live Classroom Setting Up a Live Classroom	•• Wimba Live Classroom •• ELMS course space •• Speakers and microphone
Create Course Materials
Task	Helpful Resources	What You Need...
Conduct and archive "live" classroom sessions	Creating Wimba Live Classroom in Blackboard Guide Managing a Live Classroom	•• Wimba Live Classroom •• ELMS course space •• Speakers and microphone
Brush up on MS Office and other application skills	University's SkillSoft portal (for faculty and staff)	•• A Windows computer (only) •• Either Internet Explorer, Firefox or Safari
Next Steps
Task	Helpful Resources	What You Need...
Create and Post Assignments	Assignment Tool	•• ELMS course space
Create a podcast	Record and Edit Digital Audio with Audacity Request an iTunesU course space Upload podcast files	•• Use Audacity (free software) to create an mp3 audio file •• Host on iTunesU Academic •• Speakers and microphone
Create short tutorials	Record Screen Motion and Sound with Jing	•• Use Jing (free software) to create swf file •• Upload to ELMS course space •• Speakers and microphone

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