blackboard mashups: multimedia just got a little easier!
DESCRIPTION
Workshop Description: Did you know you can use Mashups feature in Blackboard 9.1 to search and add multimedia to your Blackboard courses? Blackboard 9.1 includes some quick-embed options for pulling content in from social sharing sites like YouTube, Flickr and Slideshare. Learn how to embed Mashups in Blackboard and integrate them into assignments, assessments or discussions. You can even combine Mashups with other types of information and materials in your course like learning modules and other course content.TRANSCRIPT
Blackboard Mashups: Multimedia Just Got a
Little Easier!
Joel KinisonInstructional Technology Coordinator
College of Southern Maryland
Goal
At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will be able to add a Mashup to their
Blackboard course.
Objectives
Understand what Mashups are and how they work and the benefits of their use.
Define Mashup tool good teaching practices. Learn how to implement Mashups in a varity of different tools
in Blackboard. Learn how Mashups can be used to promote student
outcomes of subject matter.
Overview
What are Mashups? (Presentation) What can Mashups do for your course? (Presentation) What are the features of Mashups? (Presentation) Benefits of using Mashups in your Blackboard course. (Presentation) Limitations and considerations of using Mashups. (Presentation) Good Teaching Practices with Mashups. (Presentation) How to implement a Slideshare Mashup. (Discussion) How to implement a Flickr Mashup. (Discussion) How to implement a YouTube Mashup. (Hands-on)
“In web development, a mashup is a web page or application that uses and combines data, presentation
or functionality from two or more sources to create new services.”
Other popular culture applicationshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashup_%28web_application_hybrid%29
“Mashups allow Instructors to add content to a Course that is from an external Web site. This content is used
in a variety of ways within a Course: a standalone piece of Course Content, part of a test question, a topic on a
Discussion Board, or as part of an assignment.”
http://library.blackboard.com/ref/a86c3648-80a5-43cc-8fed-b3f5d24518ce/Content/Mashups/About%20Mashups.htm
Thumbnail View with Player
Text Link with Player
Embed
Incorporate rich media content
Control the page content
Reaches different Learning Styles
• Copyright• The validity of Mashups• Mashup Accessible • Link still current
1) Encourages contact between students and faculty
2) Develops reciprocity and cooperation among students
3) Encourages active learning4) Gives prompt feedback
5) Emphasizes time on task6) Communicates high expectations7) Respects diverse talents and
ways of learning
Next Step
• Demonstration• Hands-on activities
