| Recently,
Dr. Schiffer and his colleagues, Dr. Djakiew and
Dr. Andrews, began updating and improving the images of
body tissues that are essential to their Microscopic Anatomy
course. In addition, they are uploading the images into
Blackboard, where students will view them using PowerPoint.
Blackboard will not only allow the students
to view the images at any time, anywhere, but also to interact
with a self-assessment module that Dr. Schiffer is developing.
Taeyeol Park, in the Faculty and Curriculum
Support (FACS) Center, has played a central role in setting
up the Blackboard course site, designing PowerPoint templates,
and assisting Dr. Schiffer and his colleagues with slide
uploading.
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Dr. Schiffer appreciates
the real-time control features of Blackboard course management
software: "Blackboard gives us the ability to change,
modify, and update material for students right up until
the time of the lecture."
As they interact with Dr. Schiffer's
Blackboard self-assessment module, students will progress
through a series of images, identify objects and structures,
and finally check their answers.
Dr. Schiffer also plans to
use Blackboard to send email directly to the students and
faculty involved in the course, to put the syllabus online,
and to link to outside resources and websites.
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