Friday, September 4, 2009

Accessing Your Course Materials

For your convenience, below is a brief refresher on accessing course materials for the new curriculum (8-week courses).

For each course, there is a standard syllabus containing the objectives, required textbook, readings, and assignments. Those are fixed features, required by the College's Academic Departments, and should not be changed. In addition, there is a companion instructor manual for most courses. The instructor manual includes further instructions for assignments, suggested classroom activities, and supplemental materials and inputs. While the syllabus is fixed, you have freedom to facilitate your class time in creative and personal ways to move learners towards the objectives.

The steps below will allow you to access your course materials:

1. Log into Blackboard
2. Click the red "Faculty/Staff" Tab atop the page
3. Click the Instructor's Lounge link
4. Enter the credentials (username = appfaculty / password = ThoseWhoCanDo)
5. Click "CAPS Adjuncts"
6. Click "Accelerated Curriculum"
7. Select either "graduate" or "undergraduate program"
8. Click the link for your course
9. Download the syllabus and instructor manual

For those with the aural fortitude to endure three-minutes of my impossibly unpleasant voice, click here for a screencast which walks through those steps.

Finally, with Labor Day approaching, we would like to thank you for your all of your hard work in making the Centenary College Adult Program an exemplar of academic excellence.