1. BUILDING STUDENT
ENGAGEMENT USING
BLACKBOARD
Presented By: Renee Evans

2. About VoiceThread
 Collaborative multimedia slideshow
 Commenting feature allows for asynchronous
discussion
 Comment in 5 ways – voice, text, audio or
video
 Simple to use
 It’s free

3. The set up
 Works just like a Power Point presentation
 Click the arrow to move forward
 Several question prompts

4. Learning Goals
 What is student engagement?
 What does the student need to do in order to
be actively engaged?
 What do you need to do to engage your
students?
 How does Blackboard fit into all of this?

5. What is student engagement?
 Inquiry-oriented instruction
 Students are involved in actively trying out
new ideas
 Students use prior knowledge to transform
knowledge on their own
 Apply knowledge to new situations.
How have you been engaging your students?

6. To achieve engagement students
must….
 Have opportunities to talk to each other
 Have opportunities to talk about and reflect
upon their own thinking, questioning,
negotiating and problem-solving strategies
Do you currently provide these opportunities for
your students? If so, provide one example of
how you have created opportunities for
engagement? If not, come up with one way in
which you could engage your students.

7. To achieve engagement teachers
must…
 Pose challenging questions
 Encourage discussion between students about
the problem
 Allow sufficient time for students to wrestle
with the problem and work through its multiple
facets.
Does your teaching strategy allow for this?

8. How does Blackboard fit into
this?
 Discussion Boards
 Surveys
 Tests
 Learning modules
 Assignment tool
 Adaptive Release
How you used any of these tools?
Pick one or several tools and describe one way you
could use it to engage students.