This presentation will be embedded in the MNPS Blended Learning Orientation for High School.

1. Blended Learning Orientation

2. This orientation is not intended
to…
 Contain everything you need to
know to build a fully blended
course.
 Make you an expert in blended
learning.
 Be the end of your professional
development on building your
blended learning online course.

3. Instead this orientation will
familiarize you…
 First, with the blended learning
initiative for MNPS high
schools.
 Second, as a teacher with the
Blackboard® environment.
 Finally, with the basics of how
to design and build your own
online course.

4. This orientation consists of
three modules.
Module 1: Technology
Overview
Module 2: Attributes of
Successful Online Students
Module 3: Resources for
Success

5. Module 1: Technology Overview
 Gain familiarity with the online system that will be used
in all MNPS high schools to deliver blended instruction,
Blackboard Learn®.
 Develop a common foundational understanding of
useful technology tools.
 Bring your hardware into compliance for accessing
online content in the Blackboard Learn® system.

6. Module 2: Attributes of
Successful Online Students
 Consider the responsibilities, skills, and strengths
possessed by successful online students.
 Share personal reflections through an interactive
online discussion board.
 Independently explore additional online resources.

7. Module 3: Resources for
Success
 Explore the features and functionality of an active
course in Blackboard Learn® from the student’s
and teacher’s perspective.
 Become familiar with the steps for building content,
discussions, and assessments in the Blackboard
Learn® system.

9. Next,
Scroll down…
To view the blended learning
directive from Associate
Superintended of MNPS High
Schools, Jay Steele.
Proceed to: Blended
Learning in MNPS
High Schools