Coursesites by Blackboard overview for class

1. COURSEsites by Blackboard
By Wendy Kirker
ECOMP 6203

2. COURSEsites is a free Learning Management
System allowing individual instructors to
create online courses or to supplement
their classroom instruction with web
based components

3. COURSEsites delivers an
effective course by:
 Ensuring easy access by creating a URL
specific to each course
 Encouraging collaboration, cohesiveness and
group interaction through Discussion Board
forums, blogs etc.
 Ability to post assignments and grades
 Tutorials to help both instructors and
students if encountering trouble with the
system

4. SPECIAL FEATURES
1. Ability to Login using Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, Windows Live,
or Yahoo account information
2. Top Navigation Ribbon
3. Instructor Homepage
4. Course Creation Wizard with Structure and Theme choices
5. Course Invitations

5. Organized and Supportive tutorials make creating
and managing courses simple.

6. Coursesites is easy to navigate with readily available information
on Course Themes, How to use Live Classroom and Instant Messenger
as well as tips for managing the instructor homepage.

7. Based on the key elements outlined in our
textbook on “evaluating an effective
online course” COURSEsites seems to be a
perfect fit. Not only is your COURSEsite
easy to manage and create but it is
easily accessible and allows for
collaboration and interaction among
students and instructors.

8. RESOURCES
 ais.wa.edu.au/clip art
 https://www.coursesites.com
 Clipart from Microsoft powerpoint