Distance Learning at Cape Fear Community College

CFCC has licensed Blackboard Learning System to provide online courses.
Blackboard, Inc. provides a support website that anyone can access - students, instructors, or Bb admins - by creating a free account.

Things you'll find on Blackboard's support site:

Reference manuals: click on Reference Center in the menu on the left, then click Blackboard Learning System to get the list of all the manuals
Self-study tutorials
Links to wonderful tutorials on other websites

Training

If you would like training, there are several options available to you:

There is an instructor manual which is accessible both on the Blackboard (Bb) support website mentioned above, or in your course Control Panel, in the section labeled "Support".
There are frequent training sessions held in the TTC - watch your email to see when these sessions are announced, and sign up.
We have an online course, self-paced Introduction to Blackboard course - (Bb 101) - that only takes a couple of hours to complete. It is a good introduction to Blackboard!! All new Distance Learning instructors will be enrolled in this course when they submit their first course request form. Others interested in taking the course should contact Larolyn Zylicz to be enrolled in this course.
To request a Blackboard course be created for you, whether for development or to use with students, use the Blackboard Course Request Form.
You can also contact Larolyn Zylicz to arrange one-on-one training or training for your department

Login Procedures

DY/NY, and IN sections: Students are enrolled in Blackboard curriculum courses after registration and at the end of each day of drop/add. Dropped students are unenrolled from Blackboard courses during drop/add. After drop/add, faculty will only be able to BLOCK a student from their course.
Non-DL sections: Students will automatically be enrolled in Blackboard course sites by computer services.
Student Username/Password convention:
LOGIN INFORMATION
(Students, Faculty & Staff)

User ID:
You can look up your user ID here: 'What's my User ID?'.

Password:

Your password will be the same as CampusCruiser and WebAdvisor. If you do not know this password please change it by clicking on What's My Password?

Distance Learning Community

NCCCADL - Application for membership

NCCCADL Association Meeting Update
NCDLA Spring Newsletter
NC-NET March Newsletter
LEARN NC LEARN NC gives you what you need for K–12 teaching and learning, when and where you need it — from lesson plans and teaching strategies to student research to online courses for teachers and students
SREB - Online Learning Resources SREB’s mission is helping states achieve the 12 Challenge to Lead Goals for Education.
On The Cutting Edge- NC Community College System's Distance Learning Newsletter
Rochester Institute of Technology- Information on Proctored Exams
VLC Newsletters - Latest newsletter

A-HEC - Alliance for Higher Education Competitiveness
NC-NET.info - North Carolina Network for Excellence in Teaching
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Center for Teaching Excellence
NCCCS - The NCCCS's DL Administrators site - also has lots of good resources for faculty
Innovate: Journal of Online Education - Also offering Live Webcasts with selected authors
NCCCS VLC - the Virtual Learning Community. Maintains a library of courses you can use freely. See if your course is listed, preview the course, and request that it be loaded in your course. For a list of the VLC courses or to request a VLC course go to: Blackboard Course Request Form and submit a request.
OnlineLearning.net - Self-paced tutorials, teaching resources, teaching tips and more.
Portland State University's E-Learning Systems Certificate Program
Sloan-C View: Perspectives in Quality Online Education
Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison's Distance Ed Certificate Program
Campus Technology Newsletters - Campus Technology is the only monthly publication focusing exclusively on the use of technology across all areas of higher education.
Wired Campus - Education / Technology news from around the web
iStream - A powerful web-based resource and professional development tool for your learning community.
Diagnosing Plagiarism Problems - CPCC library resource
MERLOT Grapevine Newsletter