Instructor: David Lester July 11 - July 24 Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of OTL 101 or approval by the college director of OTC Online. The course is deseigned to answer the question, "How do we know they know?" OTL 210 is an introduction to the assessment and grading tools in the Blackboard course management system and to the pedagogical considerations of assessment for online teaching and learning. Learners will identify online assessment tools and describe their use in various learning scenarios. Hands-on activities will involve defining and managing columns in the Blackboard asynchronous online discussions on relevant assessment topics. This two-week course is delivered online via Blackboard.
 
Learners will learn the following skills:
 
Identify assessment strategies appropriate for online teaching and learning.
 
Match assessment strategies with various online assessment tools.
 
Apply online assessment tools in the Blackboard grade center.
 
Manage the Blackboard grade center to provide accurate and timely assessment.
 
Provide meaningful assignment feedback to online learners.
 
This course is 2 weeks long and earns OTC employees 1 CEU of Professional Development. Fees are as follows: OTC Employees: $50 or you may use the OTC faculty tuition waiver from https://intra.otc.edu/id/hr/Tuition-FeeWaiversOTC.pdf. Non-OTC Employees $100.