Effective Moderator Skills Prepare Checklist Form printable pdf download

Effective Moderator Skills Prepare Checklist Form

Blackboard Collaborate

Effective Moderator Skills

Prepare Checklist

Best Practices - Practice

 Prepare your content

o Using PowerPoint?

 Keep background templates simple and avoid gradient colors on the

background.

 Use easy to read fonts and stay above 12 points.

 Use visuals whenever possible, especially for complex processes or

procedures.

 Avoid long bulleted text.

 Use a PowerPoint template with a title box so that titles will be available in

the drop-down title list on the Navigation toolbar.

o Interactive Material

 When possible, include games or multimedia

 Add polling questions and encourage participation

 Identify your Blackboard Collaborate Tools

o When you are just starting out, it’s a good idea to choose a small number of tools

until you are comfortable bringing in more tools.

o . Once they are identified, practice.

 Most common tools:

 Whiteboard, audio, and text chat.

 Tools to “add-on” once you are comfortable with the tools above:

 Application Sharing, Web Tour, Multimedia, File Transfer

 Schedule time with a colleague, family member, or friend.

o Your first session does not need to be with your Participants. Invite someone you

know to the session and practice.

 Upload your content and practice using your tools

o Practice using the tools you’ve identified.

o If you do not need to make modifications to your slides, save them as a

whiteboard file so you can upload and reuse again.

 Schedule your first session

o Review the four skills of effective moderators and keep practicing!

Effective Moderator Skills

Last Updated 11/19/14

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Effective Moderator Skills Prepare Checklist Form