PT Faculty: Blackboard Information and Mentors

Blackboard is the course management software package that the College has purchased. The software provides an online shell into which faculty can add course content. It is available to all Madison Area Technical College faculty and staff. Blackboard is browser based, which means that neither the faculty member nor the student needs any special software for most activities.

There are resources to help you in setting up your Blackboard environment and improving student access. Blackboard implements technology that aims to improve education. We are able to engage the students in new and exciting ways via Blackboard to build a better educational experience. Blackboard can be used for both Face-to-Face and On-Line courses. We encourage all instructors to use Blackboard to post the syllabus, and important course documents for each class taught at the college. One of the most important features of Blackboard is the “Announcement” feature. Announcements post timely information critical to a courses success. The Instructor can add, modify, and remove announcements from the Announcements page. When adding an Announcement, Instructors can also send the Announcement as an email to Students in the Course. This ensures that Students receive the announcement even if they do not login to the Course.

The College's website offers a number of resources for instructional staff.

The link above provides a number of tutorials that can assist instructors who use Blackboard for their course or who want to learn more about Blackboard. In addition, CETL offers Blackboard training sessions called “Enhancing Your Course With Blackboard” and Belinda Prahl, CETL, offers Technology Training Fridays where Blackboard is often the topic of choice. You can check out the training at the CETL website.

To hfind the help pages visit the course management website. 

The College also has a number of Blackboard Mentors across the district who can assist you with your questions. They are:

ddelaney[at] matcmadison [dot] edu (Dawn Delaney), Truax Campus: (608) 246-6708
General Bb, announcements, assignment feature, pool/test manager, groups

leerickson[at] matcmadison [dot] edu (Leif, Erickson), West Campus; (608) 246-5254

Dkosharek2[at] matcmadison [dot] edu (Diane Kosharek), Truax Campus: (608) 246-6655
General Bb, discussion board, grade center, assignment feature, quizzes/tests

poconnor[at] matcmadison [dot] edu (Pat O’Connor), Truax Campus: (608) 246-6591
General Bb use

lpace[at] matcmadison [dot] edu (Linda Pace), West Campus: (608) 246-5256
General Bb, new course set-ups, grade center, assignments, tests and pools

spilsner[at] matcmadison [dot] edu (Steven Pilsner), West Campus; (608) 246-5267 

drains[at] matcmadison [dot] edu (Devin Rains), Truax Campus: (608) 246-6259
General Bb, test pool

sarbacker[at] matcmadison [dot] edu (June Sarbacker),  Truax Campus: (608) 246-6727
General Bb, discussion board, grade center, assignment feature, quizzes/tests, groups

steniente[at] matcmadison [dot] edu (Sarah Teniente), Downtown/South Madison Campus: (608) 259-2927
General Bb, quizzes, tests & banners, design, etc.

CAThompson[at] matcmadison [dot] edu (Cori Thompson), Truax Campus: 608-243-4536

ATurk[at] matcmadison [dot] edu (Ana Turk), Truax Campus: 608-243-4151

nmeyer[at] matcmadison [dot] edu (Nancy Meyer), Truax Campus: (608) 243-4048

sdocter[at] matcmadison [dot] edu (Sandra Docter), Truax Campus: (608) 243-4143

rzambrano[at] matcmadison [dot] edu (Rebecca Zambrano), Truax Campus: (608) 243-6216

This article is brought to the Part-Time Faculty by the Madison College Human Resources Office of Part-Time Faculty Support and Services.

Questions?
Contact nmeyer[at] matcmadison [dot] edu (Nancy Meyer) at (608) 243-4048.