An Instructional Coach serving Gwinnett County Public

Schools is considering adoption of Blackboard Collaborate

BLACKBOARD COLLABORATE SOFTWARE

IS AN OPTION FOR ONLINE LEARNING AND
BLENDED CLASSROOM LEARNING

INPUTS

Instructional
Coach (Client)
Teachers
Considering
Adopting the
software
Blackboard
Collaborate
Software
Blackboard
Demonstration
Blackboard
Tutorials
Computer
Internet
Connection

ACTIVITIES

Instructional
Coach hosts
professional
development to
introduce best
practices for
online/blended
courses
Teachers attend
professional
development of
Blackboard
training
demonstration for
basic operating
function:
Blackboard tool, :
Content Library,
Plagiarism
Checker, Group
Collaboration
Application, File
Share Application,
Whiteboard
Application, and
Mobile
Application

OUTPUTS

Teacher
understanding of
use of Blackboard
for hybrid
learning
Instructional
Coach identifies
stakeholder
concerns/issues
interacting with
the softwares
Evidence of use of
software - no
evaluation stuff in
logic module

OUTCOMES
SHORT-TERM
Changing of
teachers
knowledge, skills,
and attitudes
regarding
Blackboard for
hybrid learning
Lessons on
Microsoft
Powerpoint
designed for
learning via
Blackboard
Collaborate
Successful
teaching of
Blackboard
Collaborate
Session

OUTCOMES
INTERMEDIATE
Implementation
of one live
Blackboard
Session
Lessons on
Microsoft
Powerpoint
designed for
learning via
Blackboard
Collaborate
Successful
teaching of
Blackboard
Collaborate
Session
Instructional
Coach seeks
examples of past
Blackboard
Collaborate use in
specific scenarios

CONTEXTUAL STATEMENT: Blackboard collaborate is an online conferencing platform used for

synchronous learning. The software offers opportunities for face-to-face collaboration, communication,
presentation and instruction in an online learning platform.

OUTCOMES
LONG-TERM
Instructional
Coach utilizes
evaluation data to
inform
professional
colleagues,
administrators
and teachers
Instructional
Coach and
colleagues use
evaluation to
make a changes
are
improvements to
the organizations
mode of
operation
decressed loss of
instructional time
using the
blackboard for
cyber school days