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Virtual Classroom Summary

__What is the virtual classroom?__ This assignment required me to create a virtual classroom in Blackboard, the educational application that Wilmington University (in addition to many other universities) use to communicate with students in distant and hybrid learning courses. I have taken many courses online and never really considered the amount of work that goes into creating an online classroom. This assignment definitely gave me a new appreciation for online learning!! At first I was overwhelmed by the work and detail involved in creating a course. I wasn't sure what topic to choose, so I went with a survey of American History course because, in all honesty, if I had to teach a course online this would be my first choice. Before even starting to create the course in Blackboard I did research to determine the scope and sequence of the course. After I had the basic framework of the course figured out I spent a lot of time just navigating through the course tools and control panel so that I could determine how to create assignments, etc. This was a great way to figure out how to utilize Blackboard through trial and error. __How will this help me in my classroom?__ I definitely would be very interested in facilitating an online classroom at some point in the future. I feel as though I have a pretty strong foundation of knowledge about how to do this because of the work I have done in this class. I think my comfort level with Blackboard has increased significantly because of the work we have done in this course. __Reflection:__ This was an extremely challenging assignment. I really feel as though it took a lot of work and a lot of research. The work was paced out very well, so that was a huge help. The online tutorials were really helpful. I was constantly referring back to the notes I printed out on how to create assignments, quizzes, etc. Out of all the courses I have taken thus far this is by far the most challenging. I think I have learned a lot, however. I am taking a lot away from this course and I feel as though I can now create an online course because of everything I have learned in the past seven weeks. To see my course click [|here].