A student’s lasting impression of an online class is his or her first impression of the instruction.  We can make that instruction look better by being careful to add nice aesthetic touches to the outside of units and folders.  A little web 2.0 never hurts, and we can easily produce some really nice unit intros using the method in the tutorial below.  Remember to maximize the view by looking for the little icon in the bottom right that looks like a target, and enjoy the lesson.  It will show you:

1.  how to Gather images from google
2.  how to Create a neat animoto presentation
3.  how to Embed the finished animoto presentation into a folder or item in Blackboard
4.  how to Create a chart around the presentation so that a textual intro can be added beside the presentation
5.  Some neat troubleshooting tips like ctrl+f in a text field, resizing embedded content, etc.

Enjoy!  Shu