Here you will find a collection of resources specifically designed to support Rider faculty who are engaged in distance learning. The first group of documents is a collection of tips created by Dr. Judith Boettcher that she has customized for Rider faculty in consultation with Dean Boris Vilic and Drs. Kathy Browne and Tim McGee of the Teaching and Learning Center. If you have any questions about these documents or Rider's other resources to support distance learnning (e.g. the Blackboard sites "Redesign for Online" and the "Distance Learning Template" or the new sandbox tools that support collaborative learning and the use of rich media) contact Tim McGee (tmcgee@rider.edu, ext. 7015).

• Ten Best Practices

• Tip #1: Getting Started

• Tip #2: Three Presences

• Tip #3: Building Community

• Tip #4: Feedback

• Tip #5: Discussion Wraps

• Tip #6: Closing Experiences

Blackboard Help Files

The Blackboard Course Management System is the default platform for conducting distance learning at Rider. In addition to the users' manual and help files that can be accessed from within the Blackboard CMS, Rider has a collection of help files specifically geared for faculty and for students, broken down into the most common topics.

Here is a link to the page from which you can access those resources.