Developer's guidelines

Private course

Private courses (or Virtual Classrooms) are secure Blackboard spaces developed for your students or colleagues and are not listed on the Learning Place.

These courses are not quality assured by the Learning Place. This means that the content and design is chosen at the local level. The copyright and IP should be checked at the local level to ensure all material is clear of infringement.

If you are developing a private course you will need to consider these sections:

• Content and presentation
• What is HTML?
• Using HTML editors
• Interactive exercises

Public course

You could develop a public course for a wider student or professional community. Public courses are listed on the Learning Place. Participants can register for the public course through the Learning Place website.

Public courses are quality assured by the Learning Place. This means that the content and design are thoroughly checked.

Public courses can be facilitated or be self paced courses. A participant’s fee can be charged to cover the costs of development and facilitation.

NOTE: If a fee is charged by the facilitator or course owner, then the Learning Place will invoice the participant. A percentage of the course fee will be retained by the Learning Place. Please contact the Learning Place if you intend facilitating a public course with a course fee.