PrepStep for Colleges in Blackboard
PrepStep for Colleges contains a wide range of resources that are useful to students. Tutorial and practice material in English, Math and Basic Science, and Computer Skills as well as Student Success and Career Prep materials for many fields.
Instead of directing students needing additional support to PrepStep for Colleges on the Library’s main page, put PrepStep tutorials or practice exercises directly into your Blackboard class. You can include them as exercises where you can review their usage or include them as graded or extra credit items.
Each specific tutorial, exercise set, or ebook must be included individually into a content area. Follow these steps.
- Create a new content area or integrate them into a pre-existing content area. Select EBSCO LearningExpress (the name of the larger corporate entity behind PrepStep) from the Build Content dropdown list.
- Give it a name and select the options that you want – whether or not to make it a graded assignment, if you want it available only for a specified period of time, etc. Click submit.
- Click on the title of the new content. LearningExpress will open.
- Select the learning center, category and sub-category for the tutorial, exercises or ebook.
- Select the specific learning unit of interest. You can preview units to decide what you need.
- Click Select and you’ll get a confirmation that the material is set up.
Repeat the process for any additional materials you want to include.
There are learning objects in the following large categories:
- Core Math and Science Skills
- Core English Skills
- College Success Skills
- Career Preparation (including practice tests for Nursing, Medical Assistant, Radiologic Technologist, Law Enforcement, CDL, Culinary and many others)
- Basic Computer Skills
As well as
- Grad School Admissions Preparation
- Placement Test Prep
- ACT & SAT Test Prep
- High School Equivalency Center
- Recursos Para Hispanohablantes
