221 Presenter: Daniel Mangei & Babak Keyvani  May 20, 2014 SNEAK A Blackboard’s New Features

222 Presenter: Daniel Mangei & Babak Keyvani  May 20, 2014 WHO IS HERE TODAY DANIEL MANGEI Instructional Developer I CPCC BABAK KEYVANI Instructional Developer II CPCC

223 Presenter: Daniel Mangei & Babak Keyvani  May 20, 2014 THE NEW FEATURES OF BLACKBOARD COURSE MANAGEMENT Global Navigation Menu My Blackboard Retention Center Date Management Content Editor GRADING ASSESSMENT Inline Grading Item Analysis COLLABORATION ENGAGEMENT Discussion Board Social Learning

224 Presenter: Daniel Mangei & Babak Keyvani  May 20, 2014 GLOBAL NAVIGATION MENU Located at the top right, the Global Navigation Menu provides you with quick and easy access to My Blackboard Posts Course Updates My Grades Retention Center Calendar People Messages Spaces COURSE MANAGEMENT

225 Presenter: Daniel Mangei & Babak Keyvani  May 20, 2014 MY BLACKBOARD COURSE MANAGEMENT Bb Home: Gives you an overview of the items that are due and recently graded. Bb Home displays the five most recent activities relevant to you. Posts: Displays the posts made in the last seven days in the courses and organizations you are enrolled in and follow. Updates: Review a list of notifications alerting you to important events and information. My Grades: View your grades for each assignment, test, or activity in all of your courses. Retention Center: Provides an easy way for you to discover which students in your course are at risk. Calendar: Review everything you have due and be reminded of when you need to complete it. People: Find and interact with peers, classmates, and instructors. Messages: Message users outside of the course environment. Spaces: Work and communicate collaboratively with others in your academic network.

226 Presenter: Daniel Mangei & Babak Keyvani  May 20, 2014 RETENTION CENTER The Retention Center provides an easy way for you to discover which students in your course are at risk. Based on preconfigured rules and rules you create, students’ engagement and participation are visually displayed, quickly alerting you to potential risk. From the Retention Center, you can communicate with struggling students and help them take immediate action for improvement. COURSE MANAGEMENT

227 Presenter: Daniel Mangei & Babak Keyvani  May 20, 2014 DATE MANAGEMENT Located in the “Control Panel” under “Course Tools”, Data Management adjusts all content and tool dates in your course. COURSE MANAGEMENT

228 Presenter: Daniel Mangei & Babak Keyvani  May 20, 2014 UPDATED CONTENT EDITOR COURSE MANAGEMENT Easy To Use Interface Full Screen Mode Math Editor

229 Presenter: Daniel Mangei & Babak Keyvani  May 20, 2014 GRADING & ASSESSMENT INLINE GRADING View Comment Grade Directly in the Grade Assignment page.

2210 Presenter: Daniel Mangei & Babak Keyvani  May 20, 2014 GRADING & ASSESSMENT ITEM ANALYSIS Item analysis provides statistics on overall test performance and individual test questions. Use item analysis to Recognize poor questions Improve future questions Adjust credit on current attempts

2211 Presenter: Daniel Mangei & Babak Keyvani  May 20, 2014 GRADING & ASSESSMENT ITEM ANALYSIS

2212 Presenter: Daniel Mangei & Babak Keyvani  May 20, 2014 COLLABORATION & ENGAGEMENT Updated Discussion Board Key Features: Expand All and Collapse All Search and Refresh Inline replies provide content editor on the same page Posts made by instructors are highlighted New Mark as Read indicator Post are displayed as a relative date “7 days ago” Overall rating

2213 Presenter: Daniel Mangei & Babak Keyvani  May 20, 2014 COLLABORATION & ENGAGEMENT Social Learning With Blackboard’s Social Learning tool you can Create a social profile Use People to connect to students and other instructors Use Messages to contact anyone with the global learning network Use Spaces to collaborate with students or other instructors e.g. study groups

2214 Presenter: Daniel Mangei & Babak Keyvani  May 20, 2014 OTHER NEW FEATURES Group Management Surveys & Course Evaluation Grading Enhancements Test Enhancements Badges & Achievements

2215 Presenter: Daniel Mangei & Babak Keyvani  May 20, 2014 EXTRA RESOURCES Find videos tutorials right here… Find this presentation and other resources right here…

2216 Presenter: Daniel Mangei & Babak Keyvani  May 20, 2014 Q&A