Micah Orloff March 3, 2010 For audio call Toll Free and use PIN/code What's New with Blackboard 9: Getting Acquainted

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Adjusting Audio 1)If youre listening on your computer, adjust your volume using the speaker slider. 2)If youre listening over the phone, click on phone headset. Do not listen on both computer and phone.

Saving Files & Open/close Captions 1.Save chat window with floppy disc icon 2.Open/close captioning window with CC icon

Emoticons and Polling 1)Raise hand and Emoticons 2)Polling options

Micah Orloff What's New with Blackboard 9: Getting Acquainted

Blackboard Versions 8.x and Previous Issues/concernsFeatures lacking?

Bb9: Whats New? Whats Changed? Web 2.0 Interface Course Home Page Streamlined Course Management Grade Center (for 7.x and previous) Wheres the Digital Drop box? Blogs and Journals Enhanced Groups Management Self and Peer Assessment (for 7.x and previous)

New: Web 2.0 Interface Web 2.0 Interface = Drag and Drop Reduces clicks and page loads

New: Course Home Page Aggregate view of course activities

New (sort of): Edit Mode Edit view on Steroids Direct access to customization Provides a Student view when OFF Prevents inadvertent changes when OFF

New: Contextual Menus Shows contextual commands Reduces page loads Click for choices

New: Menu Auto-Hide If the menu area is available but without content it is automatically hidden from student view

Different: Combined Tools Area Course and Communication Tools combined to one area

Different: Grade Center Enter evaluation data directly Maintains grade history Produce Views and Calculated Columns Review Grade Center Archive! Visit:

Different: Wheres the Digital Dropbox?

Removed in Bb9 Limited File Management Replaced by Assignment

New: Blogs and Journals Create and share ideas with fellow course members Private: Only available to Course

Different: Enhanced Group Management Create multiple groups simultaneously Allow self, manual or random enrollment

New: Self and Peer Assessment Create assessments with evaluation criteria to allow students to assess

Different: Wheres the Control Panel? Small form interface Uses contextual menus Reduce page loads Some areas can be expanded Evaluation Customization Package and Utilities

Demo

Quick Tutorials The Course Environment Adding Content Making Tools Available on the Course Menu Creating Blogs Creating Single Groups and Adding Users Creating a Grade Center Column

With Micah Orloff Monday, April 12, to Friday, May 7 Modality: Online More info: Course: Intro to Teaching with Bb9

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