Blackboard 9 Information

Blackboard 7.3 is being phased out as an available platform thus the college will be upgrading to the new Blackboard Learn Release 9.1 on August 20, 2011.

About Blackboard 9.1
Less clicky, sleeker social learning interface with some new adaptations you need to know:

1. Edit Mode - you make changes inline
2. Drag and Drop
3. Contextual Menus
4. New Grade Center with "Needs Grading View"
5. User-friendly Home Page
6. Interactive Rubrics
7. Mc-Graw Hill Rich Media Integration
8. NBC Learns Educational Videos Pilot

Blackboard 9 Training Choices

1. Hands-on computer lab training at Main and Monroe Campus
2. Online training sessions via Elluminate at http://bit.ly/hLcovh
3. Saturday training sessions for hands-on computer lab training at Main Campus covering multiple essential training topics in a brief morning format. (Continental Breakfast Provided)
4. Self-paced training using the step-by-step training documents and multimedia tutorials

Training Topics (Online Pre-registration Required)

1. Getting Started in Blackboard: Edit mode, posting an Announcement, Adding Documents/Syllabus, create Folders, send Email, set Course Available & Enrollment of Students
2. Building Your Course: Discussion Boards, Assignments, Grading, and File Compression
3. Quality Design and Customize Your Blackboard Course: Essential design approaches for web-enhanced, hybrid or online courses plus uses of dynamic learning tools to enhance student engagement and accountability through Safe Assign or Respondus LockDown Browser.
4. NEW Blackboard Users Training: Never used Blackboard? This is an overview and orientation to using Blackboard in your on-campus, hybrid or online course. Be Green-friendly and go paperless!
5. Blackboard Innovative Teaching Series: Free webinar sessions offered by Blackboard on innovative uses of teaching with technology to engage students. Click here to register and access scheduled sessions: http://us.meeting-stream.com/blackboardinc_bitsseries/

Online Registration for all Blackboard 9 & Technology Training sessions: http://fs19.formsite.com/instructionaltech/form51/index.html

All Main Campus, Monroe Campus and Online Training Sessions are open to ALL Faculty.

Saturday Blackboard Training Sessions
The Saturday Blackboard Training Sessions will cover many of the essential Blackboard and Quality Design topics in a one day program. Pre-registration up to 46 Faculty for the following sessions:

1. Opening Session at 8:45am - 9:30am for Quality Matters Design overview
2. Hands-on Computer Session at 9:35am - Noon on the following:
   • Novice Blackboard Features (Computer Lab #1): Getting Started in Blackboard: Edit mode, posting an Announcement, Adding Documents/Syllabus, create Folders, send Email, set Course Available & Enrollment of Students
     OR
   • Intermediate/Advanced Blackboard Features (Computer Lab #2): Building Your Course: Discussion Boards, Assignments, Grading, File Compression, Respondus LockDown Browser, Safe Assign and Customize your Blackboard Course
     Click here for the complete Blackboard 9 & Technology Training Schedule

Training Resources - Click here for all Blackboard 9 Technology Resources

Training Documentation:
The training documentation provides Step by Step Instructions on the following Blackboard Functions:

1. Blackboard 9 Quick-start Guide for Faculty: Getting Started with Edit mode, posting an Announcement, Adding Documents/Syllabus, create Folders, send Email, set Course Available & Enrollment of Students
2. Campus Course Procedure for Enrollment and Removal of Students
3. Discussion Boards
4. Creating and Grading Assignments
5. Customize your Blackboard Course: Course copy and Export/Archive Course
6. Respondus LockDown Browser
7. Blackboard 9 Quick-start Guide for Students

Multimedia Tutorials on Blackboard:

Faculty Training Tutorials:

• Click http://www.talktobb.com/he_overview.html to learn more about new social learning tools and features in Blackboard 9.1.
• Select http://ondemand.blackboard.com/understand.htm for training videos covering the design and creation of content for your course.

Student Focused Tutorials:

• Click http://ondemand.blackboard.com/students.htm such as submitting an assignment, discussion board thread or taking a test online.
• Student Blackboard Help is accessible at http://library.blackboard.com/ref/cfe7cf10-620a-43d2-ba13-7ac99b3cd1d2/index.htm

Please contact me at 610-861-5534 or dfisher@northampton.edu if I can be of assistance.