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Blackboard 9

Blackboard 9. What’s New. Marly Miller • BCT • CST ACB 238 • 8 /17 /09. What’s New?. Modern, USC-based interface New course home page Improved course management workflow: Edit Mode - Web 2.0 “Action Links” – look here first! Folder markings – hidden + no content

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Blackboard 9

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  1. Blackboard 9 What’s New Marly Miller • BCT • CST ACB 238 • 8/17/09

  2. What’s New? • Modern, USC-based interface • New course home page • Improved course management workflow: • Edit Mode • - Web 2.0 • “Action Links” – • look here first! • Folder markings – hidden + no content • The Control Panel is always visible: • work in the CP, not in the folders above

  3. What’s New? • New layout in content areas folders: TRIP UP: The button that makes the course menu disappear

  4. What’s New? • New collaborative tools: • - Blog - Journal - Self & Peer Assessment • Automatic update notification – changes emailed nightly • courses tab > notifications dashboard • The new “Grade Center” • Suggested handout:“Significant Changes, Fixes, and Improvements in Blackboard 9”Suggested movie:“What's new and what's different in Blackboard 9”

  5. Grade Center • More about the Grade Center: • a. Inputting grades • b. Column Organizationmanage > column organization • c. How to show and not show certain parts of the grade bookhide columns deactivate “My Grades” • d.TRIP UP: Fixed column widthsShorten it: click column’s action link > edit column information • Suggested handouts:Several from the “Posting Student Grades to Blackboard” sectionSuggested movies:1. “Using the Grade Center”

  6. Grade Center Collecting, reviewing, and returning assignments: a. Digital Drop Box Assignment Tool The drop box is now the assignment tool You can: 1) batch download papers 2) allow multiple attempts 3) review assignments offline & return them into Grade Center: grade center > > > view grade details > open attempt Suggested handouts:1. “Using the Digital Drop Box”2. “Creating Assignments”3. “Entering Students’ Grades and Returning Students’ Graded Assignments”

  7. Other Items Course set-up: a. Importing information from old class areas from the course to move: course copy > destination course ID copy everything! then delete items b. Adding names of instructorsusers & groups > users > 1. see roster: % 2. enroll users > browse Suggested handout:“Copying Course Content from One Course to Another”

  8. Q & A Do you have any comments or questions?

  9. Contact Thank you for attending! If you have comments or questions about Blackboard, please contact USC Customer Support: x05555 blackboard@usc.edu Find our How-To Movies and Guides at http://blackboard.usc.edu

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