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Blackboard 9:. What’s New and Different – A Faculty Survival Guide . A screen shot of the BB 9 opening screen. Course Layout in BB 8:. Course Name and ID #. Course Navigation Menu. Course Banner. Control Panel. Course Layout in BB 9:. Course Name and ID #. Course Navigation Menu.
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Blackboard 9: What’s New and Different – A Faculty Survival Guide
Course Layout in BB 8: Course Name and ID # Course Navigation Menu Course Banner Control Panel
Course Layout in BB 9: Course Name and ID # Course Navigation Menu Location for Course Banner Control Panel
Course Management – BB8 Control Panel
Blackboard 9 Development Goal: Fewer Clicks to Access Course Tools. Everything can be reached from the course home screen. In the Instructor View (what you see by default when you login), the Control Panel is displayed below the Course Toolbar on the left of your screen. There is no longer a separate control Panel. Something new is the Edit Mode, indicated by a toggle switch in the upper right of your screen: It is set to off when you enter your course but when you click it, it turns on. With the Edit Mode set to on, you can edit any of your course areas – Announcements, Contacts, etc. – right on the same screen. This saves some clicks.
In BB 9 it is a new screen called Home Page (although you can reset it to open at Announcements if you wish)
The Home Page has lots of modules in it that can be useful, especially if you use the Early Warning System or other tools such as the Course Calendar, Tasks, etc.
Customizing the Style of Your Site – BB9 Browse to attach a local file for the banner.
Modifying the Course Menu – Bb9 1. 2. 3.
Modifyingand Deleting Tests – Bb8 Click Buttons
Course Tools – Bb9 • Contains similar tools from BB8 • Now contains Tests, Surveys, and Pools