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Blackboard Learn. aka Blackboard Release 9.1. Blackboard Learn. Improved accessibility ?? Fewer clicks Embedded help More intuitive user interface Additional features. What’s Gone?. Digital Drop Box Announcement Filter
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Blackboard Learn aka Blackboard Release 9.1
Blackboard Learn • Improved accessibility ?? • Fewer clicks • Embedded help • More intuitive user interface • Additional features
What’s Gone? • Digital Drop Box • Announcement Filter • Email Announcement to Users – Replaced by notification system/home page • Control Panel – Different • Student Homepages – Replaced by Journal and Blogs
What’s New or Different? • Interface • Contextual Editing • Grade Center • Blogs and Journals • Assignments • Groups • My Places • Notifications • Mashups
What’s New: Interface • Inline Add, Edit, Remove, Drag and Drop • Integrated Control Panel • Communication and Course Tools on one page • Toggle Visual Editor (VE) in-screen • Full color palette (hex support) • Add Dividers and Subheaders to the Menu
What’s New: Contextual Editing • Fewer clicks • More intuitive
What’s New: Grade Center • Enter scores directly into the page (no more Submit, OK, OK, Submit) • Drop lowest/highest scores • Control row display • Review grade change history
What’s New: Blogs and Journals • Blogs are intended for course, group or individual collaboration and commentary • Journals are private individual or group reflections
What’s New: Assignments • Deploy assignments to individuals or groups • Multiple attempts permitted and each graded • Assignment may be submitted as a file attachment or written in-line??
What’s New: Groups • New options for Group creation • Students can create and customize their own groups, add their own discussion forums,
What’s New: My Places • List of frequently accessed courses and organizations • Quick access to Personal Settings • Upload an Avatar
What’s New: Notifications • Notify instructors of early warning system rules, submitted assignments and exams, etc • Notify students of new content, discussion posts, due dates, returned grades, etc • Delivered via modules • Delivered via e-mail, individually or as a digest
What’s New: Miscellaneous • Module Menu Areas (course Home) • Empty content areas automatically made unavailable • Ability to disable the content item icons