Yes Fall 2014 Semester begins in just over a month, on Tuesday August 26. For those of you who did not teach a class this summer you may remember that Blackboard went through an upgrade/enhancement after Spring Semester. OET will be glad to review these enhancements just give a call. Blackboard Blog has many links … Read more
Students complaining they can’t access tests when using Lockdown Browser? Here are a couple of things to check, advise students that if prompted to upgrade Lockdown they need to complete the upgrade. As the instructor please note that any changes you make to Test Options may cause Lockdown browser to “error”. To check on this … Read more
With the end of Spring Semester instructors often like to download grades from Blackboard, (go to Grade Center, select Work Offline, select download and follow the prompts to get an Excel workbook of grades for the semester) please remember that those files should be stored on your pirate drive or department pirate drive not your … Read more
Here is a quick video on what courses will look like after the Blackboard Upgrade! Check out the Blackboard Blog for more info!
When you open your course for the first time after the BB upgrade it will not look very different! Here is how you add content and here is something new Inline Grading! Check back for posts on some of the neat new features in BB upgrade!
Some of you signed up for the Pilot but others will have to wait until Summer to take advantage of the new features! To highlight a few, you will be able to drag and drop grade center columns directly in grade center (you won’t have to go to Manage). The Calendar has been completely restructured … Read more
Every year old courses are purged from Blackboard. This is done to stay within storage goals and business policy of keeping only two years of Blackboard sites in the production system. In a few short weeks, Blackboard Admins will be purging the following courses (all of them) unless you submit a request to have your … Read more
Per ITCS’ Blackboard Blog – Blackboard Learn, Version 9.1, Service Pack 9 (SP9) includes a new look and feel that will enhance the experience for instructors, students, and administrators. Users already familiar with Bb 9.1 will be pleased with the additional functionality that SP9 offers. Check out this link for more information on the newest … Read more
I offered a summer challenge last week to try something new. Answer these questions about your Blackboard course and try baby steps by making some changes in you BB course! Have you added a banner? Have you changed the color scheme, the buttons? Do you still use Course Information rather than calling it Syllabus. Do … Read more
I am stealing from my BB colleagues here at ECU and re-posting their offer! For your use – a generic sample 5-question quiz If you are interested in adding a short quiz to your Blackboard course at the beginning of the semester to determine if students can successfully take an exam in Blackboard, we have … Read more
There are a few but wanted to highlight one of the neatest “Auto Regrading”! Instructors can now fix problematic questions by simply editing the invalid question directly and having all necessary updates flow automatically to the Grade Center. Check out the Blackboard Blog for more information on all the new features which include Course to … Read more
There is a neat tool in Blackboard for adding YouTube videos, SlideShare Presentations or Flickr Photos – the MASHUP TOOL! When adding the aforementioned content just click on the build content button and select your Mashup! When select YouTube you can search quickly on a topic and embed directly into your Blackboard site. Try it … Read more
Update on lockdown browser is “That pesky second popup box that students would see with a jumbled password is gone.” Having problems with LDB? Here are some troubleshooting tips, additional info can be found by clicking on this link Usually, if something occurs (screen goes blank or connection is lost) after the student has started … Read more