Do you consider your test, quizzes, and/or exams in Blackboard Learn to be high stakes in respect to your course? Do you want to make sure that it is your student completing that online activity? Then you probably have been little less then happy with Bb Learn because there is no built-in secure testing feature. If an institution wants to promote secure testing then they have to reach out to
Friday, 31 May 2013
Thursday, 30 May 2013
Good Bye Snapshot, Hello SIS Integration
Posted on 06:42 by Unknown
Since Blackboard's (Bb) announcement of Student Information System (SIS) integration, it has been my goal to move Shenandoah University (SU) from the Bb Snapshot tool to the SIS tool. Why? Two reasons, first to stop paying Bb the extra fee for support of the snapshot controller and the second to take advantage of the additional features available through the SIS tool. These additional tools
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Be A Pawn Star At Blackboard World 2013
Posted on 12:11 by Unknown
Graphic From: www.vegaschatter.com
If you haven't watched the show "Pawn Stars" on the History Channel, I suggest you do to better understand today's post. You can also watch it online at http://www.history.com/shows/pawn-stars/videos. After watching an episode or two you well see a company: (1) where employees enjoy their jobs, (2) that wants to make money, (3) that knows when to walk away (4
Friday, 24 May 2013
SlideShark Great, BrainShark Not At #BbWorld13 Sad
Posted on 07:35 by Unknown
Have you heard of SlideShark? If not, SlideShark is an app for showing PowerPoint presentations from your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch with animations, fonts, colors, graphics, videos and hyperlinks intact. SlideShark is considered to be a powerful solution built by Brainshark. When I check the Apple store this morning the app had 2,000+ reviews and a 4.5 star avg rating! MacWorld gave the app a
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Priceless Treasures Await You At Conferences
Posted on 06:39 by Unknown
Treasure Island
"Blind Pugh was After hidden treasure, just like the rest of his shipmates, but could not see the map of Treasure Island. However, his hearing was shipshape, and he intended to locate the treasure from what he overheard and get there before the others. The island was divided into a 4X4 grid of equal squares, each square having a unique color. He had heard the following facts:
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Users Can Hide & Rearrange Courses In Bb Learn
Posted on 05:20 by Unknown
With the start of the Summer semester, I am getting asked about how to personalize the "My Courses/Course List" module within Blackboard (Bb) Learn. I figured if I am getting this question, the chances are that others are also. Maybe my post will reduce questions for my peers or give them a starting point to build instructions for their users.
As new courses are loaded into Bb, users start to
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Enhance Connect For Learn With Mobile Preferences B2
Posted on 04:14 by Unknown
Blackboard (Bb) Connect for Learn is a tool that helps ensure that Bb users get up-to-date course/organization notifications. When a user opt-in to receive notifications through the Connect for Learn, they can receive automated alerts for a variety of course/organizations changes
including system announcements, course/organization notifications such as due dates, and/or grade posts by voice,
Monday, 20 May 2013
Six Named As VIP Bloggers For #BbWorld13
Posted on 11:06 by Unknown
It is official as of Friday, May 17! Josh Murdock (@professorJosh), Greg Ketcham (@Greg_Ketcham ), Aron Adair (@aaronadairphd), Shayla Burroughs (@shaylamsb), Sky King (@skyvking), and my co-worker George Hoffman (@GeorgeHoffman4) were select as the VIPs for the 2013 BbWorld conference in Las Vegas!
Make sure you follow these VIP Bloggers on Twitter and/or subscribe to their blogs below.
My Bb Learn 9.1 Experience To SP12
Posted on 07:39 by Unknown
Well after months of preparing users, participating in the SP12 Beta group, participating in the SP12 Admin Cohort, and doing test upgrades on our development and test instances of Blackboard (Bb) Learn last Friday (May 17) SU was finally going to upgrade their production server. Something, I personally thought would take only a few hours turned out to be a weekend nightmare that is
Friday, 17 May 2013
Running Bb Collaborate V12.5 Yet? You Should Be!
Posted on 05:27 by Unknown
Blackboard (Bb) Collaborate 12.5 web conferencing includes:
Support for Android devices, including Kindle Fire HD, to expand opportunities for mobile learning
Built-in phone conferencing
with auto-provisioned call-in numbers, eliminating the need for a
third-party teleconferencing provider (North American enterprise license
only)
Single-click individual permissions and ability to toggle
Support for Android devices, including Kindle Fire HD, to expand opportunities for mobile learning
Built-in phone conferencing
with auto-provisioned call-in numbers, eliminating the need for a
third-party teleconferencing provider (North American enterprise license
only)
Single-click individual permissions and ability to toggle
Thursday, 16 May 2013
One Creative Way To Use Bb Collaborate
Posted on 08:02 by Unknown
A little history:
Blackboard (Bb) purchased two company's: Wimba and Elluminate. You can read more about this by doing a search in any search engine or click here to see one of the news announcements on the Web. Blackboard took features from both companies and made a new product sold as Blackboard Collaborate. Click here to watch a video from Maurice Heiblum about the new product. You can
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Blackboard Learn 9.1 Is A Made To Order Solution
Posted on 12:19 by Unknown
As I waited for my turn to order my made-to-order (MTO) sub from Subway today, it hit me that Bb was a MTO Learning Managment System. Blackboard (Bb) claims that "Learn is an innovative, user-focused LMS designed to engage students and ease the burden on educators." Some will disagree by saying Bb is difficult to use, expensive, and and out-of-date. Others will say that students prefer Bb in
Qwickly Simplifies Faculty Task Within Blackboard
Posted on 09:25 by Unknown
Qwickly is a FREE building block that Baldwin Wallace University created and has so nicely shared with the Blackboard (Bb) LEARN community. It allows instructors to: 1- send the same email to all the users in one or more courses (only type the email once), 2- post an announcement to one or more courses (type the announcement once), 3- make unavailable courses available without having to
Friday, 10 May 2013
Who Will Be the 2013 VIP BbWorld Bloggers?
Posted on 11:32 by Unknown
The entire group of official BbWorld 2013 bloggers are waiting to hear who will be promoted to VIP Blogger status. Several have been tweeting about the anticipation. With so many schools having graduation this weekend, I find it timely that Blackboard (Bb) is providing the same type of suspense for those official bloggers hoping for one of those three VIP Bloggers spots.
While I am
Blackboard Gives Customers The 10 Things They Want
Posted on 07:22 by Unknown
According to research conducted by The Rain Group (read the full report here), customers surprisingly ranked the 10 items below higher than they did "best price and best value" (James, 2013).
Bring New Perspectives and Ideas
Be Willing to Collaborate
Have Confidence In Your Ability to Achieve Results
Listen, Really Listen, to the Customer
Understand ALL the Customer's Needs
Help the Customer
Bring New Perspectives and Ideas
Be Willing to Collaborate
Have Confidence In Your Ability to Achieve Results
Listen, Really Listen, to the Customer
Understand ALL the Customer's Needs
Help the Customer
Thursday, 9 May 2013
Plagiarism Prevention Is Part Of Blackboard Learn
Posted on 03:07 by Unknown
Wondering what tool Blackboard (Bb) Learn has to discourage plagiarism? Well that is SafeAssign.
This tool is very similar to TurnItIn, except that it comes free from Blackboard, Inc.
SafeAssign™ is a plagiarism prevention service, offered by Blackboard. This service helps educators prevent plagiarism by detecting unoriginal content in student papers. In addition to acting as a plagiarism
Wednesday, 8 May 2013
255 Live Sessions, 2000+ People, & Tech Vendors?
Posted on 05:41 by Unknown
Where can you find 255 live mind blowing sessions, talk with over 2000 people, visit with lots of technology vendors, and have three days away from the office?
That's right Blackboard World 2013! The BbWorld 2013 conference has live sessions, engaging keynotes, and professionals from around the globe. If you have not registered yet, do so today as you don't want to miss this event and an
That's right Blackboard World 2013! The BbWorld 2013 conference has live sessions, engaging keynotes, and professionals from around the globe. If you have not registered yet, do so today as you don't want to miss this event and an
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Get Help Setting Up Your Summer Courses From Bb, Inc
Posted on 03:17 by Unknown
Like watching short videos instead of reading text for learning a new skill? Learn more about Blackboard (Bb) Learn through the On Demand Learning Center.
The On Demand Learning Center includes short, interactive video lessons
called Quick Tutorials and short documents, called Getting Started
Guides, designed to get you familiar with a feature in 15 minutes. Many
of the Quick Tutorials are
Monday, 6 May 2013
Review Of Apple Blossom Festival
Posted on 06:31 by Unknown
Graphic From: www.thebloom.com
The festival started for me as with most other "locals" with a day off work. Friday, May 3rd is an official local holiday and Shenandoah University is the host of several festival events; such as the Queen's Ball, Rock The Bloom concert, Jazz and Concert band competitions. While I did not physically have to go into work, by no means was it a day off. Up by 6a
Friday, 3 May 2013
My Blackboard World Sessions
Posted on 03:37 by Unknown
Greetings, I am going to do a plug for my two #BbWorld13 sessions, but first if you have not registered or have not signed up to be a VIP Blogger do so now please by clicking here. Otherwise, you might miss the opportunity to get 2000+ Blackboard (Bb) users input on how to solve your educational technology questions and talk in person with Bb's expert staff!
My first session is titled,
My first session is titled,
Thursday, 2 May 2013
Free Activities During #BbWorld13 Downtime
Posted on 03:55 by Unknown
Now that you have gotten the approval to attend the big BbWorld 2013 conference in July, you need to be reviewing the schedule at a glance here and figuring out what you are going to do in your down time. As most of your probably know, Las Vegas is a unique and lively place.
National Geographic Vegas Guide
Winona Dimeo-EdigerJanuary 28, 2013 provides a suggestion list here of 10 favorite
National Geographic Vegas Guide
Winona Dimeo-EdigerJanuary 28, 2013 provides a suggestion list here of 10 favorite
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
Short Week Tips & Tricks
Posted on 05:14 by Unknown
This will be a short week for me due to the Apple Blossom festival which will be rocking Winchester this weekend. The one time a year the town almost completely shuts down to celebrate a fruit, the apple, that has such a strong history in the town. While not today, but in the past Winchester was the apple capital of the world. White House Foods have their home here. This short weeks means I
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