This week I was accused of having a PhD in Blackboard. I have checked Blackboard's training program here and see nothing about them offering a PhD program yet...but who knows maybe one day. Seriously, I do have a PhD but it is from an accredited university and is in Applied Management and Decision Sciences. But the comment got me thinking on doing a post that shows how much clients have to learn
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
A Thanksgiving Poem About Blackboard Incorporated
Posted on 13:30 by Unknown
This poem is a summary of my year working with Blackboard as a System Administrator, Developer, Student, and Instructor.
Built upon the belief of dreams and a better society.
The year has turned its circle at Blackboard Incorporated.
The known issues list has come and gone with each service pack.
As the chilly D.C. wind blows, the vast Blackboard products have all been gathered into one.
Staff
Monday, 25 November 2013
One MVP's Quest To Name A Bb Support Moose, While Reaching Users
Posted on 06:19 by Unknown
The User Experience (UX) Team used multiple animals to mark their usability labs during Blackboard World 2012. There was a tiger, a bear, and a Moose that I know of. I have to admit that I really did not know why animal heads were hanging on the wall for at the time. This year when Andy Jacobson and crew visited Shenandoah University's (SU) campus I learned what those animals represented. But
Friday, 22 November 2013
Financial Aid Reporting Available For Bb Learn SP12+
Posted on 09:31 by Unknown
Yesterday, while sitting in the Blackboard (Bb) Inc. SP13/SP14 Admin Cohort, I noticed that there was a new building block. I was even more intrigued by the name "Financial Aid". The first thing that popped into my head was that is in our SIS, what is Blackboard up too?
So I was off to install on the development instance, test instance, and staging instance...all were successful. Finally it went
So I was off to install on the development instance, test instance, and staging instance...all were successful. Finally it went
Friday, 15 November 2013
RenderingHook API and Blackboard Learn Warning
Posted on 13:13 by Unknown
If you are a building block developer for Blackboard Learn 9.1 platform and your building block uses the RenderingHook API, you or those using your building block (B2) may have problem when they upgrade to Service Pack (SP) 14.
As we learned in the SP13/14 Cohort from Jeff Kelley and David Ashman that "the RenderingHook API was restricted to require a Blackboard signed B2
in order to use the
As we learned in the SP13/14 Cohort from Jeff Kelley and David Ashman that "the RenderingHook API was restricted to require a Blackboard signed B2
in order to use the
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
In Review: One Administrators Day At Bb Headquarters
Posted on 13:21 by Unknown
Last Friday (11/8), I had the pleasure of spending the day at the Blackboard Inc (Bb) Headquarters in Washington, D.C and talk with some of the greatest minds in educational technology. This was a day of learning for me and hopefully Blackboard also learned a few things.
I was highly frustrated about parking in D.C. when construction around the Bb office was going on. But once again my
I was highly frustrated about parking in D.C. when construction around the Bb office was going on. But once again my
Monday, 11 November 2013
YouTube, Video Everywhere, and Movies in Learn
Posted on 09:08 by Unknown
I hear users state that they have a video in YouTube but Blackboard Inc's (Bb) YouTube mashup is not finding it, so it most be broke. Or that the Video Everywhere is useless because it only captures what the camera sees. I try an point out that it is how they tools are used and what they are trying to do with that matters.
I am going to explain this based on my experience in Learn 9.1
Thursday, 7 November 2013
It Pays To Blackboard!
Posted on 19:59 by Unknown
Blackboard (Bb) Learn is an amazing, feature enriched Learning Management System (LMS). However, behind the Graphical User Interface (GUI) lies a lot of program code. This code is turned into the working features that users see. But sometimes even the best design or code is not accepted by users or is not as easy as the creator expected. To further complicate the issue educational
Wednesday, 6 November 2013
Try Blackboard Spaces
Posted on 12:21 by Unknown
Blackboard Spaces is one
more fantastic feature that is offered by Blackboard. To get to the
Spaces page, navigate from the "My Bb" page, down the left side to the Spaces Link
Spaces will provide all Bb users with a
place to gather, post, and organize themselves to plan meetings, events,
study-groups, clubs, and special-interest groups in a user friendly and
safe environment.
If you
Tuesday, 5 November 2013
Why Vote For Blackboard Learn?
Posted on 09:26 by Unknown
With today being election day, I thought I would do a quick little thing on why an institution may vote to use or keep Blackboard Learn at their institution.
The following are based on words words and definitions from the SAT Words List on Vocabulary.com. These words show what makes Blackboard (Bb) stand above others Learning Management Systems.
V = Varying (Allows for diversity or different
The following are based on words words and definitions from the SAT Words List on Vocabulary.com. These words show what makes Blackboard (Bb) stand above others Learning Management Systems.
V = Varying (Allows for diversity or different
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