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In 40 days Blackboard 8 will be unavailable for teaching
Blackboard 9 – Transition, Training and Teaching On May 1st Blackboard v8 will be unavailable for teaching: Start your engines – That’s in 40 days. Make your appointment with Academic Technology Services today: learn@douglascollege.ca We will meet with you to consult and discuss the best strategy to get your course content into Blackboard v9.
Collaborate training materials: which ones are most helpful?
Join CEIT’s Collaborate trainer Olga Routkovskaia on a video tour of the most helpful resources available on the Blackboard Collaborate website: http://ms-capture.douglas.bc.ca/DouglasMediasite/Viewer/?peid=5959c768a2fa46bfa2b890ea31764a1c Find out which materials you should review and which ones you can skip in order to use your time efficiently. Interested in trying out Collaborate? Contact Olga Routkovskaia by e-mail (olgar@douglascollege.ca ) to … Continue reading
Live Virtual Classroom: New Yammer Group
Already using Elluminate or Collaborate? Or thinking about using them? If so, join our new Yammer group Live Virtual Classroom! Dedicated to synchronous teaching and meeting online using tools like Collaborate and Elluminate, this group is a great place to post your comments, questions and helpful resources or read through other people’s posts. Watch a … Continue reading
Blackboard 9 Webinars
Blackboard + Learn are offering some free Webinars for Blackboard users starting on the 18 March with Effective Practices for Course Communications. Other topics include What you need to know about the Gradebook; Creating Tests, Pools and Surveys; and Beginnings, middles and ends: motivating your online students. http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Learn/Resources/Webinars/Events.aspx?categoryType=BITS Let us know how you get on…
Fillable Forms in Blackboard
Did you know that creating interactive forms has now become easier than ever? That’s right, now Adobe Acrobat has the ability to create simple interactive forms from pre-existing PDF documents or from other documents such as MS Word or Excel. The process is simple. When you design a form in Word (using the table tool) … Continue reading
Blackboard 9 News
BLACKBOARD: Reading break saw some of us honing our chops in the online learning world of Blackboard 9. Instructors new to Blackboard 9 were lead through a basic overview while others with more Blackboard 9 experience, participated in five advanced sessions focused on specific topics, such as Communication Tools including Groups, Grade Center, Tests and … Continue reading
Are you ready for Blackboard v9?
We have arranged for a trainer from Blackboard to come to the New Westminster campus on Thursday 14 February, (1:00 to 4:00 pm), to deliver the following Blackboard v9 training. Getting Started with (Blackboard v9) Course Delivery (3.0 hours) · Global Navigation and My Blackboard · Course Structure, Themes, and Welcome Page · Course Menu … Continue reading
Blackboard v9: mail options
There are two options for sending mail in Blackboard v9. The first is the “Messages” tool and the second, the “Email” tool. “Messages” is Blackboard’s system for communicating internally, that is, entirely within a Blackboard v9 course. On the other hand, “Email” is external in the sense that any communication sent via this method goes … Continue reading
2013 Blackboard Catalyst Awards
Reminder: Submit to the 2013 Blackboard Catalyst Awards We are pleased to announce that the 2013 Blackboard Catalyst Awards are now open for submissions for the Blackboard and CourseSites community! Take advantage of a wonderful professional development opportunity and submit your course to the 2013 Blackboard Exemplary Course Program (ECP). The Blackboard Exemplary Course Program … Continue reading
New features in Blackboard coming soon
Some big changes are just around the corner for you and Blackboard 9. CEIT hopes to have these improvements in place for the start of next semester. There are new features and improvements that will improve your online teaching experience. Highlights include: New Content Editor New File Picker Enterprise surveys and course evaluations New assessment … Continue reading
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