1. Blackboard 9.1 Changes in the New Blackboard Willem van Valkenburg

2. Who am I?

e-learning consultantfor theShared ServiceCentre ICTof Delft University of Technology

Projects Im working on:

• Blackboard(project leader)

• Social Software(weblogs, wikis, twitter)

• OpenCourseWare

• TU DelftMobile

Chairman of theDutch Blackboard Usergroup (NLBBUG)

Blog onwww.e-learn.nl

Twitter ontwitter.com/wfvanvalkenburg

3. Blackboard Learn 9.1

Fostering Student Engagement Release 9.1 features excitingnew social learning and teaching toolsthat foster more logical, visually impactful, andactive learn ing opportunities for students. You'll transform your closed-door classrooms intocommunitieswhere students remain connected to their educational experience24 hours a day .

Supporting Educator Efficiency Our new instructionalproductivity toolsgive your faculty the freedom to focus on teaching and learning techniques. By continually improving thecourse workflow , you'll enable educators tospend less timeon administrative details and more time onstudent success ,achievement , andretention .

4. Blackboard Learn 9.1

Fostering Student Engagement

Promoteactivecollaboration and social learning

Engagestudents with a new user interface

Integratevisuallyengaging content

Increaseaccessibility

Supporting Educator Efficiency

Managecontentat the course level

Gradein context with more options

Create assessments inless time

Provideintuitiveonline structure

MonitorActivity and Progress

5. New interface

Improvedaccesibility

Embeddedhelp

Inlineadd, edit, remove, drag and drop

6. Contextual Editing

Fewer clicks

More intuitive

7. My Places

List of frequently accessedcoursesandorganizations

Quick access toPersonal Settings

Upload anAvatar

Changenotificationsettings

8. Notifications

Notify instructorsof early warning system rules, submitted assignments and exams, etc

Notify studentsof new content, discussion posts, due dates, returned grades, etc

Delivered viamodules

Delivered viae-mail , individually or as a digest

9. Within a course

Module page

Weblogs and Journals

Wikis

Direct access to Control Panel

10. Module page 11. Control Panel 12. Blogs and Journals

Blogsare intended for course, group or individual collaboration and commentary

Journalsare private individual or group reflections

13. Wikis (1)

Available within courses and organisations

For a complete course or only for a group

Create a new Wiki Page Edit current page Comment to a page See your contributions Overview of wiki 14. Wiki (2) 15. Content toevoegen 16. Mashups

Add external content

• Photos from Flickr.com

• Videos from Youtube

• Presentations from Slideshare

17. Test, Surveys and Question Pools

Question Finder

• All questions within courses can be searched

Link to Questions

• Changes in the original questions are also changed in the linked questions

Question Sets

Batch Deletion and Point Updates

Copy Test, Survey, and Pools

18. Grade Center

Rubricsfor Grading

• guidelines for grading an item

AnonymousGrading

Grade byQuestion Attempt

19. Blackboard unavailableon 19 thand 20 thof July 20. Overview most important changes

Within a course

• Module page

• Weblogs, Journals and Wikis

• Direct access to Control Panel

Content

• Course Folder

• Mashups

• Lesson Plans

• Upload Multiple Files and Folders

• Recycle Bin

• Thumbnail view

Grade Center

• Anonymous grading

• Grade by question attempt

Tests

• Question Finder

• Link to Questions

• Questions Sets

• Batch Delete and Point Updates

• Copy Test, Surveys and Pools

Portal

• More intuitive user interface

• My Places

• Notifications

21.

ir. W.F. van Valkenburg

www.e-learn.nl

twitter.com/wfvanvalkenburg

slideshare.net/wfvanvalkenburg