Jason RhodeAssistant Director

Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center

jrhode@niu.edutwitter.com/jrhode

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Blackboard Collaborate @ NIU• Online office hours• Reducing in-class “seat time” with virtual lectures• Guest presenters• Online group collaborations• Online group presentations• Orientation for online classes• Training sessions for graduate students prior to starting clinical

internships• Long-distance “pen-pals”• Task force committee meetings• Pre-admissions counseling with prospective students• Faculty Development online & simulcast workshops

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Faculty Previews

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Faculty Survey

surveymonkey.com/s/BZJQLHK

5

Which features have you used in WC?

Setup wizard

PowerPoint slides

Informal polling (check mark or X)

Archives

Application share

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

50%25%

63%31%

13%31%

37%50%

25%19%

Response Percent

6

How long do you make archives available?

I do not make archives available to my students

For a set time - a few days or weeks

Until the end of the semester

I use archives for multiple semesters

0% 5%10%

15%20%

25%30%

35%40%

45%

42%

17%

25%

17%

Response Percent

7

How do you feel about these features in Bb Collaborate, not currently in WC?

Echo cancellation

Web tour

File exchange

Realtime indicators of activity

Up to 6 simultaneous video streams

Scientific & math notation symbols in whiteboard

Mobile app for participants

NeutralLikeCan't wait!

8

How important are these features in WC, not currently in Bb Collaborate, to your teaching?

Persistent content

Telephony

Unlimited active speakers

Download mp3/mp4 versions of archives from

Bb

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

Not ImportantImportantCritical

Transitioning to Bb Collaborate @ NIU

Dual Deployment

NIU Participants in Wimba Upgrade Cohort

8/11

Testing & Config Begins of Bb Collab 11 & Bb Learn building block

9/11

Blackboard Collaborate 11 Released

7/11

FacDev begins using Bb Collab

3/12

Documentation page for NIU created

Faculty previews

Survey of faculty Wimba users

2-day onsite training for faculty support staff

7/12

Upgradeto v12

WC disabled

2/12 6/12 8/12

Bb Collab available in all Bb courses

Non-academic uses enabled via Communities

Limited Release

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More at Bb Collaborate @ NIU

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