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Blackboard Version 8.0
Introduction to New Features & Tools
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Primary Feature Changes
• Announcements
• Discussion Board
• Timed Assessments
• Content Collection
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Announcements
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Sending Course Announcements Via Email
When posting a new announcement, to send a copy of the new announcement to students, click this option
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Discussion Board
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Hiding / Unhiding Search Options
Click this icon to show or hide the search fields, thus conserving screen space in the discussion board.
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Post Tagging
Faculty can tag posts with text labels; Other users can search using these tags
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Replying with a Quote
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Subscribing to a Forum
Once subscribed, click Unsubscribeto unsubscribe from new forum messages
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Tree View vs. List View
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Timed Assessments
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Test Timer to Track Time Spent on a Test
The timer will now appear at the top of the page on the right hand side.
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Content Collection
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Collaboration (Workflow)
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Portfolios
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Permanent URLs
Links to the Blackboard Content Collection items no longer break if files are later moved to a different location within the Content Collection
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Notifications
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Copying Files to the Content Collection
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Course Link Checker
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New Tools
• Grade Center
• Early Warning System
• Self and Peer Assessment
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Grade Center
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Grade Center Capabilities
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Action Links
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Icon Legend
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Interactive / Non-Interactive Views
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Grade Information Bar
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Inline Editing
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Searching and Sorting
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Adding Calculated Columns
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Smart Views
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Freezing Columns
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Grading Periods
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Showing / Hiding Users and Columns
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Generating Reports
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Sending Email From the Grade Center
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Adding Comments to a Grade
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Exempting a Grade / Dropping the Lowest Grade
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Grade History and Reverting a Grade
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Early Warning System
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Early Warning System Rules
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Reviewing Alerts and Notifying Users
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Self and Peer Assessment
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Self and Peer Assessment Capabilities
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