uom transition to bb9 for the school of arts, histories & cultures
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Presentation from the Faculty eLearning team outlining plans for the transition from Blackboard Vista to Bb9 for the School of Arts, Histories & Cultures. 16/02/2011TRANSCRIPT
Making the move to Bb9.1 in SAHC
Catherine BoothAssistant eLearning Manager
Faculty of Humanities eLearning team
YOUR SCHOOL PILOTSWho is already using Bb9 to support students?
Pilot Phases 1 and 2
Phase 1• CLAH10011 Constructing Archaic Greek History
800-478 BC (Polly Low)
Phase 2• CLAH20042/30042 Greek Mythology (Emma Griffiths)
• CLAH21262/31262 The Poetry of Ovid (Alison Sharrock)
• DRAM20022 Transnational Chinese Cinemas (Felicia Chan)
• HIST20182 European Intellectual History: Rousseau to Freud (Stuart Jones)
• Plus: [organisation – in development]Joint Honours space between AHC and SLLC
Bb9 SUMMARYWhat are the improvements to Bb9?
Bb9 Summary
• Improved interface
• Enhanced File Management
• Media rich content and assessments
• Improved student performance monitoring
• Email direct to students
• MLE Developments
Improved interface
• No tabs - just Edit On/Off
• More control over the course menu
• Using items to build up content
• Drag and drop items around
• Set your own home page/entry point
• Standard Course Structure
Enhanced File Management
• Drag and drop files
• Organise on computer, then upload as a batch
• Structure remains the same
• Display files as required
Web 2.0 content
• Mash up tool
• Adding external content
• YouTube, SlideShare, Flickr
• Wiki
• Simplified Blackboard Wiki
• Easier to use
• Gradeable
Assessing Learners
• New question types in tests
• YouTube
• Calculated formula
• Opinion scale/Likert
• HotSpot
• Quiz Bowl
• Wikis now gradeable
Monitor student performance
• Grade Centre
• Smart views
• Tailored view of student progress, e.g. students who scored less than 60 on Week 1 quiz
• Performance Dashboard
• Notifications/early warning/tracking
• Base on Grade Rules
MLE Developments
• Blackboard Mobile Learn
• Sharing content across the University
• Community
• Provide personalised and targeted information to students integrated with the current portal
• Enables groups to collaborate and communicate using Bb9.1
STANDARD COURSE STRUCTURE
Help for you, consistency for students, meeting the minimum requirements
Why a Standard Course Structure
• Makes it easier to start developing
• Consistency for students: feedback has been that different navigations and different terms are confusing
• Support for staff in meeting minimum requirements
• Additional resources for both staff and students
• Schools can build on this Faculty SCS to add content useful to Schools
UoM IMPLEMENTATION OF Bb9
The Portal and the ‘Playground’
Rationale
• Why have we upgraded?
• Product development by supplier
• eLearning Strategy Goal 2 advancing Manchester 2015 Agenda
• Ongoing investment in eLearning high priority
• Beyond Bb9 – considers whole MLE framework
• Open up ways to manage and share academic content
Portal: staff
• The Staff Portal is the entrance way into Bb9
• Access it from www.manchester.ac.uk/portal
• Click ‘Teaching and Research’ tab
• In the ‘My Courses’ portlet, you will see all your courses: Blackboard Vista 8 and/or Bb9: Current, Future and Ended Courses
Little person icon= Blackboard Vista 8 course
Bb9 icon = Bb9 course
(Option to add ‘My Organisations’ portlet)
• Students access the portal in the same way
• The main difference is that they have a ‘My Studies’ tab (in place of the staff ‘Teaching and Research’ tab)
Portal: students
‘Organisations’ or ‘Communities’
• Provides more flexibility in using the online environment to support students
• Definitely for 2011:
• Programme level spaces
• Delivery date tbc:
• Other academic Communities
Activate your ‘Playground’
• Playground is for testing, NOT for course development
• Please activate it today - but we will use it to support the Practical Workshops so don’t play too much!
• Just click Activate Playground - you will be asked for a name/title, e.g. Cath’s Test Area, then click Activate
Search the Knowledge Base for resources
Lots of Help Articles available on the Knowledge Base 1. Go to www.manchester.ac.uk/servicedesk 2. Click Knowledge base 3. Type Bb9 and then Search
HOW TO MAKE THE TRANSITION
Support for the School in Making the Move to Bb9?
Transition overview
• Aim: Ensure student experience not affected
• All Schools have timeslots between now and July to move content, re-using from Blackboard Vista 8 to Bb9
• eLearning team will provide a range of support, presentations, workshops, drop-ins
• Academics rebuild courses in Bb9 with content from their computers or content downloaded from BbV8
• Other activities working with Schools to: • Develop SCS• Identify courses that might need extra help
Support for your School
• Individual School Plans are online at: www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/tandl/elearning/bb9/
• SAHC timetable: AHC timetable.pdf (Note: this is a snapshot of the online plan, correct as 17/02/2011; please follow the online link to check for updates)
What now?
• Playground via Portal
• Get to know Bb9 using the Playground and online support
• Wait until your transition date and we will send an email directing you to the Transition Wizard
• Activate your courses for Bb9
• Using support online and face to face re-build/ move content
Finding out more generally
• Blackboard On-Demand Learning Centre:• http://ondemand.blackboard.com
• Knowledge Base articles:• http://www.manchester.ac.uk/servicedesk
• Screen cast of a presentation delivered by Blackboard in June:• http://www.campus.manchester.ac.uk/elearning/resources/
mle_webinars.html
• MLE Highlights: information about Blackboard 9.1 and the MLE Project, including more information about Mobile Learn and Mobile Central• http://www.campus.manchester.ac.uk/tlso/newsbulletins/mle/
Questions?