Blackboard 9What’s New

Marly Miller • BCT • CST ACB 238 • 8/17/09

What’s New?• Modern, USC-based interface• New course home page• Improved course management workflow:

- Edit Mode- Web 2.0

• “Action Links” – look here first!• Folder markings – hidden + no content• The Control Panel is always visible:work in the CP, not in the folders above

What’s New?New layout in content areas folders:

TRIP UP:The button that makes the course menu disappear

What’s New?• New collaborative tools:

- Blog- Journal- Self & Peer Assessment

•Automatic update notification – changes emailed nightlycourses tab > notifications dashboard

• The new “Grade Center”

Suggested handout:“Significant Changes, Fixes, and Improvements in Blackboard 9”Suggested movie:“What's new and what's different in Blackboard 9”

Grade CenterMore about the Grade Center:

a. Inputting gradesb. Column Organization

manage > column organizationc. How to show and not show certain parts of the grade book

hide columnsdeactivate “My Grades”

d.TRIP UP: Fixed column widthsShorten it: click column’s action link > edit column information

Suggested handouts:Several from the “Posting Student Grades to Blackboard” sectionSuggested movies:1. “Using the Grade Center”

Grade Center

Other ItemsCourse set-up:

a. Importing information from old class areasfrom the course to move: course copy > destination course ID

copy everything! then delete itemsb. Adding names of instructors

users & groups > users >1. see roster: %2. enroll users > browse

Suggested handout:“Copying Course Content from One Course to Another”

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