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Blogs & Journals

Monday, May 13, 2013

The new Blackboard Upgrade Service Pack 11 will have the same Blog and Journal feel, but with a newer look. Learn about the new content editor tools that can enhance your posts with media. Journals are a great way for students to reflect and voice their opinions and ideas. Blogs encourage students to collaborate ideas [...]

Using Groups

Monday, May 6, 2013

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The Groups tool allows you to put your students into groups for collaboration and teamwork. Choose the groups yourself, randomly generate groups, grade individually, or grade them as a group; continue to leverage these tools in this new upgrade. GoToMeeting Session: Coming Soon! Resource Videos: Coming Soon! Resource Documents: About Groups [...]

Discussion Boards

Monday, April 29, 2013

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The new Blackboard Upgrade to Service Pack 11 (Bb 9.1.11) comes with a a more user-friendly navigation for students and instructors. The Post-First feature is brand new – and gives instructors the option to require students to make their students submit their initial post before they can view their peers’ responses. Finally, a way to [...]

Interactive Rubric

Thursday, April 18, 2013

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The new Blackboard Upgrade to Service Pack 11 (Bb 9.1.11) comes with an improvement to a great feature — the Interactive Rubric. This new tool will reduce the amount of time spent on grading, while increasing the amount of interaction and feedback you give your students. An Interactive Rubric can be easily reused for future [...]

Grade Center

Monday, April 15, 2013

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The new Blackboard Upgrade to Service Pack 11 (Bb 9.1.11) comes with anonymous grading, offline grading and more! These features will help you grade more effectively and efficiently. GoToMeeting Session: Resource Videos: Using Smart Views – View Tutorial (3:12) Learn how to can tailor your view of student progress by creating smart [...]

Assessment Strategies (Pools, Surveys, Tests)

Monday, April 8, 2013

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Assessment Strategies (Pools, Surveys, Tests)

The new Blackboard Upgrade (Bb 9.1 Service Pack 11) comes with new and exciting assessment strategy tools. With automatic regrading, negative points, and detailed reports on test questions, you can now more easily manage and improve your courses. GoToMeeting Session: Resource Videos: Using Negative Points – View Tutorial (4:15) This video tutorial [...]

Interactive Syllabus

Monday, March 25, 2013

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For instructors who use Blackboard in their face-to-face courses, there is a new option for displaying the course syllabus. You can upload an existing file (like you do now) or use the new Blackboard Learn syllabus builder (interactive syllabus). The interactive syllabus enables instructors to add hyperlinks, videos and images to the syllabus. Examine the pros [...]

Global Tools

Monday, March 4, 2013

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Global Navigation and My Blackboard are available everywhere in Blackboard Learn and provides a personalized view of your learning environment. The Global Navigation panel contains the user menu, which gives access to your courses, the home and help links. My Blackboard is accessible through the Navigation area, and enables students and instructors to view course [...]

Computer Readiness Checkup

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

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In order to have the best online learning experience, it is important to check that your computer is compatible with SAUonline. Check the links below to ensure that your system works with SAUonline.

Blackboard Collaborate: What You Need to Know

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

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Blackboard Collaborate: What You Need to Know

If you are interested in hosting live lectures, webinars, or discussion groups for your students online, you'll want to keep reading.

Tag Archive | "Blackboard"

Blogs & Journals

Using Groups

Discussion Boards

Interactive Rubric

Grade Center

Assessment Strategies (Pools, Surveys, Tests)

Interactive Syllabus

Global Tools

Computer Readiness Checkup

Blackboard Collaborate: What You Need to Know

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