Tag Archive | "Blackboard"

November OATmeal focuses on Grade Center

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

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November OATmeal focuses on Grade Center

One of the major updates to that came along with the Blackboard 9 upgrade this summer included a transformation from what used to be called the Grade Book to what is now called the Grade Center. Director of Academic Technology at Spring Arbor University and Professor Randy Meredith has been teaching workshops, giving personal training [...]

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Clear Formatting Tip for Font Issue

Friday, September 4, 2009

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Some have come across an issue in Blackboard 9 where they go to edit information in an item and the font shrinks to a smaller size. Blackboard is aware of this bug and is working on it, but this is a brief tutorial on a work-around at the moment for removing the formatting so that this does not happen.

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Blackboard 9 Issues List

Friday, August 28, 2009

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Blackboard Update to 9.0 Release Technology Services recently completed testing and preparations for Blackboard’s latest upgrades. We will be taking the primary system offline to install these upgrades October 8, beginning at 2:30 AM Eastern time. More Blackboard 9.0 Release Notes for Spring Arbor University Blackboard has released an all-new version of Blackboard Learn, previously known as the Blackboard [...]

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Blackboard 9 Course Menu Quick Tip

Thursday, August 13, 2009

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Blackboard 9 Course Menu Quick Tip

In this quick tip Blackboard 9 tutorial, you will be shown how to enable the folder view and toggle between the folder view, list view, displaying the course menu in a new window and using the refresh button within the course menu.

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Blackboard Community

Monday, June 22, 2009

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What Blackboard Community Is The Blackboard Community System is a robust software application that enables educational institutions to build vibrant online communities and improve information flow. It provides an easy-to-use platform for integrating the academic, community, and transaction environments at SAU. Some institutions use the Blackboard Community System as a central portal environment while others use [...]

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Ellis Previews Blackboard Content

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

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Smarter, Not Harder Curt Ellis, Associate Professor of Graphic Design, loves to innovate.  Many of his face to face courses are hybrids with interactive learning objects in Blackboard.  He has integrates video, Flash, Keynote, as well as Photoshop and Illustrator files.  Each section utilizes the same elements which have to be copied over to the next [...]

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Blackboard Community Takes Center Stage

Monday, December 1, 2008

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With the advent of Blackboard Community, the Office of Academic Technology is pleased to continue to grow a Blackboard Community site created specifically for faculty at SAU.  The site contains hundreds of PDFs, video tutorials, resources, help files, strategies, and contact information.  Most all faculty should be enrolled.  However, as new faculty are hired and [...]

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Blackboard Goes to the Next Level

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

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Blackboard, the engine that drives SAUonline, has gone through a major upgrade this summer.  Blackboard is the leader in online education delivery systems, and Technolgy Services has updated Blackboard with it’s most significant upgrade at SAU since it’s inception in 1999.  “When we first introduced Blackboard, it was something we thought we could use on the [...]

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