Gluing together Blackboard, Facebook, and Twitter

by Matthew Leingang on Jan 07, 2012

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Presentation to the MAA Session on Trends in Teaching Mathematics Online ...

Presentation to the MAA Session on Trends in Teaching Mathematics Online

Students today spend more time on Facebook than on any other website. Course Facebook pages are a way to reach students where they are. But duplicating regularly updated content on an official course website as well as a Facebook page can become tedious. We will discuss methods of integrating a Blackboard or other course website with counterparts in social media spaces, including Facebook and Twitter. All techniques will use free online services and will not require programming. Once set up, connections update automatically and content is broadcast further without additional effort.

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http://a0.twimg.com	23
http://elearning.ait.ie	21
https://avctest.blackboard.com	15
http://bitly.com	12
http://us-w1.rockmelt.com	6
http://www.onlydoo.com	5
http://twitter.com	3
http://blackboard.stthom.edu	1
https://vlebb-spt.leeds.ac.uk	1
http://paper.li	1
https://twitter.com	1
https://explore.vccs.edu	1

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Gluing together Blackboard, Facebook, and Twitter — Presentation Transcript

Gluingtogether Blackboard, Facebook, and Twitter MAA Session on Trends in Teaching Mathematics Online Boston, Massachusetts January 7, 2012 Image by Culturally Authentic Pictorial Lexicon

HiMatthew Leingang leingang@nyu.edu twitter: @mleingang

Social media channels Flickr user striatic

• Over 800 million users (200 million US), 900 million objects

• Over 800 million users (200 million US), 900 million objects• 26% of US users are 26-34yo, 16% 35-44yo, 12% 45-54yo

• Over 800 million users (200 million US), 900 million objects• 26% of US users are 26-34yo, 16% 35-44yo, 12% 45-54yo• At least 85% of US college students have accounts

Why should your coursehave a Facebook page?

Why should your coursehave a Facebook page? To reach the students where they are.

You don’t need to be friends with your students!!

You don’t need to be friends with your students!! ...But I think you should.

Twitter is a “microblogging” platform

Twitter by the Numbers Source: Twitter Blog

Twitter by the Numbers ew n y 6K / d a 45 r s use Source: Twitter Blog

Twitter by the Numbers 0 M ay 15 s/d e et tw Source: Twitter Blog

Twitter by the Numbers on ec 5 6 /s : 4 et 9 t we /0 25 6/ Source: Twitter Blog

Twitter by the Numbers on ec 3 9 / s 69 et : t we 11 1/ 1/ Source: Twitter Blog

Course Twitter Accounts

The socially integrated website John Morris

Social Media dataﬂow for a restaurant Ethan Hein

Social Media dataﬂow for a course website all links all slides lec ted seall videos ents nc em nnou a

Connections FadderUrl

RSSReally Simple Syndication • An XML application • summarizes lists of content without presentation markup • The wires to connect websites

SlideShare to Facebook

SlideShare to Facebook AP I

RSS URL

Broadcasting Blackboard announcements

Blackboard

Blackboard black box

Bb to Fb

Bb to Fb API

Email to me

OtherExamples Bazik

Top ic sD a ily

Top ic sD a ily gle Ca lendar in Goo se calendar Cour •

Top ic sD a ily gle Ca lendar in Goo se cal endar Cour • to co nvert t o RSS ! Pipes Yahoo •

Top ic sD a ily gle Ca lendar in Goo se calendar Cour • to co nvert t o RSS ! Pipes • Yahoo s to FB ement nounc a ily a n blish d r • Pu and Twitte

Do a class Flickr stream

Thank You Matthew Leingang leingang@nyu.edu twitter: @mleingang

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