Blackboard 8 What is new? Ir. Willem van Valkenburg Blackboard Beheer

Overview June 3, 2009

What has changed? Grade Center Self- and Peer Assessment SafeAssign Content System enhancements Discussion Board enhancements New lay-out June 3, 2009

Grade Center

Self- and Peer Assessment

SafeAssign

Content System enhancements

Discussion Board enhancements

New lay-out

Grade Center New toolbar Create reports Inline editing Grade calculations : Average, Minimum/maximum grade, Improved weighted grades Smart view : subset of students and grades A multitude of ways to customize the display of the Grade Center History of all changes in grades. June 3, 2009

New toolbar

Create reports

Inline editing

Grade calculations :

Average, Minimum/maximum grade, Improved weighted grades

Smart view : subset of students and grades

A multitude of ways to customize the display of the Grade Center

History of all changes in grades.

New toolbar Adding columns Managing Grading Periods Grading Schema Smart Views Emailing Students Creating Reports Viewing Grade History June 3, 2009

Adding columns

Managing Grading Periods

Grading Schema

Smart Views

Emailing Students

Creating Reports

Viewing Grade History

Reports The Instructor can control what grades are displayed in the Report as well as what student information appears. A signature line and any comments can be added. Reports can then be printed from the screen and distributed. June 3, 2009

The Instructor can control what grades are displayed in the Report as well as what student information appears. A signature line and any comments can be added. Reports can then be printed from the screen and distributed.

Grade Calculations In the Grade Center, an Instructor can calculate grades by combining multiple Columns to attain performance results, such as class averages, final grades that are based on a weighted scale, or total points, and so on. These include Weighted grade , Total points grade , Average grade , and Minimum/Maximum grade . Each of these functions allows the Instructor to choose the Columns included, such as all Columns from a Grading Period , all Columns , or selected Columns . June 3, 2009

In the Grade Center, an Instructor can calculate grades by combining multiple Columns to attain performance results, such as class averages, final grades that are based on a weighted scale, or total points, and so on.

These include Weighted grade , Total points grade , Average grade , and Minimum/Maximum grade .

Each of these functions allows the Instructor to choose the Columns included, such as all Columns from a Grading Period , all Columns , or selected Columns .

Smart Views Instructors have the ability to customize the Grade Center to display a subset of Students based on selected criteria. Called Smart Views these customized displays can be saved and used again. Students can be sorted based on Course , Group , performance measurements , or other criteria . Once built and saved, Smart Views become a selectable list item on the Current View drop-down menu of the Grade Center page, enabling easy navigation from one view to another. June 3, 2009

Instructors have the ability to customize the Grade Center to display a subset of Students based on selected criteria. Called Smart Views these customized displays can be saved and used again.

Students can be sorted based on Course , Group , performance measurements , or other criteria .

Once built and saved, Smart Views become a selectable list item on the Current View drop-down menu of the Grade Center page, enabling easy navigation from one view to another.

Grading Schema Administrators and Instructors can create Grading Schema and then use it in grading. Grading Schemas may be edited or added to an ongoing Course and grades will be updated to reflect the changes. June 3, 2009

Administrators and Instructors can create Grading Schema and then use it in grading.

Grading Schemas may be edited or added to an ongoing Course and grades will be updated to reflect the changes.

Self and Peer Assessment Greater understanding of grading criteria (Self Assessment) Constructive feedback between students (Peer Evaluation) Feedback without bias (Optional Anonymous Evals) Focus reviewers on specifics (Criteria & Criteria Points) Summarise evaluations (Results Report) June 3, 2009

Greater understanding of grading criteria (Self Assessment)

Constructive feedback between students (Peer Evaluation)

Feedback without bias (Optional Anonymous Evals)

Focus reviewers on specifics (Criteria & Criteria Points)

Summarise evaluations (Results Report)

SafeAssign Plagiaat prevention service . Assignment is checked against: Internet ProQuest ABI/Inform database with over 1,100 publication titles and about 2.6 million articles Institutional document archives containing all papers submitted to SafeAssign by users in their respective institutions Global Reference Database containing papers that were volunteered by students from Blackboard client institutions to help prevent cross-institutional plagiarism. Over 1 mln papers. SafeAssign supports Word (DOC), Plain text (TXT), Rich text format (RTF), PDF , and HTML formats. Direct submit : upload a zip with multiple papers. ( max 10 MB and 300 papers per zip-file ) June 3, 2009

Plagiaat prevention service .

Assignment is checked against:

Internet

ProQuest ABI/Inform database with over 1,100 publication titles and about 2.6 million articles

Institutional document archives containing all papers submitted to SafeAssign by users in their respective institutions

Global Reference Database containing papers that were volunteered by students from Blackboard client institutions to help prevent cross-institutional plagiarism. Over 1 mln papers.

SafeAssign supports Word (DOC), Plain text (TXT), Rich text format (RTF), PDF , and HTML formats.

Direct submit : upload a zip with multiple papers. ( max 10 MB and 300 papers per zip-file )

Content System Enhancements New 360 ° view allows you to see what’s going on with a piece of content: Gain insight into how content is being used and by whom with tracking data. Know when to delete old or irrelevant files. Recycle Bin All personal or group Content Area’s now have a Recycle Bin that serves as a staging area for deleted items. Unique ID Links to the Content System files and folders are no longer stored as absolute paths. Content System items may be moved freely within the application. June 3, 2009

New 360 ° view allows you to see what’s going on with a piece of content:

Gain insight into how content is being used and by whom with tracking data.

Know when to delete old or irrelevant files.

Recycle Bin

All personal or group Content Area’s now have a Recycle Bin that serves as a staging area for deleted items.

Unique ID

Links to the Content System files and folders are no longer stored as absolute paths.

Content System items may be moved freely within the application.

Discussion Board Enhancements Mark posts Read when collected. It’s now takes only two clicks to marks every post in a collection as read. Quick Collect unread posts in a forum. One click collects every unread post in a forum. Return of the tree view . Tagging of messages. Forum Availability on date and time restrictions. June 3, 2009

Mark posts Read when collected. It’s now takes only two clicks to marks every post in a collection as read.

Quick Collect unread posts in a forum. One click collects every unread post in a forum.

Return of the tree view .

Tagging of messages.

Forum Availability on date and time restrictions.

New Design June 3, 2009

Planning Blackboard update starting 13 th of July 18:00 until Tuesday 15 th . New courses wil be generated on 1 st of August . Instructor courses available in the week of 18 th to 22 nd of August

Blackboard update starting 13 th of July 18:00 until Tuesday 15 th .

New courses wil be generated on 1 st of August .

Instructor courses available in the week of 18 th to 22 nd of August

Recap Easy-to-use Grade Center Active learning with Self and Peer Assessment Protect originality with SafeAssign Institution-wide Content Management Academic debate with the Discussion Board Blackboard not available 13 th to 15 th of July

Easy-to-use Grade Center

Active learning with Self and Peer Assessment

Protect originality with SafeAssign

Institution-wide Content Management

Academic debate with the Discussion Board

Blackboard not available 13 th to 15 th of July

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