Blackboard SP9 includes updates to the login page layout, course home page appearance, and tools that can be added to course content. Navigation between courses has been improved and action bars have been renamed. The gradebook has been fixed to correct wrong calculations and needs grading has been enhanced. Course copying, automatic regrading, aligning questions to goals, and adding rubrics to gradebook columns are being improved. Course reports can now be generated by user, content area, goals and other criteria. Additional tools have been added like merging enrollments, Tegrity, Respondus Lockdown Browser, and classroom support for textbook, cell phones and class notes. Contact information is provided for questions.

1. Blackboard SP9

2. Some changes…
And others…

3. Appearance
Login Page

4. Layout

5. Course Home Page

6. Working with your course:
Hover over Themes

7. Course to Course Action bars renamed
navigation
Tools enhanced
(can be added to
Content)

8. Mobile compatible test Rubrics
Goals (in progress)

9. Course copy
enhancements

10. Testing
Auto submit
Negative
marking

11. Automatic
regrading
Align questions to goals
(in progress)

12. Gradebook
Fixed bug with wrong calculations
Needs Grading
enhancements

13. Add rubrics
to columns
items
Add alignments to columns
(in progress)

14. Evaluation
Course reports
•By user
•By content area
•By goals
•Etc.

15. EXTRA
Merge
Enrollments

16. Tegrity

18. Respondus
Web search Lockdown Browser
test
Textbook
Cell
Phone
Class
Notes

19. Got Questions?
Victor Segura
vsegura@odessa.edu
x6796
IT 1 (south)
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