This document discusses tweaks that can enhance the functionality of the Blackboard learning management system. It describes how tweaks allow for plug-and-play customization of Blackboard sites in areas like style, functionality, page designs, navigation, learning activities, and more. Tweaks can be centrally maintained and easily added by site coordinators. Examples of tweaks demonstrated include replacing icons, adding a visual unit map, integrating student quotes, and customizing program branding and learning activities. Academics discuss how tweaks have revolutionized their Blackboard sites and made content easier for students to navigate and keep track of. The document encourages involvement from those interested in contributing learning design templates, activities, or coding skills to further expand tweak

1. Enabling Dynamic Sites for Academics, Designers and Programmers Plug and Play Methods for Enhancing Blackboard

2. What are Tweaks Style (CSS) Functionality (JS) Template Page Designs Navigation and Structure Learning Activities Extra Blackboard Functionality Centrally maintained Easy for site coordinators to add Tweaks

3. (Demo)

4. Replace Icons

5. Replace Icons

6. Visual Unit Map

7. Visual Unit Map

8. Course Evaluation: Student quotes The layout of the lecture materials, learning objectives and visual images on the blackboard website greatly assisted my learning for this unit. Like the structure of the blackboard site. Very easy and clear to follow.Image: Creative Commons: flickr/bilso

10. Academics’ Experience with Tweaks "I think that there should be some more flexibility. There’s some things with BB you can’t do and you go, why can’t you do that?… Having said that BB is continually evolving so it’s a matter of finding our way around it"

11. Large first year cohort: Unit Table

13. Large first year cohort: Unit Table “The tweak stuff has been reallygood because it’s enhanced the ability of the LMS to actually represent stuff.. The table was an instant winner because I could represent a lot of information really simply.. I can pretty quickly work out how to use the Tweaks to advantage.”

14. Program Branding: Graphic Menu + Icons

15. Program Branding: Graphic Menu + Icons

16. Program Branding: Graphic Menu + Icons

17. Program Branding: Graphic Menu + Icons

19. Learning Activities

20. Learning Activities

21. Learning Activities

22. Learning Activities

23. Learning Activities “Tweaks have revolutionized the Bb site!! In particular, the checklist lists, Print friendly function, study timetables.” “These functions make it much easier for students in their very busy work lives to keep track of where they are up to in their studies.”

24. Learning Activities I’ve seen other BB sites and I think how on earth could you study from that, it’s just a mess, they don’t categorise their notices or anything just one page full of stuff and there’s no way you’d know what week it is or what you’d done or anything"

25. (Demo)

26. Getting Involved Do you want have ideas for learning design templates / learning activities / blackboard functionality? Do you have client side coding of B2 skills? Can you test on BB8 or BB9.1?

27. Questions?Getting In Contact http://github.com/Tweaks/Tweaks