As announced, Information Services will be upgrading our Blackboard learning management system in January. Training on the new system, version 9.1, will be available in several ways. The new system with all historical course content and all spring 2011 courses will be used for training.
- Workshop sessions will be offered by me and/or staff from the University of Cincinnati on the following dates/times:
- Monday through Friday, November 29 through December 3, a morning session from 10:00 to noon covering what's new in the new version--everything except the Grade Center. There will be a separate session from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. to introduce the new Grade Center. These sessions will take place in Corns 109.
- Tuesday through Thursday, January 4 through 6, the same schedule as above, a general transition session at 10:00 and a Grade Center session at 2:00 in Corns 109.
- Tuesday through Friday, January 11 through 14, open Q&A sessions from 4:00 to 5:00 in Corns 109.
- I will be available for one-on-one and small group trainings sessions at times and locations convenient for you. To arrange a personalized session please contact me.
- Atomic Learning has online video tutorials on Blackboard 9 for instructors. You may access these tutorials by logging in to J/CX Web and selecting the Atomic Learning link on the left.
- In the coming weeks we will be posting documentation on Blackboard 9.1 to the Self Help Site, including basic instructions for how to access it, how to make your course available, how to enroll students or additional instructors, how to copy content between courses, and more.
- There will also be online resources produced by Blackboard available within the new system once it is available.
Access to the new Blackboard system will be available by December 1 at a web address (URL) to be announced. The primary URL for our Blackboard system, bb.owu.edu, will be switched to the upgraded version no later than Wednesday, January 5. All Spring 2011 courses will be in the new version 9.1 system.
Please direct your questions about this upgrade to me. We look forward to making this project a smooth success, and taking advantage of the many new features in Blackboard 9.1.
Please direct your questions about this upgrade to me. We look forward to making this project a smooth success, and taking advantage of the many new features in Blackboard 9.1.
| David Soliday Instructional Technologist E-mail: dcsolida@owu.edu Phone: (740) 368-3130 | Ohio Wesleyan University Information Services Web: infoserv.owu.edu Facebook: OWU Help Desk |
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