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New Features in Blackboard Learn Service Pack 11
Purdue will upgrade to Blackboard Learn Service Pack 11 during the 2013 Summer Session. With this upgrade to Service Pack 11 will come several notable changes that faculty will see as they use Learn. While the look and feel of Blackboard will not change dramatically, several new features will be introduced to enhance the use [...]
Add Headings to Word Documents in Your Blackboard Course
Documents you put into Blackboard, and other web pages, must be accessible to people with disabilities. There are simple techniques you can use to improve the accessibility of documents as they are created. This article will show you how to easily add structural headings in Microsoft Word for Windows 2007 and 2010. Why are structural [...]
Considerations of Accepting Homework in Blackboard
If you’re considering accepting homework via Blackboard Learn, this can be a benefit to both you and and your students. You can reduce the amount of paper that you need to work with by accepting your assignments electronically, and your students can simply submit their homework to you when they’re finished and not have to [...]
Taking Care When Setting Up Your Class in Blackboard Learn
For faculty who are utilizing Blackboard Learn to either supplement an existing face-to-face class or who teach a class entirely online, one aspect that is easy to overlook is the look and feel of the class. For faculty using Learn, not only should care be taken to determine what content will be made available to [...]
Maintaining Security on Blackboard Learn Exams
Blackboard Learn offers the ability for faculty to provide tests and quizzes that students can complete outside of normal class hours, or in the case of online or blended courses, the tests and quizzes given on Blackboard can replace those normally given in a traditional classroom. However, there can be concerns with regards to the [...]
Using Blackboard Learn to Take Your Class (Mostly) Paper-Free
As the costs of printing increases for both faculty and students, it is important to point out that Blackboard Learn offers a number of tools that will allow your course to go nearly paper-free. Here are some ideas to help reduce the amount of paper that your course may use during the term: Post Your [...]
Good Principles for a Successful Semester
As we embark on another academic year, I think it’s important to consider how we can create the best environment for learning. In 1987, Chickering and Gamson put forth a brief article titled Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education. This document has become a touchstone for educators and instructional designers over the past [...]
Blackboard Learn: Dropping Grades from Calculation
In Blackboard Learn, it is possible to compare a set of assignments, tests, etc. and apply special rules to how the grade is calculated for these sets. You can instruct the Grade Center to drop a specified number of highest grades, lowest grades, or even a combination of both. In order to access these rules, [...]
The Blackboard Learn Opportunity
The move to Blackboard Learn 9.1 from the current version of BlackboardVista 8 is not an update. It is instead a transition from one course management system (CMS) to another. Despite the sharing of the Blackboard name, the systems are very different. The current Blackboard Vista 8 represents the end of the WebCT era: the [...]
Blackboard Learn Provides Enhanced Group Functions
Group functions within Blackboard Learn now allow for collaboration between students using blogs, file exchange, discussion board, journals, tasks, and Wikis. Students within a group can participate in real-time lessons and problem solving exercises. Groups may be set up manually, randomly automatic and by self-enrollment. Any number of groups or students to a group may [...]