The iT department will be upgrading Blackboard (courses.smumn.edu) from v7 to v8 on May 30, 2010 from 7am - noon. Course/Organization content will move forward with the upgrade.
Blackboard v8 doesn't look much different from v7. However, there are some nice changes that we want to make you aware of.
New features and enhancements are:
1. Grade Center
2. Self and Peer Assessement Building Blocks
3. SafeAssign
4. Scholar Building Blocks.
If you want to get a sneak peak at the new features there is a Set of Quick Tutorials located on courses.smumn.edu.
To locate the Quick Tutorials Module, Log into Blackboard, click on My SMU Tab, then Modify Content, find and place a check mark next to Quick tutorials. When you return to the My SMU tab you'll see a long list of tutorials for a number of Blackboard versions. You'll be looking for the The Blackboard Academic Suite Release 8.0 Learning System Tutorials.
If you want to save screen real-estate you can click on the - to minimize the Quick Tutorial list or to de-activate the Quick Tutorials Module click the X.
Blackboard also has a few webinars that you may find helpful.
BB v8 Changes
http://www.blackboard.com/Company/Events-Center/Webinars-and-Demos/Webinar-Archive.aspx
The Grade Book in V7 is now referred to as the Grade Center in BB8. The THIS LINK explains.
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