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Barbara A. Wood, MLIS

Librarian Assistant Professor

Department of Health Informatics

Calder Memorial Library

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

P. O. Box 061950 (R950)

Miami, FL  33101

Phone: (305) 243-3999

bwood@med.miami.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

[BB] SNEAK PEAK - New Bb features for this fall

Blackboard users at UM,

Want to see the new features that will be in Blackboard at UM for this Fall?  Watch 15 minutes of a video and learn about the following:

• New "Look and Feel" - Will roll out at UM on Wednedsay, August 8, 2012, two weeks before fall classes begin
• New "Course Merge Tool" for administrators (me)
• Shortcut between the same areas in your various courses
• Negative and Weighted marks in assessments
• Standards Alignment and Reporting within a course
• Activity Report of student activity in your course
• Regrading of assessments
• Course Themes

To view the relevant 15 minutes of this video, do the following.

1. Go to http://goo.gl/2TmeZ in your browser- This should load a java player for Blackboard Collaborate. The player window will open. Along the bottom you will see an indicator that the presentation is loading. (Called a "thermometer" because it looks like the mercury rising in a thermometer.) Make sure that you have speakers or a headset, since this video has audio, too.
2. Click on the "play" arrow, to the left of the loading indicator.
3. Drag the little button along the timeline to 16:00 (16 minutes). That is when Liam Ferris from Blackboard takes over.
4. Watch until the 31:00 (31 minute) mark. After that it is just questions and answers.
5. If you are really impressed and excited, drag back to the 16 minute point and watch it again and again!

REMEMBER: 

• Blackboard will be taken off-line on Friday, July 20, after 7:00 pm for the upgrade from SP5 (service pack 5) to SP8. It will probably be back on-line on Sunday, July 22, in the afternoon. It will definitely be back on-line on Monday, July 23, by 8:00 am.
• The new "Look and Feel" (2012 Theme) will be turned on Wednesday, August 8.
• More information, including training opportunities, will be send on this, the bb@listserv.miami.edu mailing list.

Bill Vilberg
Instructional Advancement Center
Information Technology
Richter Library, Room 325
bill.vilberg@miami.edu
8-3944 or 305-284-3944

[BB] SafeAssign Critical Maintenance Upgrade - Service will be unavailable from 5 PM to 9 PM on Friday, June 29, 2012.

Hello,

 

SafeAssign service on Blackboard will be unavailable on Friday, June 29, 2012 from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM US Eastern. SafeAssign is being taken offline for a critical maintenance upgrade. If you have any questions please contact us via email at blackboardhelp@miami.edu or call us at 305-284-3949

 

Respectfully,

 

Alex Zaldivar

Department of Information Technology

Instructional Advancement Center

Blackboard System Manager

Email: azaldivar@miami.edu

Phone: 305-284-3949