Hello Bb Users,
On August 8th 2012, Blackboard at the University of Miami will have a new look to take full advantage of our recent upgrade to Service Pack 8 (SP8). The new version will improve the experience for students, and instructors.
FACE TO FACE TRAINING SESSIONS
To help with the transition to the new look and feel, we have scheduled multiple training sessions. "Blackboard Upgrade Information Session "New Look and Feel"" is designed for people who have used Blackboard and need to quickly get up to speed with SP8. "Introduction to Blackboard" is designed for people who have not used Blackboard before and need to start at the beginning. Multiple offerings of both trainings are available.
See the schedule and register for a training session at http://iacevents.org
==ON-LINE VIDEO==
Blackboard has created several videos to explain the new features and improvements in this new version.
-New Themes (Video Demo: http://goo.gl/NKd1h) (Help Page: http://goo.gl/R1Z2b)
- Quick Setup Guide and Course Structures (Help Page: http://goo.gl/ZoMTD )
- Course-to-Course Navigation (Video Demo: http://goo.gl/QTuok) (Help Page: http://goo.gl/hnIXZ)
- Activity Reports (Video Demo: http://goo.gl/dCcSP) (Help Page: http://goo.gl/w9SiU)
- Improved Adaptive Release: (Video Demo: http://goo.gl/R7Jrx) (Help Page: http://goo.gl/ReGpc)
- Timed Assessments Enhancement: (Video Demo: http://goo.gl/yBoVy) (Help Page: http://goo.gl/kvDcu)
- Automated Re-grading: (Video Demo: http://goo.gl/qVmK1) (Help Page: http://goo.gl/ZCt4o)
- Negative Marking: (Video Demo: http://goo.gl/gpOl0) (Help Page: http://goo.gl/vWv4s)
- Interactive Rubrics: (Video Demo: http://goo.gl/qX6cd) (Help Page: http://goo.gl/w0NEM)
- Needs Grading Tool Enhancement: (Video Demo: http://goo.gl/oKlg0) (Help Page: http://goo.gl/Ktaol)
==CONTACT THE HELP DESK==
Our help desk team is available to answer any of your questions. We can be reached by phone at 305-284-3949 or by email at blackboardhelp@miami.edu.
Let us know what we can do to help you use Blackboard at its fullest.
Blackboard Support Team: Bill, Alex, Rick, and Kelley Instructional Advancement Center
Rick Ramos
Department of Information Technology
Blackboard Help Desk Supervisor
305-284-3949
