Making the move to Bb9.1 in Education

Cath DysoneLearning Manager

Faculty of Humanities eLearning team

YOUR SCHOOL PILOTSWho is already using Bb9 to support students

Pilot Phase 1 and 2

Member of Staff Course Course Code

Susan Brown, Richard Fay Becoming Global EDUC10440

Michael Wigelsworth Psychology of Education EDUC60651

Olwen McNamara/Gary Motteram PGR -Education Organisations

Diane Slaouti EDUC10912

Diane Slaouti EDUC70060

Pilot Phase 1Drew Whitworth

Researching DTCE

BB9 SUMMARYWhat are the improvements to Bb9?

Bb9 Summary

• Improved Interface• Enhanced File Management• Media rich content and assessments• Improved student performance monitoring• Email direct to students• MLE Developments

Improved Interface

• No tabs - just edit on or off• More control over the course menu• Using items to build up content• Drag and drop items around• Set your own home page/entry point• Standard Course Structure

Enhanced File Management

• Drag and Drop files• Organise on computer then pull them in• Structure remains

Web 2.0 Content

Mash up tool• Adding external content• YouTube, SlideShare, Flickr

Wiki• Simplified Blackboard Wiki• Easier to use• Gradeable

Assessing Learners

New question types in tests• YouTube• Calculated formula• Opinion scale/Likert• HotSpot• Quiz Bowl

Wikis now gradeable

Monitoring Student Performance

Grade CentreSmart views

• Tailored view of student progress e.g. students who scored less than 60 on week 1 quiz

Performance DashboardNotifications/early warning/tracking

• Base on Grade Rules

MLE Developments

• Blackboard Mobile Learn• Sharing Content across the University• Community

• Provide personalised and targeted information to students integrated with the current portal

• Enables groups to collaborate and communicate using BB9.1

STANDARD COURSE STRUCTURE

Help for you, consistency for students, meeting the minimum requirements

Why a Standard Course Unit Structure

Makes it easier to start developing Consistency for students – feedback has been

that different navigations and different terms are confusing

Support for staff in meeting minimum requirements

Additional Resources for both staff and students

Schools can build on this Faculty SCS to add content useful to Schools

UOM IMPLEMENTATION OF BB9

The Portal and the ‘Playground’

Rationale

Why have we upgraded? Product development by supplier? eLearning strategy goal 2 advancing

Manchester 2015 Agenda Ongoing investment in eLearning high priority Beyond Bb9 – considers whole MLE framework Open up ways to manage and share academic

content

Portal

• The Staff Portal is the entrance way into Bb9

• Access it from www.manchester.ac.uk/portal

• Click ‘Teaching and Research’ tab

• In the ‘My Courses’ portlet, you will see all your courses: Blackboard Vista 8 and/or Bb9: Current, Future and Ended Courses

Little person icon= Blackboard Vista 8 course

Bb9 icon = Bb9 course

(Option to add ‘My Organisations’ portlet)

Portal for students

• Students access the portal in the same way• The main difference is that they have a ‘My Studies’ tab

NOT a ‘Teaching and Research’ tab

‘Organisations’ or ‘Communities’

• Provides more flexibility in using the online environment to support students

• Definitely for 2011• Programme level spaces

• Delivery date tbc• Other Academic Communities

Activate your ‘Playground’

• Playground is for testing, NOT for course development

• Please activate it today - but we will use it to support the Practical Workshops so don’t play too much!

• Just click Activate Playground - you will be asked for a name/title, e.g. Cath’s Test Area, then click Activate

Search the Knowledge Base

for resources

Lots of Help Articles available on the Knowledge Base 1. Go to www.manchester.ac.uk/servicedesk 2. Click Knowledge base 3. Type Bb9 and then Search

HOW TO MAKE THE TRANSITION

Support for the School in Making the Move to Bb9?

Transition overview• Aim: Ensure student experience not affected• All Schools have timeslots between now and July

to move content re-using from Blackboard Vista 8 to Bb9

• eLearning team will provide a range of support, presentations, workshops, drop-ins

• Academics rebuild courses in Bb9 with content from their computers or content downloaded from BBV8

• Other activities working with Schools to Develop SCS Identify courses that might need extra help

Support for Education #1• Individual School Plans are online at

http://www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/tandl/elearning/bb9/

Support for Education #2

• Presentations• School Board 23rd March C2.32(brief)• 20th March 2-3.30 A2.16 (full demo)

• Roadshow – Ellen Wilkinson Café• 21st-25th - March• 28th March – 1st April

Come and ask questions 12-1

• Workshops• 5th, 7th, 12th, 13th April

• Drop-ins• 20th April 12-1.30 B3.1• 26th April 12-1.30 B3.1

What now?

• Playground via Portal• Get to know Bb9 using the Playground and

online support• Wait until your transition date and we will

send an email directing you to the Transition Wizard

• Activate your courses for Bb9• Using support online and face to face re-

build/move content

Finding out more generally

• Search for BB9 in the VLS for an overview of Pilot Phase 1 in SAHC with Dr Polly Low• http://stream.manchester.ac.uk/Play.aspx?VideoId=6185

• Blackboard On-Demand Learning Centre• http://ondemand.blackboard.com

• Knowledge Base articles• http://www.manchester.ac.uk/servicedesk

• Screen cast of a presentation delivered by Blackboard in June• http://www.campus.manchester.ac.uk/elearning/resources/

mle_webinars.html

• MLE Highlights, information about Blackboard 9.1 and the MLE Project include more information about Mobile Learn and Mobile Central• http://www.campus.manchester.ac.uk/tlso/newsbulletins/mle/

Questions?