bb on tour 2016 | innovation and your institution (part 1) | panel session

Innovation and your InstitutionPart 1

Chris Ross – Industry & Solutions

Michael Garner – Solutions Engineering

Let’s Prioritize Today’s Discussion Topics

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1. Maximizing Student Engagement, Flexibility & Mobility• Bb Student• Blackboard Collaborate

2. Graduate Outcomes/Employability & Industry Alignment• Goal Performance Dashboards & MyEDU

3. Efficient & Connected Assessment Ecosystem• Grades Journey

For each topic we’ll;– Consider the ‘business challenge’– Review core capability & discuss upcoming agile release cadence– Review help/support options– Innovation Framework Table Discussion

Session Objectives

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• What is available to us today & incremental innovation can we expect from Blackboard

• Building an innovation seed/adoption plan

• Sharing of great practice with our community

• Open & honest dialogue -‐ feedback on how Blackboard can best partner with you

• …..Oh and let’s have lots of Active Learning.

Maximizing Student Engagement, Flexibility & Mobility

Ø Bb Student

Ø Collaborate Ultra

“I’ve been using apps by Blackboard for a long time now, but I have to say the most recent update is

amazing!” Uoflstudent24

“This app makes my school routine so much

easier.” CdPeralta

“…it almost makes it fun to check my class assignments”

The Nightly Pacifist

Bb Student Mobile App

Available Now

Mobile Learn

Bb Grader

Bb Student

• Activity Stream• Course Timeline• Grades• Assignments &

Tests• Due Dates• Collaborate Ultra -‐

Join from Link• Google Drive /

Dropbox / OneDrive

Collaboration and Engagement

Collaborate Ultra Discussions(Coming in 2016)

Push Notifications(Coming in 2016)

Conceptual mock-‐up subject to change without notice

Bb InstructorIn Development and In Research

Collab Integration (join session link)

Marking


Blackboard Mobile App Roadmap

Available Now

Mobile Learn

Bb Grader

Bb Student

• Activity Stream• Course Timeline• Grades• Assignments & Tests• Due Dates• Collaborate Ultra -‐Join from Link

• Google Drive / Dropbox / OneDrive

• Available in NAHE/LAC/Europe/ APAC*

In Research

Bb Student

• Collaborate Ultra –Breakout Rooms

• RTL Language Support

• Third-‐party content (PC/SCORM/LTI/App to App Launch )

• Analytics & Telemetry

Bb Instructor

• UPDATE: iOS, Android tablet; to replace Bb Grader

In Development

Bb Student

• Push Notifications

• Discussions

In Beta

Bb Student

• Collaborate Ultra -‐Join from Course

• Collaborate Ultra –Activity Notifications & Document Navigation

• Profile Integration

* 22 Supported Languages / 85 Markets

Where to for some more Bb Student help & resources?

10Blackboard Confidential

• Bb Student App Tour Video à http://bit.ly/1Th8tg6

• Bb Student Release Notes à http://bit.ly/1LpvWbM

• Communication & Adoption Toolkit à http://bit.ly/1QGjaSx

• Monthly User Group Updates

• Bb Student & Collaborate Deep Dive Session this afternoon

• Academic Innovation and Product Adoption Webinar Series

Collaborate - Use Cases

Office Hours & Support

Group Collaboration & Meetings

Teaching & Learning

Professional Development

Collaborate – Ultra Experience Roadmap

Available Now

• High quality audio, video, and app sharing

• MP4 Recordings

• Annotate whiteboard and slide content

• Integration with Learn, Moodle, LTI, APIs

• Closed Captioning & WCAG 2.0 AA Support

• Mobile experience with Bb Student app

• Up to 100 participants

• Integrated Telephony

• Internationalized scheduling UI

• Room and Moderator Chat

Roadmap Delivered via Continuous Delivery

• Technical Preview “beta” program

• 7 Releases since May 2015

• Monthly cadence since August

• 2 weeks lead time for CollabAdmins

• Supporting customers w/ Help, adoption toolkit and screenshot library

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Collab Ultra New Feature Value

Collaborate – Breakout Group LearningIn Development


Collaborate - Real-Time Comprehension w/ PollingIn Research


Collaborate – Enhanced Collaborative WhiteboardIn Research


Collaborate – Get Live Feedback From ClassIn Research


Collaborate – Support Deaf with Sign Language InterpreterIn Research


Collaborate – Ultra Experience Roadmap

• Firefox WebRTC Support

• Microphone Indicators

• Video “On Air” Indicator

• Network Quality Indicators

Available Now

• Persistent and pre-‐loaded content

• Breakout Groups

• Deeper integration with Learn 9.1

• Integration with Learn Ultra Experience

• Instructor mobile experience with Bb Instructor app


In DevelopmentAvailable Now

• High quality audio, video, and app sharing

• Room and Moderator Chat

• Annotate whiteboard and slide content

• Integrated Telephony

• Integration with Learn, Moodle, LTI, APIs

• Closed Captioning & WCAG 2.0 AA Support

• MP4 Recordings

• Mobile experience with Bb Student app

• Internationalized scheduling UI


In Research

• Polling

• Enhanced Collaborative Whiteboard

• Native Session Recording / Playback

• Live Feedback

• Sign Language Interpreter

• Display Videos as Content

• Private Chat

• Basic Edit Recordings

• Up to 1,000 participants

Where to for some more Collaborate help & information?


• Collaborate Ultra Introductory video à http://bit.ly/1WS2TOZ

• Collaborate Ultra Release Notes à http://bit.ly/1OHDFNe

• Communication & Adoption kit à http://bit.ly/1SMiQXv

• Collaborate User Group

• Academic Innovation & Product Adoption webinar series


Innovation Framework DiscussionAt your institution…….

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1. Have you experimented with this innovation? What were your experiences?

2. What active projects within your institution align to these innovation?

3. What are the key roles for which this capability has significant alignment?

4. What are your top 3 barriers to adoption of these innovation?

5. Where might you seed this innovation?

6. What are the measures of success?

7. When do you envisage mainstreaming this innovation – immediately, 3-‐6 months, 6-‐12 months, 12+ months

8. How can Blackboard best support you in this process?

Learning Outcomes, Assessment & Industry Aligned Mastery

Ø Goal Performance Dashboard

Ø MyEDU

Global Challenge – Skills Gap & Graduate Employability

68.1%Secured Full-‐Time Employment in 2014

2 MillionManufacturing Jobs unfilled due to skills gap

Just Released: Goal Performance Dashboard

In-‐‑course and cross-‐‑courseperformance dashboards

Multiple views for access by Students, Faculty, and Advisors

All licenses

Administrative export of cross-‐‑course dashboard data

Blackboard Confidential

MyEDU Fact Check

• Support students navigating their undergraduate study to employment

• Over 2 million students and 1000 institutions use the service

• Acquired by Blackboard in 2013

• MyEDU profile integrated to Learn becoming known as the ‘Enhanced Cloud Profile’

• International expansion of the enhanced cloud profile is currently underway

• Available with Learn 9.1 October 2014 or later• Accessible through My Blackboard Interface• Profile provides for;

• Study information• career objectives• work & project experience• language proficiency• competency achievement• campus activities/participation

Enhanced Cloud Profile

Where to for some more help & information?


• Goals Framework Help Resources à http://bit.ly/1RpNN1z

• Goal Performance Dashboard à http://bit.ly/1Qg1JfJ

• Monthly User Group Update





• Goal Performance Implementation Program – Leverage a Bb expert to work alongside your teams to build a pilot deployment for a

specific course/program.– Understand program requirements & reporting needs by stakeholder type.– Structure and build outcomes within Goals framework– Align assessment through to graduate and program level outcomes.– Goals performance dashboard implementation.

• MyEDU Implementation Program– Build a trial deployment of MyEDU to address these critical industry and institution

challenges. The Program will;• Define pilot project and success criteria• Establish Innovation Team comprising – Learning Technologies, Learning Innovation, Careers,

Student Support, IT, Faculties etc• Understand key challenge areas across the institution and alignment of educational technologies to

support graduate outcomes• Workshop exemplary student industry profile characteristics and prepare communication materials• System Installation & Training• Pilot review and planning for mainstream deployment


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1. Have you experimented with these innovations? What were your experiences?

2. What active projects within your institution align to these innovations?


4. What are your top 3 barriers to adoption of these innovations?





Connecting your Assessment Ecosystem

Ø Grades Journey

$440,000,000

Let’s help our Academics be Academics

Australian HE: 123,000 FTE AcademicsØ 10 hours a subject per semester

Ø 3 subjects taught / semesterØ 60 hours a Year

Ø 7.4m Academic Hours

Opportunity Cost$440m -‐ $10m per Australian HE

Grades Journey

HR/ERP

Library

Timetable

SIS

Grades Column

Provisioning

GradesExchange

Flat File, SOAP or REST web services

• Gradesapproval,release

• Optionalread-‐onlyafter post

Blackboard Confidential



• Grades Journey Help Resources à http://bit.ly/1oIUphW


• Grading & Assessment Deep Dive Session this afternoon

• Grades Exchange Implementation Program – Review of existing business process and future vision for Grades Management

– Document the relevant business processes and academic practice– Work with stakeholders to design a solution overview and gap analysis– Work with stakeholders to assess implementation plan, roles responsibilities and work streams

– Prototype Grades Journey Configuration using standard functionality


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1. Have you experimented with this innovation? What were your experiences?

2. What active projects within your institution align to these innovations?


4. What are your top 3 barriers to adoption of these innovations?





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