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© 2008 Your Institution | www.yourinstitution.edu Blackboard Version 8.0 Introduction to New Features & Tools

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Template presentation used to create presentation introducing new features and tools in Blackboard 8.0, available at http://www.niu.edu/blackboard/resources/version80.shtml

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© 2008 Your Institution | www.yourinstitution.edu

Blackboard Version 8.0

Introduction to New Features & Tools

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For more information, visit www.yourinstitution.edu

Primary Feature Changes

• Announcements

• Discussion Board

• Timed Assessments

• Content Collection

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Announcements

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Sending Course Announcements Via Email

When posting a new announcement, to send a copy of the new announcement to students, click this option

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Discussion Board

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Hiding / Unhiding Search Options

Click this icon to show or hide the search fields, thus conserving screen space in the discussion board.

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Post Tagging

Faculty can tag posts with text labels; Other users can search using these tags

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Replying with a Quote

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Subscribing to a Forum

Once subscribed, click Unsubscribeto unsubscribe from new forum messages

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Tree View vs. List View

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Timed Assessments

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Test Timer to Track Time Spent on a Test

The timer will now appear at the top of the page on the right hand side.

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Content Collection

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Collaboration (Workflow)

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Portfolios

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Permanent URLs

Links to the Blackboard Content Collection items no longer break if files are later moved to a different location within the Content Collection

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Notifications

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Copying Files to the Content Collection

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Course Link Checker

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New Tools

• Grade Center

• Early Warning System

• Self and Peer Assessment

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Grade Center

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Grade Center Capabilities

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Action Links

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Icon Legend

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Interactive / Non-Interactive Views

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Grade Information Bar

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Inline Editing

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Searching and Sorting

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Adding Calculated Columns

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Smart Views

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Freezing Columns

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Grading Periods

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Showing / Hiding Users and Columns

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Generating Reports

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Sending Email From the Grade Center

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Adding Comments to a Grade

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Exempting a Grade / Dropping the Lowest Grade

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Grade History and Reverting a Grade

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Early Warning System

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Early Warning System Rules

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Reviewing Alerts and Notifying Users

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Self and Peer Assessment

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Self and Peer Assessment Capabilities

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