blackboard + facebook
DESCRIPTION
An introduction to the Blackboard Sync application in Facebook prepared for the Metropolitan Community College faculty convocation, February 2009.TRANSCRIPT
Blackboard +
do you know Blackboard?
do you:teach online?teach a hybrid course?post materials in Blackboard?
at MCCevery student and instructor has a Blackboard accountevery course has a ‘shell’
Photo credit: Abby Ernst
do you know Facebook?
Photo credit: Sarah Joos
there are morethere are morethan 175 million than 175 million active usersactive users
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the average user the average user has 120 friends has 120 friends on the siteon the site
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……and each day they and each day they spend more than spend more than
three billion three billion minutes on Facebook minutes on Facebook
(worldwide)
Photo credit: Gozde Otman
the largest the largest demographic demographic concentration remains concentration remains the traditional college the traditional college demographic of 18-24 demographic of 18-24 year olds (40.8%)year olds (40.8%)
Photo credit: Patrick Moore
the 35-54 year old the 35-54 year old demographic is demographic is growing fastest, with growing fastest, with a 276.4% growth rate a 276.4% growth rate (since June ’08)(since June ’08)
the 55+ demographic the 55+ demographic is not is not far behind with a far behind with a 194.3% 194.3% growth rate over the growth rate over the same same periodperiod
which can lead to a situation like this-
it’s a verb - really
www.urbandictionary.comhttp://www.urbandictionary.com/
lots of college students - of all ages -are spending
lots of time on Facebook
can Facebook help them keep up with their
course work?
Blackboard Syncall information from the website
wiki.blackboardsync.com
a collaboration of Facebook and Blackboard
safe and secure
delivers course information and updates
option to connect through Facebook
safe and secure
graphic from the Blackboard Sync webinar
what information syncs?
announcementsnew discussion posts noticenew course content noticenew grades notice
course rostercourse map
NOT THE ACTUAL POSTS, CONTENT, or GRADES
how do you set it up?
you need:MCC Blackboard accountFacebook account
installing the Blackboard Sync application in Facebook
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http://bboard.mcckc.edu
http://bboard.mcckc.edu
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enter your MCC Blackboard user nameand password
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SUCCESS!
tabs display updated information
announcements
forums
content
grades
course map
goes to the login page NOT to the course
course roster
Images and graphics from Stock.xchng - http://www.sxc.hu/home
Blackboard Sync - http://www.blackboardsync.com
Facebook Usage Statistics fromFacebook - http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
iStrategy Labs - http://www.istrategylabs.com/