BLACKBOARD GRADE BOOK AND FOCUS—

POWERED BY STARFISHPanel includes

Julio Moreno—Institutional Effectiveness

Heather Crites—Distance Education and Instructional Services

Alan Yang—Mathematics

Lisa Gordon—English

Lauren Jones—Developmental Education

Mark Jackson—Computer Science

Megan Speakman—Student Academic Support Services

OVERVIEW OF PRESENTATION

• Mandatory Usage

• Data (Julio)

• Technical Components (Heather)

• Usage (Faculty)

• FOCUS and Student Interventions (Megan)

• Questions and Answers

MANDATORY USAGE

• Student Success Council

• Began Autumn 2014

• Focused on heavily autumn 2015

REPORTING STUDENT SUCCESS

• External Stakeholders (Accreditation, Grants, Newspapers, etc.)

• Internal Stakeholders (Administration, Committees, etc.)

DATA AND REPORTS

• Colleague (ODS, Zogotech, etc.)

• Early Alert System (Starfish)

• Tutortrac

• Attendance sheets

REPORTSTerm Number

of Sections Number

of Grades Number of Students in

Courses using Early Alert

(unduplicated)

Number of Students Contacted

by SASS

Retention Rates Students in courses using Early Alert

Autumn 2012 123 2,855 2,324 60

Spring 2013 323 7,264 5,950 60 Au12 to SP 13 = 70.65%

Summer 2013 615 11,354 8,398 158

Autumn 2013 1,023 20,882 13,788 595 AU12 to AU13 = 47.16%

Spring 2014 2,883 56,084 22,245 1,068 AU13 to SP14 = 67.52%

Summer 2014 1,672 29,503 15,673 906

Autumn 2014 2,903 58,109 22,419 1,778 AU13 to AU14 = 44.71%

Spring 2015 2,841 53,324 21,634 1,310 AU14 to SP 15 = 68.10%

Summer 2015 1,461 23,957 13,628 705

STUDENT SUCCESS RATES

POSSIBILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES

• Current Reports (during semester)

• System integration

• Gradebook

ACTIVITY REPORT (STARFISH)

VISITS EXPORT (TUTORTRAC)

GRADE REPORT (STARFISH)

TECHNICAL COMPONENTS WITH BLACKBOARD GRADE BOOK

QUICK VIEW TO SEE CURRENT GRADE:

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE GRADES

EASY TO DOWNLOAD A COPY OF SEMESTER GRADES

Weighted Total

Rough

Draft 1

[Total Pts: 20]

MWA #1

[Total Pts: 100]

Rough

Draft 2

[Total Pts:

20]

MWA #2

[Total Pts: 100]

Rough

Draft 3

[Total Pts: 20]

MWA #3

[Total Pts: 100]

Rough

Draft 4

[Total Pts: 20]

MWA #4

[Total Pts: 100]

Final Exa

m [Total Pts: 100]

CCW Test

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Preps

Test [Total Pts: 100]

Subjects Test

[Total Pts: 100]

Verbs

Test [Total Pts: 100]

Verb F&T Test

[Total Pts: 100]

Frags

Test [Total Pts: 100]

SV Agr Test

[Total Pts: 100]

CX Test

[Total Pts: 100]

CP Test

[Total Pts: 100]

RO/CS

Test [Total Pts: 100]

Pronouns Test

[Total Pts: 100]

Modifiers Test

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Syntax

Test [Total Pts: 100]

Journal 1 [Total Pts: 20]

Journal 2 [Total Pts: 20]

Journal 3 [Total Pts: 20]

Journal 4 [Total Pts: 20]

Journal 5 [Total Pts: 20]

Journal 6 [Total Pts: 20]

Journal 7 [Total Pts: 20]

Journal 8 [Total Pts: 20]

Journal 9 [Total Pts:

20]

Journal 10

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Diagnosti

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In-Clas

s Journal

about

Writing

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Quick

Outline

Sample

MWA #1

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Self-Eval

uation 1

[Total Pts: 10]

74.24% 20 85 20 72 20 74 0 81 73 88 74 52 0 35 0 55 95 90 63 95 73 70 20 0 17 15 20 15 0 17 13 16 20 10 10 10

29.24% 20 86 20 76 20 1 0 0 0 92 90 92 96 65 88 90 100 97 0 0 0 0 17 18 17 16 14 18 14 0 0 0 20 10 10 10

84.48% 20 83 20 86 0 91 20 94 77 100 98 80 100 85 92 78 100 99 83 95 90 80 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 10 10

94.89% 20 97 20 86 20 96 20 98 95 100 98 96 96 95 92 95 100 99 90 100 90 80 20 15 20 19 17 18 20 19 20 20 20 10 10 10

79.88% 20 84 20 86 20 87 0 70 78 100 86 100 84 70 88 85 99 97 77 85 70 70 16 18 16 16 16 0 0 13 0 0 20 10 10 10

37.75% 20 0 0 82 20 56 20 68 0 0 86 64 0 95 72 85 100 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 20 10 7 0

90.37% 20 97 20 94 20 89 0 94 86 96 98 92 88 95 84 80 99 89 80 90 70 85 18 16 17 18 20 16 19 19 20 20 20 10 10 10

84.37% 20 90 20 84 20 85 20 86 81 92 94 84 84 80 52 90 94 79 90 85 65 80 17 18 17 20 19 19 0 16 17 19 20 10 10 10

22.56% 20 88 20 82 0 0 0 0 0 96 0 76 64 75 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10

75.67% 20 92 20 80 0 81 20 81 64 100 0 0 80 90 76 75 95 93 80 90 65 95 20 15 15 0 17 14 16 15 1 0 20 10 10 0

59.87% 20 74 0 76 20 84 0 0 75 92 0 84 92 65 92 85 90 98 65 90 85 0 15 14 16 16 0 0 0 18 0 0 20 10 10 0

83.20% 20 94 10 82 20 91 0 86 78 76 88 92 84 85 80 55 99 99 65 80 65 75 16 16 18 18 0 19 10 0 0 0 20 10 10 10

91.05% 20 92 10 96 20 100 20 91 87 92 96 92 84 75 76 80 99 100 80 75 80 85 18 19 18 20 20 20 0 19 20 19 20 10 5 10

                                                                         

QUICK REVIEW FOR SURVEYS

EVEN MORE OPTIONS…

EXTRACURRICULAR BENEFIT: BOOT CAMPS

• Names and Cougar-IDs sent to Megan Speakman

• ALEKS PPL Boot Camp team designee can quickly access final semester math grades for that cohort

THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT REQUIRES ALL FULL AND PART-TIME FACULTY TO USE THE

GRADE CENTER ON BLACKBOARD TO SUPPORT STUDENT SUCCESS

FOCUS—POWERED BY STARFISH

• Student View inside FOCUS—grades + agenda

• System-raised flags

• Total column versus weighted (performance)

• Column Name versus Grade Center Name (missing assignments)

• Zeros on assignments

• Course activity (active participation)

• Demo-student role

• Interventions

• Repeating three or more courses

• Three or more notices

• Six or more notices

• As appointments are seen

QUESTIONS?

• Further Blackboard Grade Book Training contact

Digital Education and Instructional Support

• Further FOCUS—powered by Starfish Training

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