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Blackboard Next Generation Upgrade and
Support Plan Presenta(on for Council of Deans
Faculty Development and Instruc(onal Design Center
November 10, 2010
Presentation Goals
• Highlight informa2on on current Blackboard support available for NIU faculty/staff and TAs
• Introduce new features to be available in Blackboard following upgrade scheduled for May 2011
• Share faculty support plan and 2meline of support ac2vi2es
• Obtain your feedback on the plan and ideas on how we can help your faculty proac2vely
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Blackboard Usage at NIU
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Blackboard
• Learning management system available campus-‐wide for teaching since 2002
• Used for range of ac2vi2es from pos2ng course materials to teaching online
• This fall 2010, 97% of NIU students and 75% of faculty use Blackboard
More details: www.niu.edu/blackboard
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Use of Blackboard by (individual) Students
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5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
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No. of S
tude
nts
Year
Spring Summer Fall
Usage % for fall ‘10 with 23,795 enrolled is 96.8% of total number of students
23,040
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Use of Blackboard by (individual) Faculty/Staff/TAs to Teach
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200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
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No. of Faculty
Year
Spring Summer Fall
Usage % for fall ‘10 with 1,761* faculty/instructors/TA/teaching staff is 74.96% *1,761 includes only those providing direct instruc(on
1,320
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Number of Credit Course Sections in Blackboard
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500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
No. of C
ourse Sec(on
s
Year
Spring Summer Fall
Usage % for fall ‘10 with 5,106* sec(ons is 49.23% *No. of course sec(ons including thesis, disserta(on, and independent studies is 5,106
2,514
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Number of Course Enrollments in Blackboard
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100,000
02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
No. of C
ourse En
rollm
ents
Year
Spring Summer Fall
Students enrolled in several courses that use Blackboard in a semester
87,687
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Current Support Provided by
Faculty Development and Instructional Design
Center
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Blackboard Support • The comprehensive support provided by our Center on teaching with Blackboard includes the following: – Hands-‐on workshops (series of 39 different workshops) – Individual consulta2ons (In FY10 alone, 523 consulta2ons on Blackboard were offered to 230 unique individuals)
– Usage documenta2on (250+ webpages) (9,800 unique visitors per month to the help site in FY10)
– 246 answers to Frequently Asked Ques2ons (searchable) – 37 step-‐by-‐step tutorials (searchable) – Podcasts (23+ episodes) on teaching with Blackboard – Quick Guides on using Blackboard – 24 archived online workshops, Ask-‐A-‐Ques2on, etc.
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Current Blackboard Version (Release 8.0)
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Current Blackboard Version (Release 8.0)
Blackboard 8.0
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Control Panel
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Edit View
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Blackboard Next Generation (Release 9.1)
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Blackboard Next Generation
• Most significant upgrade to Blackboard to date seeking to accomplish 3 main goals: 1. Deliver highly engaging but powerfully simple
user experiences for faculty and students 2. Combine new innova2on with the best of both
Blackboard and WebCT (acquired by Blackboard) 3. Expand Blackboard’s open interface so that it
integrates more easily into exis2ng campus technologies
More details: blackboard.com/projectng
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A Few of the New Features… • A more collec2ve and collabora2ve learning experience for students through the integra2on of – Blogs, Journals, Wikis, and Mash-‐ups, as well as new Group Tools.
• Increased educator efficiency through – contextual edi2ng, content management at the course level, drag-‐and-‐drop naviga2on, etc.
• More centralized control over assessment instruments through expanded ques2on management capabili2es available for use when – crea2ng Tests, Surveys, and Ques2on Pools.
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Upgrade to Blackboard 9.1
• Blackboard released version 9.1 in fall 2009 • Blackboard will not con2nue to support current version (8.0) aher 2011
• NIU’s upgrade to version 9.1 planned for May 2011 (Memorial Day weekend)
• Our staff and ITS staff began tes2ng version 9.1 in summer 2010 to ensure all the features and interfaces work properly, and iden2fy quirks
• Our staff are working on developing new workshops and documenta2on for version 9.1
• Upgrade will not impact course materials, only interface
• Students won’t see a dras2c difference
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Brief Demonstration
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Blackboard Next Generation Upgrade
Faculty Support Plan
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Faculty Support Plan
• We have organized the plan into 5 Phases: – Phase 1: Install and test Blackboard version 9.1 and begin developing user documenta2on
– Phase 2: Communicate new features and user interface changes to users by several means
– Phase 3: Conduct preview sessions (f2f and online) – Phase 4: Upgrade to version 9.1 and begin hands-‐on workshops for basic as well as advanced users
– Phase 5: Offer open lab and special sessions for colleges and departments as requested
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Faculty Support Plan Phases
Phase 1: Documenta(on and Support Materials Prepara(on (Beginning Summer 2010)
Phase 2: Communica(ons of New Features and User Interface Changes (Beginning Fall 2010)
Phase 3: Preview Sessions (Beginning Spring 2011) Hands-‐on preview sessions 90 mins each; Online preview sessions 60 mins each
Phase 4: Hands-‐on Face-‐to-‐Face Workshops (Beginning Summer 2011) All workshops 90 mins
Phase 5: Open Labs & Special Sessions
Install new system on a development (BbDev) server Test new features and system interfaces Create upgrade page to document new features, changes, and include links to applicable support materials provided by Blackboard Update Teaching with Blackboard support site (niu.edu/blackboard) to reflect new features major interface changes Convert site from WebCRMA to new Cascade CMS as part of the redesign update process
Outline of features and pre-‐exis2ng support materials at niu.edu/blackboard/ng Ar2cles in Fall ’10 & Spring ’11 newslemers and campus media Episodes on Teaching with Blackboard Podcast devoted to changes No2ces of new features posted to FacDev blog, Twimer, and Facebook, and no2ces to users Screencasts and/or quick 2p highligh2ng changes Online preview sessions archived for on-‐demand viewing
2 invite-‐only hands-‐on preview sessions for support staff and faculty power users [3/29, 4/6] 3 online preview sessions [60 min] for faculty/staff & TAs via Wimba Classroom [3/30, 4/12, 4/27] 3 hands-‐on preview sessions for faculty/staff & TAs [4/8, 5/3, 5/16] 2 invite-‐only hands-‐on preview sessions for faculty teaching during intersession [4/28, 5/16]
6 Bb Tune-‐up sessions for experienced users offering hands-‐on overview of changes and new features [6/9, 8/9, 8/11, 8/17(2), 8/19] 7 Bb I & II hands-‐on sessions for users new to Bb [6/2, 6/15, 7/13, 7/21, 8/15, 8/19] 2 Bb NG Boot Camps (4 in-‐depth hands-‐on sessions for faculty/staff on 9.1 new feature sets) [6/3, 8/10]
Blackboard Open Lab sessions [11AM-‐1PM] each day during 1st week of summer & fall 2011 terms [6/13, 6/14, 6/15, 6/16, 8/22, 8/23, 8/24, 8/25, 8/26] College-‐specific sessions available upon request Consulta2ons with individual faculty/staff and TAs upon request
Hands-‐on preview sessions and face-‐to-‐face workshops will be 90 minutes in length; Online preview sessions will be 60 minutes in length
Faculty Support Plan Timeline
9/10 10/10 11/10 12/10 1/11 2/11 3/11 4/11 5/11 6/11 7/11 8/11 9/11
Support plan drahed & shared with Provost, Council of Deans, and Faculty Development Advisory Commimee
Version 9.1 installed on bbdev. FacDev & ITS begin tes2ng system
Redesign of exis2ng support site begins
Ini2al drah of redesigned support site ready on new CMS
New support site goes live
Phase 1: Documenta(on and Support Materials Prepara(on
Phase 2: Communica(ons of New Features and User Interface Changes
Phase 3: Preview Sessions
Phase 4: Hands-‐on Face-‐to-‐Face Workshops
Phase 5: Open Labs & Special Sessions
Preliminary info on 9.1 available on current support site
New tutorials, quick guides, etc. developed in response to ques2ons received New features in 9.1 covered in all future Blackboard workshops Consulta2ons with individual faculty/staff and TAs upon request
Last updated: 11/7/10
Outage / Upgrade to Bb 9.1 (5/29 -‐ 5/30)
2010 2011
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Workshops Scheduled
• 35 workshops currently scheduled for Spring & Summer 2011: – 10 preview sessions prior to upgrade – 8 hands-‐on workshops for new users – 8 “tune-‐up” workshops for experienced users – 9 open lab sessions
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Faculty Support Plan Challenges
• Faculty Focus Groups on documenta2on needs • Issues related to moving Blackboard users’ documenta2on from current web management system (WebCRMA) to the new one (Cascade)
• Priority training for those teaching intersession courses that overlap the upgrade in May 2011
• Need to train nearly 1,300 instruc2onal faculty/ staff/TAs over summer 2011
• Retraining current basic to advanced users • Training new faculty/staff/TA users from Aug ‘11
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More Information
niu.edu/blackboard/ng
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Summary
• Faculty Development workshop closely with ITS in prepara2ons for Blackboard 9.1 upgrade
• Faculty Development staff will be available for – College-‐mee2ngs in spring 2011 to demonstrate the new Blackboard system
– College/department-‐specific workshops
• We need your support for a successful upgrade – Men2on the upgrade in college mee2ngs – Recommend faculty to start early for Su and Fall ‘11 – Encourage college tech staff to help
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