Hacking Blackboard: Customized Content Portals

Richard Cox and Lynda Kellam

Previously on …

Previously on …

Should we always expect students to come to our pages?

Do students want us in their social networking spaces?

What about their academic spaces? What about integrating with the course management system?

Lessons Learned

Navigation issues

Promotional issues

Getting buy-in

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Developing the Portal

ChallengesIT Perspective

Timing of student data pull from Banner and work flows.

Finding the correct data in Banner.

Library Liaison Perspective

How do we assess?

Outreach and marketing

Mixed reactions (Old school v. New school)