PalmettoBUG Spring 2010 MeetingMay 14, 2010

Using NBC News Videos in Blackboard Learn to Enliven Instruction and Increase Student Engagement

• Welcome & Introductions

– Mark Miano, Senior Editorial Producer, NBC News/NBC Learn

– Martha Jones, NBC Learn Sales Representative for South Carolina

• NBC Learn Overview

• Demo of the NBC News Archives On Demand Building Block

• How to Start Your Free Trial

• Pricing – Subscription Rates

• Testimonial

• Q & A / Raffle

• Contact Info

Agenda

• NBC Learn is the educational arm of NBC News dedicated to providing instructional resources for students, teachers, and lifelong learners

• NBC Learn is uniquely positioned to offer both primary source resources from the richest news video archive in the U.S., and to leverage NBC News global newsgathering output to update these resources daily

• NBC Learn content is fully integrated with the Blackboard LMS and downloadable

• 10,000 + broadcast-quality resources aligned to 28 subjects areas including:

Overview

• Biology

• Psychology

• Forensic Sciences

• Environmental Sciences

• U.S. History

• Marketing

• Finance

• Business

• Journalism

• Economics

• Global Studies

• Psychology

• Women's Studies

• Special Collections and more

How To Start Your Free Trial

Step 1. Register for a free trial at the

NBC Learn site:

http://www.nbclearn.com/bbmoreinfo

Step 2. Download building block,

print installation/user guide, and

check your email for a trial code.

Step 3. Upload building block to a

test server, enter trial code in admin

panel, configure, and test.

Step 4. Notify faculty via email.

Step 5. Solicit feedback after 60 and

75 days.

How To Start Your Free Trial

Testing (Post-Installation and Configuration):

1. From Building Block, click “Browse NBC Archives” and watch

NBC's Brian Williams and Lester Holt discuss NBC News

Archives on Demand in their own words

2. Browse the subject, test the Cue Card (video), and saving Cue

Cards to a playlist.

3. From Blackboard Course Content area, test adding NBC

Archives video.

4. Notify faculty or instructional technology staff. See example

on next page.

Note: Consult user guide for further instructions.

How To Start Your Free Trial

Sample email to faculty to solicit feedbackDear Faculty,

At the request of the xyz Department, we have created a link in

Blackboard to the NBC News Archives on Demand.

NBC is providing us with a ninety (90) day free trial of this service which

will give you the ability to link your Blackboard sites to NBC videos

on a variety of topics.

This trial will expire in ninety (90) days. At the end of the trial period,

the links you create will remain but only the first fifteen seconds of

each video will play. The xyz department will then survey the faculty to see if the NBC News Archives are a

resource that you would like to have permanently available.

A short video clip about how to create the links is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkC4C3YHopU

http://screencast.com/t/Upevhd4qG8

Please direct any questions to us at ext. 1234

Regards,

XXXXXXX

2010-2011 Subscription Rates

FTE Price (Annual)0-1,999 $2,000

2,000-4,999 $4,000

5,000-9,999 $6,000

10,000-19,999 $8,000

20,000-29,999 $10,000

30,000-39,000 $12,000

40,000-49,999 $15,000

50,000 + Custom

• Discounts available for multi-year subscriptions• Includes weekly content updates, 24/7 technical support, and live online training and support documentation

Testimonial

                                   

Grand Rapids Community College Pilot Program

•One year trial of the AoD Building Block•Main Campus in Grand Rapids•2 Technical Education Centers•15,000+ students per semester in Full and Part-time studies•10,000+ Students in Non-credit Courses

GRCC Testimonial:http://tinyurl.com/GRCC-NBCLearn

Contact InfoSales Requests:

Martha Jones, NBC Learn Sales Representative for South Carolina

Email: marthaj8@sc.rr.com

Ph: 803.261.2074

NBC Learn – IT:

Michael Levin, Director, Digital Services, NBC News/NBC Learn

Email: michael.levin@nbcuni.com

Ph: 212.664.3627

NBC Learn – Editorial :

Mark Miano, Senior Editorial Producer, NBC News/NBC Learn

Email: mark.miano@nbcuni.com

Ph: 202.885.4198

Online:

http://www.nbclearn.com