BbFS 05 Dennis Hood, Princeton

Princeton University does some amazing things with their Blackboard course sites in order to get them ready for the students and teachers. For example, they import the course description and the instructor's office hours for the students and a photo roster for the instructor. Princeton populates their sites with information specific to the course so that the site is useful from the beginning. In this podcast, Dennis Hood, Manger of Learning Management Systems, tells us about this effort to support the faculty and the students, as well as other topics related to Blackboard and faculty support.

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BbFS 04 Hart Wilson, Southern Oregon

"So, I'm a faculty member and you're telling me that you want me to start using Blackboard. What does that mean? What do you expect of me?" These were the questions that SOU's Blackboard Guru Team sought to answer when they set out to map the typical evolution of Blackboard skills and usage at Southern Oregon University. The resulting matrix spells out which functions are typically featured as sites evolve from serving as a simple resource to supporting a fully online course. Hart Wilson uses the chart during training of new users to help them identify which Bb features they need to learn first. Experienced instructors use it to gauge what areas to explore next. Hart Wilson is a member of the Blackboard Guru Team that developed this wonderful resource.

Please open/print the table, available in two formats below, so you will be able to refer to it during the interview.

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Bb Course Evolution Table: (Adobe .pdf format) - (Microsoft Word .doc format)