Fall 2004 Blackboard Faculty Survey

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Fall 2004BlackboardFaculty Survey
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PREFACE
The following are the results of a Faculty survey
conducted in Fall 2004. The survey is based on
50 online responses and 50 paper based responses.
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How important is an easy-to-use program for
adding course documents to the web (like
Blackboard)?
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How important is the ability to create and stream
video/audio content for your classes ?
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How important is it to have an easy way to share
content between different classes from one
semester to the next?
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How important is it to have good tools for
communicating with students outside of the
classroom?
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How important is it to have more reliable
Internet connectivity?
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How important is more server storage space?
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How important is faster download speed?
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How important is it to have support staff to help
you create course materials?
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How important is it to have plagiarism control
tools?
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How important is it to have more secure testing
ability?
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How important is it to have more reliable testing
ability?
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How important is it for the University to offer
more online academic programs?
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How important is it for you to have more
administrative support for online course
development?
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How important is it to you for the University to
focus less on the web, more on the classroom?
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How important is the ability for you to be able
to manage your files?
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How important are more flexible grade book
capabilities?
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How important are more flexible testing
capabilities?
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How important is it for students to be able to
add content to the course web site?
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How important is the ability to have additional
student community areas for communicating and
sharing student-oriented information?
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How important is single sign-on for all campus
systems?
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How important is integration with the Registrar's
system (DARS, ACInquire, student database,
Webster)?
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How important is integration with transaction
systems (controller's system, bookstore, BU Quick
Card, etc.)?
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How important is integration with library
resources?
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How important is it to have students that drop a
course automatically removed from the course
site?
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How important is it to have more creative
flexibility in the design and layout of the
course site?
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How important is it to have online student
portfolio capabilities?
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How important is it for graduates to maintain a
web presence on Bradley servers?
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How important is it to have alumni outreach
capabilities within the online course management
system (Blackboard)?
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How important is it to have desktop video
conferencing abilities?
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How important is it to have a personalized portal
for different categories of users (students vs.
faculty vs. alumni vs. visitors vs. off-campus
guests)?
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How important is the ability to make different
content available for different groups of people?
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How important is the ability to connect,
communicate and share information with others
outside of the university?
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Need for more online tutorials
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An Online course site that teaches Blackboard to
faculty
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Examples of well-done course sites (Best
Practices)
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More hands- on training
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More Opportunity to work with colleagues in my
department
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A course that teaches the best methods for using
Blackboard
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The current options for training suit my needs
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More online tutorials to students
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An Online course site that teaches Blackboard to
students
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The current resources suit the needs of my
students
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Comments
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Comments
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Comments

• There are a few things that could be better,
  such as more options for the item weighting
  (e.g., counting only a predetermined number of
  the highest quizzes), but overall it is a very
  powerful and useful tool.
• I need to learn how to do the audio video
  streaming.  I also need to learn how to add
  foreign accents without having to cut paste
  from Word.  I need to learn how to use Bulletin
  Board or "Chat rooms" with my students for
  discussions in French.
• I have used the online tutorials, and I have
  found them to be very helpful.  I have also
  requested and received support from ITAC, and the
  group was very helpful.  Thanks!

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Comments

• I know that offering courses on the web is
  popular but on doing so will take away from the
  overall education experience that we offer here
  at Bradley. I would be very cautious in moving in
  that direction for fear of it negatively
  affecting the type of university we wish to be.
• I use it only for posting grades and PowerPoint
  slides.  It meets my needs well.
• Blackboard has been very easy to learn and
  helpful. The most frustrating feature is the
  multiple times Blackboard has been down or
  inaccessible.

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Comments

• It would be awesome to have more
  videoconferencing availability that could move
  through Bb (if they have that) to other
  colleagues in other geographic areas. I have
  videoconferencing tools, but if Bb could provide
  a reliable, firewall-friendly tool, that would be
  great.
• I don't feel that my students need training.
• A recent email discussing "Blackboard Need To
  Know Tips" was very interesting.  Information on
  how to better use Blackboard, to use it more
  effectively, or use it in new and different ways
  helps us to create better online learning
  environments for our students.