Whats New in Blackboard 7 http:blackboard'csufresno'edu

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Whats New in Blackboard 7?http//blackboard.csuf
resno.edu

• Digital Campus
• California State University, Fresno
• digitalcampus_at_listserv.csufresno.edu
• 278-6892
• Resource Center 278-7373
• IT 300

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Discussion Board

• Enhanced Discussion Board
• Copy Feature
• Availability Option
• Subscription Feature
• Moderation of Posts
• Rate Postings Allows for Peer Review
• Grading Features

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Assessments and Gradebook

• New Features added to Assessments and Gradebook
• Multiple Attempts
• Clearing Options
• Self Assessments
• Feedback Options
• Extra Credit Questions
• Enhanced Submission Reports
• Option to Hide Average Score
• Early Warning System

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Turnitin

• Enhanced Interface
• Advanced Options
• Grades entered in Turnitin may be automatically
  entered in the Bb Gradebook

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Other Enhancements

• Visual Text Box Editor is cross browser, cross
  platform
• Embedded Quick Tutorials
• Email includes Spell Check

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New Look!
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Email
Instructors may Email Students only
Spell Check Option
Instructors can receive Return Receipts with a
list of all recipients
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Look and Feel of the Discussion Board
Search Criteria has been expanded to include all
Forums within a course
Instructors may change the Display Order of the
Forums
Forums may be copied to the same Discussion Board
or another one within the same course
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New Forum Features and Settings

• Availability replaces the Archive function.
• Thread Subscription notification via email
  whenever there is a new posting
• Rate Posting option users can rate the postings
  of their peers on a scale of 1 to 5
• Posts within Forums may now be Moderated
• Forum and Thread Grading integrated into the
  Gradebook

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Discussion Board
Show Original Post when replying
Users may Save Posts as Drafts allowing them to
work on a post over more than one Blackboard
session
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Discussion Board
If you want to return to a message later you can
Flag it
Users may Subscribe to posts and receive an email
notification every time there is a new post
Users may Rate Posts on a scale of one to five
stars - Simple, effective tool for peer review
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Discussion Board
When Moderating a Forum all posting are placed
into the Moderation Queue

• Moderators will select the post to moderate
• Publish or Return the post with a message
• Users will see (Moderate Queue) next to each post
  within the thread that have been returned

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Discussion Board
Options are available by default
Search all Forums within a course
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Discussion Board
Discussion Board Statistics are included in the
Performance Dashboard

• Total Posts
• Date of Last Post
• Average Post Length
• Maximum and Minimum Posts
• Average Post Position

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Discussion Board

• Other Enhancements
• Students may now manage the Group Discussion
  Board
• Creation of starter Forums is not necessary
• Once Group Discussion Board is enabled a Forum is
  automatically created
• Adaptive Release rules such as date may now be
  set on any tool links to the Discussion Board

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Assessments
Multiple Attempts may be set on Assessments

• Instructor has the option of saving
• First Attempt
• Last Attempt
• Highest Attempt
• Lowest Attempt
• All attempts within a specific date range

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Assessments

• Self- assessments are an option
• Instructor and student or only student may view
  the score
• Grade is not included in final score
• Feedback options are ungrouped
• Instructor may select any combination of feedback

Test questions may be marked as extra credit
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Assessments

• Submission Reports include
• Student Name
• Name of the Assessment
• Course ID
• Date/Time Stamp

Instructors may want students to print this as a
record of activity
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Gradebook Setting
Column Setting has been added to the Gradebook
Settings allowing the Average Score to now be
hidden from students in My Grades
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Early Warning System

• Communicate warnings to students about
  performance issues
• Grade Rule Identifies when student performance
  on an item is equal to or below a certain level.
• Due Date Identifies when a student does not
  complete course work when it is due (only works
  with Assignments or Assessments created through
  Blackboard. Due Date Rules cannot be created for
  manually graded items).
• Last Access Identifies the last time a Student
  accessed the course online.

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Turnitin

• Enhanced Interface
• Advanced Options are available through Blackboard
• Instructors may easily set-up draft assignments

Grading is integrated with the Blackboard
Gradebook
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Questions

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• Digital Campus
• 278-6892
• Resource Center
• 278-7373
• Email
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