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Blackboard checked in with 600 students through focus groups and interviews, surveys, and usability testing to come up with a number of new features that appear in the latest service pack update of its learning management system. 
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Blackboard Teaching & Learning Conference Australasia 2012 Presentation by Jeffrey Brand...
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The modern college student has multiple technological devices that they utilize on a regular – typically daily – basis. Additionally, the makeup of students has shifted strongly toward non-traditional students, which now make up 73% of all undergraduate students. In respect to the number of mobile devices that are available, out of 7 billion people on the planet there are an overwhelming 5 billion mobile phones! While realizing that this means students spend quite a bit of times using mobile devices, what many of us did not realize is the way in which students are accessing information on those devices. Rather than simply accessing information via the internet, students spend more time accessing information via a mobile app. Individuals are also spending more and more time each week accessing social media sites, and most prefer to communicate through these sites instead of email.
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In organizing the resignation of University of Virginia President Theresa Sullivan, Rector Helen E. Dragas may have expressed the concerns of many higher education boards of directors about the impact and effective use of education technology. Other Presidents and Chancellors may now have a similar career-threatening incentive. History in technology suggests a wave of implementation of “online courses” will follow when decision-makers are presented with similar press enthusiasm for a technology.
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As a Moderator, you are automatically given all permissions. The global permissions given to Participants are established when the session is initially created and configured. If permissions are turned on during session configuration, Participants can use all the Blackboard Collaborate Web Conferencing features except Application Sharing, Web Tour and Closed Captioning. If permissions are turned off during session configuration, Participants will only be able to use the buttons in the toolbar (emoticons, raise hand, etc.), view profiles and send Moderators private Chat messages.
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What are the ‘top 5′ features or functions of Turnitin? Do you agree with this list produced by the Learning Technologies blog? I have added my own little extra after a choice quote from the post, to highlight why I agree (or disagree) with it: Source: Top 5 Turnitin Features #eAssessment – eLearning Blog Dont Waste Your Time http://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/blackboard/top-5-turnitin-features-eassessment/#ixzz23cKLVEy2 Via Kathleen Cercone
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Blackboard has updated its mobile app to accommodate test taking and to deliver alerts to students when changes happen to their courses without the learning management system app being opened.
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This fall, faculty and students will no longer need access to a Blackboard institutional license to use Blackboard mobile applications--as long as they're willing to pay a small fee.
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We work with our clients to develop and implement technology that improves every aspect of education. We enable clients to engage more students in exciting new ways, reaching them on their terms and devices — connecting more effectively, keeping students informed, involved, and collaborating together. Through this innovative technology, services and expertise we work with our clients to build a better education experience.
KF: This is Blackboard's Slideshare presence. It includes all manner of presentation including output from its annual Blackboard World conference. Well worth monitoring if you need to know about Blackboard.
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Registration is now open for the Blackboard Teaching & Learning Conference 2012. This year's event will be held on the Gold Coast from August 27-29.
If you sign up before July 28 with our Early Bird rate you can save 18% off the full price! There is also special Alumni pricing for those of you that joined us for the BbSummit Australasia 2011!
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A collection of Blackboard help videos from Columbus State Community College.
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Blackboard has become the latest company to get into the business of helping colleges and universities build online programs.
The company, which built its education technology empire on selling software and implementation support, has upped investment in its “online program management services” in an effort to compete with a growing number of entities that are taking aim at the many colleges that are scrambling to reassert, or reinvent, their brands on the increasingly crowded frontier of online higher education.
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Presentation by Richard Stals, Learning Technologist, Edith Cowan University...
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To make the student experience go smoothly, we recommend that instructors create a brief, non-graded exam that requires the use of Respondus LockDown Browser. The practice exam will familiarize students with the software and ensure that it has been installed properly.Another helpful tool is the student version of the Respondus LockDown Browser Quick Start Guide (available from the Resources area of CourseSites.) It’s just one page and can be easily distributed.
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Blackboard® is committed to ensuring that our e-Education platform is usable and accessible. Via Peter Mellow
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A very good PDF on Creating blackboard-user-friendly-resources from the University of Newcastle, Australia
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A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend the BbWorld conference and conduct a private interview with Chief Technology Officer and President of Academic Platforms Ray Henderson.1 What I learned is that the company is embarking on a fairly radical, high-risk/high-reward strategy of re-architecting both their platform and their business model. The implications of what they are attempting are much larger than you might infer from the press releases.
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University of Stirling has spent a considerable amount of time building a Personal Development Plan (PDP) template through the Campus Pack functionality. Currently in prototype format, her team is planning to pilot the Campus Pack PDP for the remainder of this year. Their eventual goal is to launch this great initiative institution-wide by 2013.
Their PDP allows students to: goal set over a month, year, or longer track and audit test and quiz scores over a period of time reflect and comment through journal capabilities evaluate and track their success and progress
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Blackboard Inc. today introduced an open enrollment option for CourseSites™, letting instructors open registration so any number of students can sign up for courses they are teaching with the free, fully-hosted and supported online system. In addition, the company has added mobile support, giving over 200,000 CourseSites users access on a range of the world's most popular smartphones and mobile devices.
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Bond University documented a significant improvement in student success after implementing Blackboard Mobile Learn. Dr. Shelley Kinash, Director Office of Quality Teaching and Learning, presents the research findings that earned Bond University the 2012 Blackboard Mobile Catalyst Award! Via Alfredo Calderón
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This fall, faculty and students will no longer need access to a Blackboard institutional license to use Blackboard mobile applications--as long as they're willing to shell out $5.99 for the software or an annual subscription fee of $1.99.
Campus Technology 11th July 2012
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WASHINGTON, July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Blackboard Inc. and Pearson today announced a new integration for using Pearson's leading learning solution - MyLab / Mastering - within Blackboard's flagship learning management system (LMS).
KF: This type of collaboration seems to be on the rise. The influence of major publishing houses in the development of teaching programs is something to be monitored. Seems to demand a deliberately critical pedagogy to ensure that learning pathways maintain diversity.
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"Blackboard list their top tweeters here. If you fancy Twitter then I suggest you follow the hashtag #BBW12 and #DEVCON12. There are just to many tweeters and bloggers to list in a post and I know I missed some. If you are going to be tweeting or blogging during the conference, please share your information with everyone!"
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