UMBC Blackboard Update Archive

UMBC Blackboard Update Archive

UMBC Blackboard update is provided by the Office of Information Technology for students, faculty and staff using Blackboard at UMBC. If you have questions or suggestions, contact John Fritz at fritz@umbc.edu or 410.455.6596. For more information about using Blackboard, visit http://blackboard.umbc.edu.

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Fall 2006		1. FA2006 Course Shells Created on 8/3 & "Self Enrollment" Turned Off 2. Reminder: Faculty Must Turn On Course Shells for Students to See Them 3. Tip: Students Can "Hide" Old Courses on MyBlackboard Tab 4. Blackboard Course Archiving to Begin 8/7 5. OIT Units Merge to Become Instructional Technology & New Media 6. Instructional Technology Faculty Survey 7. Reserving AV Equipment for Fall 2006 8. Summer 2006 Courses Expire on 9/20 9. Problem Sending Bulk Emails in Blackboard 10. FYI: 9/15 Educause Learning Initiative "Webinar" on Assessment 11. FYI: Upcoming Blackboard Workshops 12. FYI: Welcome to Jeffrey Berman

Spring 2006		1. Reminder: End of Semester Checklist 2. Spring 2006 Courses Expire on 6/15 3. Summer 2006 Course Shells Created on 5/18 4. Digital Drop Box to be Discontinued on 6/30 5. OIT Seeks Faculty Volunteers for Bb Version 7.1 Summer Pilot 6. Alternate Delivery Program Winter 2007 RFPs (deadline 5/19) 7. Wimba Tools Pilot Extended One Year; Live Classroom Ends December 2006 8. Growth of Blackboard Research Communities 9. Bb Courses Older than One Year to be Archived this Summer 10. FYI: Goucher Technology Conferences

Fall 2005		1. Blackboard Course "Shells" Created for All Spring 2005 Courses 2. Reminder: Fall 2004 Bb Course "Shells" Expire January 15, 2005 3. Blackboard Down Wed., January 12, 2005 for Hardware Upgrade 4. Winter 2005 Bb Courses to Operate from Alternate Server 5. Scantron ("Bubblesheet") Grades Now Import into Bb for Secure Display 6. FYI: New Documentation Added to Bb Help Tab 7. FYI: Training Options: Workshops, Small Group and Consults 8. FYI: Blackboard Announces $25k and $5k Community "Content" Grants

Fall 2004		1. OIT Creates Blackboard Sites for ALL Fall 2004 Courses 2. All Courses Migrated from Version 5 to 6 on 5/21, Bb5 to Shut Down 8/27 3. Useful Features in new Version of Blackboard 4. Using Bb to Securely Display Scantron Test Scores 5. FYI: Turnitin.com module to be added to Blackboard’s Assignment Function 6. FYI: Forwarding Email via myUMBC 7. FYI: Training Options: Workshops, Small Group, Consult 8. Bb Will Be Down 7-9 a.m., on 8/26 and 8/27 9. Using Course Cartridges in UMBC's Bb Server 10. FYI: Bb Users Conference, Call for Proposals (deadline: 9/30) 11. FYI: Educause MARC Conference and Call for Proposals (deadline: 9/3) 12. FYI: Call for Winter Course Proposals

Spring 2004		1. Migration to Version 6 set for May 21 (ALL BB SERVERS WILL BE DOWN) 2. End of Semester Maintenance 3. Summer Course Requests Due by May 10 4. Blackboard Workshops Begin in June 5. FYI: Free Regional Blackboard Day at Loyola, April 29

Fall 2003		1. Bb6 Upgrade Postponed for All But Pilot Courses in Spring 2004 2. UMBC Course Template to be Used for Creating New Bb Courses 3. Spring 2004 Course Requests Due by 12/15 4. End of Semester Maintenance: Deleting/Hiding Old Courses & Unenrolling Students 5. TIP: Deleting Multiple Files in the Digital Drop Box 6. TIP: Creating Multiple Questions for Assessments at Once 7. FYI: January Training Schedule Available 8. FYI: OIT Seeks Graduate Assistant for Blackboard Support 9. FYI: Call for Presentations: Annual Conference On Distant Teaching and Learning (Deadline: 1/31/04)

Summer 2003		1. Upgrade to Version 6 scheduled for Winter 2004 2. Online Masters IS Courses/Students move to UMBC Bb Server 3. Auto Enrollment Continues 4. Blackboard Course Catalog Will Only Contain Current Courses 5. FYI: UMBC Blackboard User Survey Results 6. FYI: Try Using Screen Shots to Show Content Behind the Control Panel 7. FYI: Why Some Users' Email Addresses Aren't Visual in the Roster 8. FYI: Orientation for PT Faculty (8/23, 1 p.m.)

Spring 2003		1. FYI: The Asynchronous Learning Networks Conference call for proposals 2. FYI: 4/11 TLT Fair Reminder 3. FYI: 2003 Blackboard User's Conference Presentations Available Online

Winter 2003		1. Auto Enrollment Only Works for Current Semester Courses 2. Blackboard Course "Templates" 3. Make Your Fall Course Unavailable 4. Blackboard Course Catalog Will Only Contain Current Courses 5. In-Class Blackboard Demos 6. Spring Blackboard Training Schedule 7. FYI: History Prof’s Technology “Night Sweats” Kick Off TLT Brown Bag Series 8. FYI: Two UMBC Faculty Presenting at Bb Users Conference, Feb. 25-27 9. FYI: 4/11 TLT Fair Features Faculty Panel, TLT Group President & Bb6 Demo 10. FYI: Internet & Multimedia Technology Conference (3/5 Proposal Deadline)

Fall 2002		1. End of Semester Course Maintenance 2. OIT Tesing Upgrade to Blackboard Version 6.0 3. Blackboard Winter 2003 Workshop Schedule 4. Blackboard Online Help Videos 5. FYI: Blackboard 2003 Users Conference 6. FYI: Blackboard Tips 7. FYI: Fall 2002 OIT Newsletter Available

Summer 2002		1. OIT to Test Auto Enrollment for Fall 2002 Blackboard Courses 2. Fall Blackboard Training to Focus on Communities & Teaching Assistants 3. Five Departments Win TLT Mini Grants (excerpted from the Summer 2002 OIT Newsletter) 4. Come See Next Version of Blackboard on 9/17 5. FYI: Check Out Blackboard's Course Templates 6. FYI: 2003 Blackboard Users Conference Call for Proposals Due 8/30

Spring 2002		1. Drop-In Blackboard Demos 2. Tech Tips: Using Blackboard Effectively 3. Spotlight: Blackboard "Community" Sites Changing How UMBC Communicates 4. FYI: 2002-2003 TLT Faculty Development Grants 5. FYI: Install or Upgrade Microsoft Software for Free (Well Almost) 6. FYI: Spring 2002 OIT Newsletter is Now Available

February 2002		1. The Dreaded "Script Produced No Output" Error 2. New Instructor Helpsheet: Managing A Class with Multiple Sections 3. Instructor Spotlight: Kriste Lindenmeyer (History) 4. FYI: Departmental Web Site Training 5. FYI: 2/20 Chronicle of Higher Ed Webcast: Technology and Tenure 6. FYI: 3/13 TLT Brown Bag: Lessons Learned from Biology 100

January 2002		1. UMBC Blackboard Server Status 2. New: "How To" Helpsheets 3. 1/17 Winter TLT Fair & PT Faculty Orientation 4. In Class Blackboard Demos for Spring 2002 5. Requests to "Batch Enroll" Your Blackboard Course 6. Results of the Fall 2001 Blackboard Users Survey 7. Teaching Online With Blackboard

August 2001		1. Scheduled Upgrade to Version 5.5 (Saturday, Aug. 18) 2. Pedagogy and Technology Discussion Board 3. August Training Workshops 4. Online Courses in "How To Teach with Blackboard" (www.blackboard.com)

May 2001		1. Blackboard 5 Courses 2. Migrating Blackboard Courses 3. Blackboard 5 Test Results Spring 2001

March 2001		1. Reminder: Blackboard Users "Town Meeting" (3/27) 2. Videoconference on Teaching and Technology (3/30) 3. Student Help for Faculty Using Blackboard 4. Using Blackboard at UMBC Website: www.umbc.edu/blackboard 5. Blackboard National Summit in Washington, DC (4/5 & 4/6)
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