Bb SP 8 Latest Update

We should be online here shortly... From Sandy Cook:

Good news!  Blackboard Support and CRD have successfully installed Service Pack 8 and are in process to set the JAVA configs and other settings/configs to make the environment ready for traffic.  I’ll update you again when Blackboard is back online.  Thanks again for your help and support during these past several days.  Members of the Chancellor’s Office and I are preparing a message for the CAO and CSO as well as students

Distance Learning Workshop 2012 Links and More

Thanks to everyone for your participation in the 2012 Distance Learning Workshop.  Linked below are a number of sites, topics and technologies that were mentioned in the Workshop.  Good luck, everyone, getting ready for Bb SP8!

• List of Open Textbooks: www.scoop.it/t/open-textbooks
• List of Social Media Tools: www.scoop.it/t/social-media-learning-tools
• Ducklink, a screen capture tool:  http://www.ducklink.com/ 
• Jing, a screen capture tool:  http://www.techsmith.com/jing 
• Moodle, an open-source Course Management System:  http://moodle.org/ 
• CafeScribe, a commercial digital textbook company:  http://www.cafescribe.com 
• Authentic Assessment, a general time referring to assessments where students create products to demonstrate learning as opposed to taking tests.  Read more here, here, and here. 
• Khan Academy, online instructional videos in math, science, history and more:  http://www.khanacademy.org/
• TweetChat, prearranged discussions that occur on Twitter:  http://tweetchat.com/.
• Blackboard Drive, manage Bb files on your computer, not in Bb.  Watch here.
• Bb Rubrics, create grading evaluation criteria to grade Bb assignments.  

Yet Another Free Online Conference

The College Open Textbook Community is sponsoring a FREE virtual conference entitled "Community College Online Teaching Conference" on June 13 - June 15.

Please use the following URL to register for this FREE conference. If you are not a member of the College Open Textbook Community, you will need to register for a FREE web site membership and then register for the FREE conference.

http://collegeopentextbooks.ning.com/

Let me know if you have any questions regarding this conference.


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Flipped Learning Conference

The Flipped Learning Conference runs June 19-20.  There's a $100 fee to view the stream.  If anyone (in the BCTC community) is interested, contact Ben.

More details about the event from their Web site:

http://www.flippedlearning.org/

Brainfuse Demonstration

Below you will find a link for an audio demonstration for Brainfuse tutoring. Click the link, then add the username and pw provided, then click “Higher Ed demos”

http://ftp.trustforte.com

Username is BrainfuseFTP64
PW is &BrainFuse#37



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Ben's Workshop Materials

Linked below are Ben's materials for workshop sessions he is leading on the May 4 workshop:

Bb Top 10 for the F2F Instructor
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3vuzpqx9xxl9xds/bb_top10.pptx

Rubrics and Assessment Strategies
https://www.dropbox.com/s/439ytg32v3x8ngj/Rubrics%20and%20Assessment%20Strategies%20rev.ppt

Bb SP8 Training: Asynchronous

For those of you unable to attend the May 4 Workshop, I am making available a number of sources on Blackboard Service Pack 8:

• Paige Brooks-Jeffiers tidy, 8-page handout: https://www.dropbox.com/s/afm5o5fhjcv0uzf/sp8_quickupdates.docx
• Blackboard Drive: http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Learn/Products/Blackboard-Learn/Teaching-and-Learning/Expanding-Learn/Content-Management/Blackboard-Drive.aspx