Getting Started with Blackboard 9
Blackboard 9 offers many new features which faculty have requested. They include...
- a better organized interface so you can do your work with fewer clicks
- much better use of color to highlight your choices as you build your courses
- a better aesthetic experience--Blackboard 9 is visually much more attractive than earlier versions
- blogs for group work which are easier to follow than the discussion board
- journals where students can post private responses to your reading assignments
- a new Grade Center with many more options replacing the Gradebook feature
If you would like to test Blackboard 9 with your summer class, please send your students this link:
https://blackboard-test.american.edu/webapps/login/
Each course which you have activated at my.american.edu will appear in Blackboard 9 with you and your students enrolled. Also, please email blackboard@american.edu and let CTE know that you are using Blackboard 9 this summer so that we can include you in an end of summer customer satisfaction survey.
Important Note: When you first approach your new course, you will need to turn on the Editing button on the far right from OFF to ON. This only has to be done once. After you turn editing ON in a course, the default condition will change to ON.
To save time with learning Blackboard 9 please read our Getting Started Guide.
The official guide to the improvements in Blackboard 9 is here.
To learn about the Grade Center in Blackboard 9, a feature which is substantially changed from the Blackboard 7 Gradebook now in use on campus, see these tutorials. While the tutorials refer to Blackboard 8, the Grade Centers in Blackboard 8 and 9 are identical.
Still need help?
-Contact the Teaching & Learning Resources at ext. 3904
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Office
Teaching & Learning Resources
Location
Hurst Hall, Room 11
Hours
Mon - Fri: 10:00am - 5:00pm
Contact
Phone: (202) 885-3904
Alt Phone:
(202) 885-3926
Email: blackboard@american.edu
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Related Links
-Teaching with Blackboard
-Fall 2008 Updates
-Blackboard 9 Log-In
-Blackboard 9 Help for Faculty |
