This document discusses maximizing student engagement, flexibility and mobility through Blackboard Student and Blackboard Collaborate. It outlines upcoming features for these products including push notifications, discussions integration in Blackboard Student, and breakout rooms in Collaborate. The document reviews resources and support options available and seeks feedback from participants on how Blackboard can best partner with institutions to drive innovation.

1. Innovation
and
your
Institution
Part
1
Chris
Ross
– Industry
&
Solutions
Michael
Garner
– Solutions
Engineering

2. Let’s
Prioritize
Today’s
Discussion
Topics
2
1. Maximizing
Student
Engagement,
Flexibility
&
Mobility
• Bb
Student
• Blackboard
Collaborate
2. Graduate
Outcomes/Employability
&
Industry
Alignment
• Goal
Performance
Dashboards
&
MyEDU
3. Efficient
&
Connected
Assessment
Ecosystem
• Grades
Journey
For
each
topic
we’ll;
– Consider
the
‘business
challenge’
– Review
core
capability
&
discuss
upcoming
agile
release
cadence
– Review
help/support
options
– Innovation
Framework
Table
Discussion

3. Session
Objectives
3
• What
is
available
to
us
today
&
incremental
innovation
can
we
expect
from
Blackboard
• Building
an
innovation
seed/adoption
plan
• Sharing
of
great
practice
with
our
community
• Open
&
honest
dialogue
-­‐ feedback
on
how
Blackboard
can
best
partner
with
you
• …..Oh
and
let’s
have
lots
of
Active
Learning.

5. Maximizing
Student
Engagement,
Flexibility
&
Mobility
Ø Bb
Student
Ø Collaborate
Ultra

6. “I’ve
been
using
apps
by
Blackboard
for
a
long
time
now,
but
I
have
to
say
the
most
recent
update
is
amazing!”
Uoflstudent24
“This
app
makes
my
school
routine
so
much
easier.”
CdPeralta
“…it
almost
makes
it
fun
to
check
my
class
assignments”
The
Nightly
Pacifist
Bb
Student
Mobile
App
Available
Now
Mobile
Learn
Bb
Grader
Bb
Student
• Activity
Stream
• Course
Timeline
• Grades
• Assignments
&
Tests
• Due
Dates
• Collaborate
Ultra
-­‐
Join
from
Link
• Google
Drive
/
Dropbox
/
OneDrive

7. Collaboration and Engagement
Collaborate
Ultra
Discussions
(Coming
in
2016)
Push
Notifications
(Coming
in
2016)
Conceptual
mock-­‐up
subject
to
change
without
notice

8. Bb Instructor
In Development and In Research
Collab
Integration
(join
session
link)
Marking
Conceptual
mock-­‐up
subject
to
change
without
notice

9. Blackboard
Mobile
App
Roadmap
Available
Now
Mobile
Learn
Bb
Grader
Bb
Student
• Activity
Stream
• Course
Timeline
• Grades
• Assignments
&
Tests
• Due
Dates
• Collaborate
Ultra
-­‐
Join
from
Link
• Google
Drive
/
Dropbox
/
OneDrive
• Available
in
NAHE/LAC/Europe/
APAC*
In
Research
Bb
Student
• Collaborate
Ultra
–
Breakout
Rooms
• RTL
Language
Support
• Third-­‐party
content
(PC/SCORM/LTI/App
to
App
Launch
)
• Analytics
&
Telemetry
Bb
Instructor
• UPDATE:
iOS,
Android
tablet;
to
replace
Bb
Grader
In
Development
Bb
Student
• Push
Notifications
• Discussions
In
Beta
Bb
Student
• Collaborate
Ultra
-­‐
Join
from
Course
• Collaborate
Ultra
–
Activity
Notifications
&
Document
Navigation
• Profile
Integration
*
22
Supported
Languages
/
85
Markets

10. Where
to
for
some
more
Bb
Student
help
&
resources?
10
Blackboard
Confidential
• Bb
Student
App
Tour
Video
à http://bit.ly/1Th8tg6
• Bb
Student
Release
Notes
à http://bit.ly/1LpvWbM
• Communication
&
Adoption
Toolkit
à http://bit.ly/1QGjaSx
• Monthly
User
Group
Updates
• Bb
Student
&
Collaborate
Deep
Dive
Session
this
afternoon
• Academic
Innovation
and
Product
Adoption
Webinar
Series

11. Collaborate - Use Cases
Office
Hours
&
Support
Group
Collaboration
&
Meetings
Teaching
&
Learning
Professional
Development

12. Collaborate – Ultra Experience Roadmap
Available
Now
• High
quality
audio,
video,
and
app
sharing
• MP4
Recordings
• Annotate
whiteboard
and
slide
content
• Integration
with
Learn,
Moodle,
LTI,
APIs
• Closed
Captioning
&
WCAG
2.0
AA
Support
• Mobile
experience
with
Bb
Student
app
• Up
to
100
participants
• Integrated
Telephony
• Internationalized
scheduling
UI
• Room
and
Moderator
Chat
Roadmap
Delivered
via
Continuous
Delivery
• Technical
Preview
“beta”
program
• 7
Releases
since
May
2015
• Monthly
cadence
since
August
• 2
weeks
lead
time
for
Collab
Admins
• Supporting
customers
w/
Help,
adoption
toolkit
and
screenshot
library

13. 0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
Collab
Ultra
New
Feature
Value

14. Collaborate – Breakout Group Learning
In
Development
Conceptual
mock-­‐up
subject
to
change
without
notice

15. Collaborate - Real-Time Comprehension w/ Polling
In
Research
Conceptual
mock-­‐up
subject
to
change
without
notice

16. Collaborate – Enhanced Collaborative Whiteboard
In
Research
Conceptual
mock-­‐up
subject
to
change
without
notice

17. Collaborate – Get Live Feedback From Class
In
Research
Conceptual
mock-­‐up
subject
to
change
without
notice

18. Collaborate – Support Deaf with Sign Language Interpreter
In
Research
Conceptual
mock-­‐up
subject
to
change
without
notice

19. Collaborate – Ultra Experience Roadmap
• Firefox
WebRTC Support
• Microphone
Indicators
• Video
“On
Air”
Indicator
• Network
Quality
Indicators
Available
Now
• Persistent
and
pre-­‐loaded
content
• Breakout
Groups
• Deeper
integration
with
Learn
9.1
• Integration
with
Learn
Ultra
Experience
• Instructor
mobile
experience
with
Bb
Instructor
app
• Up
to
250
participants
In
DevelopmentAvailable
Now
• High
quality
audio,
video,
and
app
sharing
• Room
and
Moderator
Chat
• Annotate
whiteboard
and
slide
content
• Integrated
Telephony
• Integration
with
Learn,
Moodle,
LTI,
APIs
• Closed
Captioning
&
WCAG
2.0
AA
Support
• MP4
Recordings
• Mobile
experience
with
Bb
Student
app
• Internationalized
scheduling
UI
• Up
to
100
participants
In
Research
• Polling
• Enhanced
Collaborative
Whiteboard
• Native
Session
Recording
/
Playback
• Live
Feedback
• Sign
Language
Interpreter
• Display
Videos
as
Content
• Private
Chat
• Basic
Edit
Recordings
• Up
to
1,000
participants

20. Where
to
for
some
more
Collaborate
help
&
information?
20
Blackboard
Confidential
• Collaborate
Ultra
Introductory
video
à http://bit.ly/1WS2TOZ
• Collaborate
Ultra
Release
Notes
à http://bit.ly/1OHDFNe
• Communication
&
Adoption
kit
à http://bit.ly/1SMiQXv
• Collaborate
User
Group
• Academic
Innovation
&
Product
Adoption
webinar
series
• Bb
Student
&
Collaborate
Deep
Dive
Session
this
afternoon

21. Innovation
Framework
Discussion
At
your
institution…….
21
1. Have
you
experimented
with
this
innovation?
What
were
your
experiences?
2. What
active
projects
within
your
institution
align
to
these
innovation?
3. What
are
the
key
roles
for
which
this
capability
has
significant
alignment?
4. What
are
your
top
3
barriers
to
adoption
of
these
innovation?
5. Where
might
you
seed
this
innovation?
6. What
are
the
measures
of
success?
7. When
do
you
envisage
mainstreaming
this
innovation
– immediately,
3-­‐6
months,
6-­‐12
months,
12+
months
8. How
can
Blackboard
best
support
you
in
this
process?

22. Learning
Outcomes,
Assessment
&
Industry
Aligned
Mastery
Ø Goal
Performance
Dashboard
Ø MyEDU

23. Global Challenge – Skills Gap & Graduate Employability
68.1%
Secured
Full-­‐Time Employment
in
2014
2 Million
Manufacturing
Jobs
unfilled
due
to
skills
gap

24. Just
Released:
Goal
Performance
Dashboard
In-­‐‑course
and
cross-­‐‑course
performance
dashboards
Multiple
views
for
access
by
Students,
Faculty,
and
Advisors
All
licenses
Administrative
export
of
cross-­‐‑
course
dashboard
data
Blackboard
Confidential

25. MyEDU Fact Check
• Support
students
navigating
their
undergraduate
study
to
employment
• Over
2
million
students
and
1000
institutions
use
the
service
• Acquired
by
Blackboard
in
2013
• MyEDU profile
integrated
to
Learn
becoming
known
as
the
‘Enhanced
Cloud
Profile’
• International
expansion
of
the
enhanced
cloud
profile
is
currently
underway

26. • Available
with
Learn
9.1
October
2014
or
later
• Accessible
through
My
Blackboard
Interface
• Profile
provides
for;
• Study
information
• career
objectives
• work
&
project
experience
• language
proficiency
• competency
achievement
• campus
activities/participation
Enhanced
Cloud Profile

27. Where
to
for
some
more
help
&
information?
27
Blackboard
Confidential
• Goals
Framework
Help
Resources
à http://bit.ly/1RpNN1z
• Goal
Performance
Dashboard
à http://bit.ly/1Qg1JfJ
• Monthly
User
Group
Update
• Academic
Innovation
&
Product
Adoption
webinar
series
• Bb
Student
&
Collaborate
Deep
Dive
Session
this
afternoon

28. Where
to
for
some
more
help
&
information?
28
Blackboard
Confidential
• Goal
Performance
Implementation
Program
– Leverage
a
Bb
expert
to
work
alongside
your
teams
to
build
a
pilot
deployment
for
a
specific
course/program.
– Understand
program
requirements
&
reporting
needs
by
stakeholder
type.
– Structure
and
build
outcomes
within
Goals
framework
– Align
assessment
through
to
graduate
and
program
level
outcomes.
– Goals
performance
dashboard
implementation.
• MyEDU Implementation
Program
– Build
a
trial
deployment
of
MyEDU to
address
these
critical
industry
and
institution
challenges.
The
Program
will;
• Define
pilot
project
and
success
criteria
• Establish
Innovation
Team
comprising
– Learning
Technologies,
Learning
Innovation,
Careers,
Student
Support,
IT,
Faculties
etc
• Understand
key
challenge
areas
across
the
institution
and
alignment
of
educational
technologies
to
support
graduate
outcomes
• Workshop
exemplary
student
industry
profile
characteristics
and
prepare
communication
materials
• System
Installation
&
Training
• Pilot
review
and
planning
for
mainstream
deployment

29. Innovation
Framework
Discussion
At
your
institution…….
29
1. Have
you
experimented
with
these
innovations?
What
were
your
experiences?
2. What
active
projects
within
your
institution
align
to
these
innovations?
3. What
are
the
key
roles
for
which
this
capability
has
significant
alignment?
4. What
are
your
top
3
barriers
to
adoption
of
these
innovations?
5. Where
might
you
seed
this
innovation?
6. What
are
the
measures
of
success?
7. When
do
you
envisage
mainstreaming
this
innovation
– immediately,
3-­‐6
months,
6-­‐12
months,
12+
months
8. How
can
Blackboard
best
support
you
in
this
process?

30. Connecting
your
Assessment
Ecosystem
Ø Grades
Journey

31. $440,000,000

32. Let’s
help
our
Academics
be
Academics
Australian
HE:
123,000
FTE
Academics
Ø 10
hours
a
subject
per
semester
Ø 3
subjects
taught
/
semester
Ø 60
hours
a
Year
Ø 7.4m
Academic
Hours
Opportunity
Cost
$440m
-­‐ $10m
per
Australian
HE

33. Grades
Journey
HR/ERP
Library
Timetable
SIS
Grades
Column
Provisioning
Grades
Exchange
Flat
File,
SOAP
or
REST
web
services
• Grades
approval,
release
• Optional
read-­‐only
after
post
Blackboard
Confidential

34. Where
to
for
some
more
help
&
information?
34
Blackboard
Confidential
• Grades
Journey
Help
Resources
à http://bit.ly/1oIUphW
• Academic
Innovation
&
Product
Adoption
webinar
series
• Grading
&
Assessment
Deep
Dive
Session
this
afternoon
• Grades
Exchange
Implementation
Program
– Review
of
existing
business
process
and
future
vision
for
Grades
Management
– Document
the
relevant
business
processes
and
academic
practice
– Work
with
stakeholders
to
design
a
solution
overview
and
gap
analysis
– Work
with
stakeholders
to
assess
implementation
plan,
roles
responsibilities
and
work
streams
– Prototype
Grades
Journey
Configuration
using
standard
functionality

35. Innovation
Framework
Discussion
At
your
institution…….
35
1. Have
you
experimented
with
this
innovation?
What
were
your
experiences?
2. What
active
projects
within
your
institution
align
to
these
innovations?
3. What
are
the
key
roles
for
which
this
capability
has
significant
alignment?
4. What
are
your
top
3
barriers
to
adoption
of
these
innovations?
5. Where
might
you
seed
this
innovation?
6. What
are
the
measures
of
success?
7. When
do
you
envisage
mainstreaming
this
innovation
– immediately,
3-­‐6
months,
6-­‐12
months,
12+
months
8. How
can
Blackboard
best
support
you
in
this
process?