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What's New with Blackboard Enterprise 8?
On June 20, 2008, NC State upgraded from Blackboard Basic Version 7.3 to the more capable Enterprise license as well as upgraded versions to version 8. While all the existing functionality and tools are still available, this page highlights and provides starting resources for NC State faculty working with the key new features now available.
Overview of Blackboard Enterprise Recorded Webinar (42 minutes)

Grade Center

Almost entirely redesigned, and newly named, the Grade Center exhibits new capabilities and vast improvements over the previous Gradebook. Some of the new features or improvements include the following:  create print-friendly Reports, the ability to enter grades directly through the Grade Center spreadsheet with one click, New grade calculations, Average grade and Minimum/Maximum grade, improvements to Weighted grades and Total points grade, the ability to categorize Students into groupings based on selected criteria, more customization options and Grading Schema for multiple grading scales
Getting Started with Grade Center (PDF)
Recorded "Nuts & Bolts" Demo of the Grade Center ( 17 Minutes)

Adaptive Release of Content

This capability allows you to selectively release content in Blackboard to individual students through specific criteria.

Early Warning System

Allows you to setup automated early warning “trip wires” to notify yourself and/or your students of various danger signs, whether it be grades, due date lateness or last Blackboard login.  

Performance Dashboard

Provides “at a glance” overview of a student’s activity/progress in the course site, including number of days since last Blackboard login, adaptive release progress, number of discussion board posts, any early warnings issued and grades.

Self & Peer Assessment Tool

The new Self and Peer Assessment Building Block is a comprehensive and flexible tool for the self- and peer assessment of text, images, and digital-based resources within Blackboard Learning System. It allows an Instructor to create an exercise with a list of questions for the assessor. These questions can have a variety of grading or marking criteria, created or selected by the Instructor, to be used in the assessment.
Getting Started with Self/Peer Assessment (PDF)
Recorded "Nuts & Bolts" Demo Session Archive (22 Minutes)

Discussion Board Enhancements

Can now allow students to rate individual posts and do grading by forum or thread.

Elluminate

Allows you to hold live, interactive virtual classroom sessions with your students. You can use text chat, audio, and video to communicate with students in the room. Additionally, you can share powerpoints, a whiteboard, guided web tours, share any programs/files on your computer with the students. Additionally, students can raise their hand, express emoticons and participate in interactive polls .Moderator (faculty) Quick Reference Guide (PDF)

Blackboard Scholar

Blackboard Scholar is a social bookmarking service customized for education that allows users to save and categorize a personal collection of bookmarks -- stored or retrievable web pages -- and share them with others.
Getting Started with Scholar (NIU)

 Get Started with the New Stuff:
(more coming soon!)
Grade Center

Self/Peer Assessment

Adaptive Release

  • TLT Workshops: “Nuts & Bolts: Adaptive Release” &
    “Blackboard II: Communicating Higher Expectations”

Early Warning System

  • TLT Workshops: “Nuts & Bolts: Blackboard Early Warning System” &  “Blackboard II: Supporting Student Time on Task”

Elluminate

Blackboard Scholar

Discussion Board

  • TLT Workshops: “Blackboard V: Increasing  Student to Student Communication”

Give us Feedback on your thoughts/experiences with the new Blakcboard:
NCSC DL Support Forum
dl@ncstatecollege.edu
419.755.4711