Blackboard Migration Presenation

1. Blackboard Migration
2015 -2016

2. Open SUNY
Initiative

8. Our guiding principle:
to make your life easier and your
students lives easier in your courses

10. Quantitative figures
How Many Students are Learning Online?
7.1 million students taking at least one online course.

12. Factors Influencing a Learner’s Decision to Drop-Out
Figure 1 Adapted from Bandura’s Reciprocal Causation Theory
The proposed model should undergo statistical testing to ensure all factors are reliable and a good fit for testing online student attrition.
However, the factors included in this model are consistently cited in research on online attrition factors.

13. Open
SUNY
Help
Desk
Ticket
Data
Tests/Quizzes

14. Student
questions
Who is the professor?
Where is the assignment?
I cannot find information in ANGEL
How do I contact the professor?
Which are the Due dates for the assignment? They are conflicting.
Why isn’t my professor getting back to me?
Should I email my professor in ANGEL or the portal?
The professor says the content is there but I can’t see it…..Can you help me?

15. Student
questions
Who is the professor?
Where is the assignment?
I cannot find information in ANGEL
How do I contact the professor?
Which are the Due dates for the assignment? They are conflicting.
Why isn’t my professor getting back to me?
Should I email my professor in ANGEL or the portal?
The professor says the content is there but I can’t see it…..Can you help me?

16. Student
questions
How do I find the links?
How do I find the assignment?
How do I find the lectures?
The professor said the assignment was in here. I can’t find it, Can
you help me?
Can you help me locate …?

17. Student
questions
How do I find the links?
How do I find the assignment?
How do I find the lectures?
The professor said the assignment was in here. I can’t find it, Can
you help me?
Can you help me locate …?
SOLUTION - General course housekeeping:
- check links to make sure they are not dead (and include full URLs so
students can copy/paste on their own)
- make sure folders/assignments/quizzes are open when they are supposed
to be
- be clear with students about where to find things in the course
- use file types that are compatible with both PCs and macs

18. Student questions
Can you help me open this file?
What kind of file is it?

19. SOLUTION - Standard file naming conventions for
submitting assignments would help keep people organized.
- i.e. student's last name, course, and assignment name
- file types (.doc, .docx, .rtf, etc.)
Can you help me open this file?
What kind of file is it?
Student
questions

20. Student
questions
Where do I go for tech help?

21. SOLUTION -
Put contact info for either SUNY Ulster Tech Help or
OpenSUNY's Help Desk in every course.
We can also standardize when we go to Blackboard
Student
questions
Where do I go for tech help?

22. 1. Basic Face to Face Course
2. Premium Face to Face Course
3. Blended
4. Online
Course Layout Models

23. Sanctioned tools 5 tools that are regularly used, migrate-able and supportable
Google Docs
Create and format
text documents
and collaborate
with other people
in real time.
JING is a
simple way
to make
short video
tutorials
Voicethread
Upload presentations, photos,
videos. Add comments, video,
text, and audio. Engage
students and instructor in
dialogue.
Originality checking, online
grading and peer review
saving instructors time and
provides rich feedback to
students
Collaborate: is a Web
Conferencing tool you can
use in Blackboard (and
ANGEL)

24. Integration of Online Textbooks
Blackboard will need for student engagement:
● Welcome
● Course Information docs
● Resources and Tutorial access
● Gradebook & Attendance integration
● LibGuides
○ Department specific resources
○ Course-related resources
○ General library information
○ Tech Help
○ Tutorials
● Films on Demand
Library Resource Tool Box

25. Instructor Survey Responses

28. We are Migrating with Cohort G:
Orange & Rockland

29. Dean of Academic Affairs Kevin Stoner
Distance Learning Director Sherry Chisamore
Library Representative Marla Gruner
Instructional Design Hope Windle
Student Technology Coordinator KellyAnne McGuire
Office of Information Technology Representative Karen Goodell
Marketing Roll out Representative Deb Kaufman
Student Orientation Communication Deb Waller-Frederick
Learning Center Representative Jane Kithcart
Committee Rep via Academic Senate : IRC Nick Haines
Faculty Online Learning Leader ( Dept picked ) John Sheehan- STEM, Goretti Benca- English, Nancy
Decker- Biology, Business -Pat Phelan, Social Sciences -
Miho Iwazaki, Art - TBD, Criminal Justice - TBD
Migration Steering Committee

30. Calendar of Migration [ DRAFT ]
Summer 2015 Fall 2015 Spring 2016 May 2016
Art
English
French
Communications
History
Education
Economics
Psychology
Sociology
People
teaching in
Summer 2016
TBD as
interest is
expressed
LIB 111-
(5)
KellyAnne
Judy K
Judy C
Kari
Marla
Business - 3
Anita, Pat, Mindy
Accounting- 2
Julie
Early Adopters - 4
Nancy Decker-BIO
Goretti Benca - ENG
John Sheehan - STEM
Miho Iwazaki - SOC
STEM
Astronomy
Biology
Math
Earth Science
Chemistry
Biology
Engineering
(May 15-31)
Nursing
Vet
Tech
Criminal
Justice
WinterNet
2016
RIP
ANGEL
5/31/16
Spring
Break
MidSummer Winternet
courses
Supplemental
Non-Credit
Users

31. Calendar of Migration - Student [ DRAFT ]
Summer 2015 Fall 2015 Spring 2016 May 2016
Determine and inform students taking
classes in dual formats
Develop student
directed marketing
campaign.Work
with Campus
Connect
WinterNet
RIP
ANGEL
5/31/16
Spring
Breakend of May - 9
MidSummer
Marketing to students: flyers, posters, videos, social
media, LibGuide, access to information and help from
within Portal and Blackboard courses.
Rebrand icon
(my courses,
online courses)

33. Blackboard Migration Checklist
1. Remove any
unnecessary
assignments
from your
course.
During migration, all
activities will be
added to your Grade
Center and may
difficult or impossible
to remove. While
they can be
deactivated and
hidden, it is
recommended that
you clean these out
instead to keep your
course clean and
running smoothly.

34. 2. Remove subtitles
on your folders and
activities.
Revise your titles to be descriptive
of the content and activities.
3. Change Surveys to tests (assessments)

35. 4. Customized icons do not migrate
Need to double check on this for safekeeping. Be sure to save your icons.
5. External links
External links will only migrate if they are embedded in text, if they were added any other way such as
the ANGEL “link” button shown below, they will not migrate.

36. Open SUNY
Initiative

37. Open SUNY Incentives for Blackboard Training, Degrees of Teaching Online
OpenSUNY Experienced
Online Practitioner
OpenSUNY Online
Enabled Educator
Basic
Take Bb workshop &
Complete Checklist:
❏ Syllabus
❏ Attendance policy
❏ Grading system
❏ How to reach prof.
❏ Add welcome
- Completes
OpenSUNY COTE
Rubric
- Interested in learning
more about effective
online teaching
practices and about the
design of effective
online teaching and
learning environments
Through OpenSUNY
COTE award --
Faculty member who
has training and
experience in teaching
online and creating
effective teaching and
learning environments.
- Recognizes that
effective online
teaching is iterative
and incorporates
current best practices.
OpenSUNY Exemplar
and Mentor
Through OpenSUNY
COTE award --
Demonstrates
exemplary practices
and the ability to
cultivate effective,
engaging teaching and
learning environments.
- Willing to dedicate
time to coach and
mentor others.
OpenSUNY Innovator
- Through OpenSUNY
COTE award -
Engaged in innovation
utilizing practices or
technologies that push
the boundaries of
online education.

38. The End or is it the beginning?
Pre-Migration Compliance Workshops every Friday and a sprinkling of other dates