SP11

Blackboard Service Pack update (July 2013)
This update combines new Blackboard features of SP10 and tool updates of SP11. The following information has been extracted from the Bb update documentation.If you experience any issues, please contact the [mailto:its-service@vuw.ac.nz ITS Service Desk] or (04) 463 5050.

My Blackboard
A completely new, modern user experience in Blackboard Learn that consolidates critical information from all your Courses and Organizations as well as your learning network. The new tools in My Blackboard–Profile, Posts, Updates, My Grades, and People–were developed to meet the needs of today’s active learner, and academics benefit too.To learn more, see My Blackboard.

Discussions
Improved presentation and functionality within the Blackboard Discussion board tool. The Thread Detail page is thoroughly redesigned yet maintains all of its existing functions. A particularly nice enhancement is the Post First Setting, instructors can use this new forum setting to require students to post to a forum before they can see other students’ posts.To learn more, see Discussion Board

New Global Navigation Menu
Always present in the top right corner, the new navigation menu is the entry point to My Blackboard and also provides one-click access to your Courses, Organizations, Settings, and Help.

New Content Editor
The new Content Editor vastly improves the user experience for entering text, pasting content from Microsoft Word, and adding content to all areas of Blackboard Learn. Simply bring your course materials to life.To learn more, see Using the Content Editor.

Item Analysis
Academics can now easily refine their assessments by evaluating the quality of each question and that question’s ability to discriminate between students who understand the material and those who do not. Ineffective questions can be easily identified and then quickly corrected with the Automatic Regrade feature.To learn more, see Running Item Analysis on a Test.

LTI 1.1 Support
With support for the LTI 1.1 standard, grades from third party tools will automatically post to the Blackboard Learn Grade Center, making it easier for academics to manage assignments.To learn more, see Support for LTI Standards.

About Service Pack 11
SP 11 is a maintenance service pack that includes minimal new features along with a number of fixes and improvements. The following features are new to SP 11.

Safe HTML Filter for the Content Editor Building Block
Users can enter HTML in Blackboard Learn wherever the content editor appears, including blogs, journals, wikis and the discussion board.

File Attachments in Tests
Files that are attached to test questions must be uploaded using the content editor. This will store the files in Course Files.

Mobile Support for Mashups
Changes in how mashups are processed allow them to now play on mobile devices using a web browser. Media-rich learning can happen anywhere students can access Learn.

Video Everywhere
Video Everywhere is included as part of the update to SP 11. We have set this tool to default 'unavailable to students', instructors will need to make this tool available to students if required.

Source pages

 * SP10 New Features


 * SP11 Updates
 * Browser support for SP11

Help for students
If you experience any issues, please contact the [mailto:its-service@vuw.ac.nz ITS ServiceDesk] or (04) 463 5050.