Content with the Blackboard Content System?: One Year Later Presented By Anne Judd (CSU, East Bay) Dennis Hood (Princeton University) David Middleton (Seton Hall University) March 1, 2006

Content System: Storage in Use per Area Page 1 Courses ’ Mb Mb Courses ’ MB +2.75MB Mb Mb Mb Institution ‘056.12Mb Mb Institution ‘ Mb Mb 8, Mb Library ‘05 Library ‘06184 Mb +184

Content System: Storage in Use per Area Page 2 Orgs ‘ Mb671.39Mb Orgs ‘ Mb Mb Mb Mb Users ‘ Mb Mb Mb Users ‘ MB Mb Mb Mb 17, Mb +14, ’05 Total Mb Mb Mb ’06 Total MB MB Mb Mb 26, Mb +16, Mb

Content System: Area & Tool Availability 2005 / 2006 My ContentXXX Course Content X Org ContentXX Inst. Content XX Lbry Content PortfoliosXX Lrn ObjectsXX ToolsXXX Web FoldersXXX

Content System: Menu Display Options 2005 / 2006 Folder View Only Shortcut View Only Folder View Default X / X Shortcut View Default XX “ + ” and “ - “ Icons XX / XX RefreshXX / XX

Content System Storage Quotas 2005/2006 Faculty/Staff100 Mb *50 Mb*500 Mb* Grad Students50 Mb *50 Mb250 Mb* Undergrads50 Mb * 0 Mb250 Mb* CoursesN/AUnlimitedN/A Organizations50 Mb*UnlimitedN/A *actually unlimited, but additional space must be requested

Develop specific training/documentation Develop Portfolio templates to fit National and State requirements Raise campus awareness of CS Waiting for added functionality Continued integration with SAN Content System Future Direction (2006)

Incorporate CS storage with existing NAS system Make CS means for faculty to share large files with colleagues outside PU Make CS available to students Make Portfolio available to students Building block for displaying ereserve metadata

Content System Future Direction 2006 Extend Standards Block to Nursing Support/Extend Portfolio development needs Continued use of CS to support Core Curriculum

Content System Enhancement Requests 2006 Ability to or send passes to entire folders Functionality to clean-up content of removed users Functionality to mass populate course w/ CS content Ability to unify established NAS / SAN systems Make Share feature more collaborative so outsiders can add content

Content System Enhancement Requests (cont’d) Make it easy for recipient to remove portfolios Ability to import portfolios into different systems More flexibility on how portfolio is exported Ability to restrict templates to specific roles or groups Make it easier to search for a particular file in an instructors Content Area

Content System Enhancement Requests (cont’d) Learning Object interface with MERLOT and other repositories Create a CS Bookmark module for the Portal Ability to display e-reserve metadata Better functionality for opening in the LS compressed web sites stored in the CS Allow text box editor to be used just in CS

Content System Enhancement Requests (cont’d) Functionality to link editable CS areas courses for student use Better bridges to learning system Change default location when connecting from a course More flexible Portfolio system Expanded Portfolio development tools

Portfolio/CS Standards Building Block Assessment System tied to Educational Objectives Automatically Generated Portfolio Report Generator e-Portfolios for Assessment and Accreditation Seton Hall University The George Washington University Wednesday March 1 4:30 PM

Seneca Content System: My Website CS building block demo -- create/maintain personal, organizational, & institutional website with short URLs Session Title - Faculty and Student File Storage with the Blackboard Content System: Two Case Studies Wednesday, 1:30pm

Follow up Contact(s): –Dennis Hood –Anne Judd –David Middleton IF YOU ONLY REMEMBER 1 THING (05): –Though it must to evolve to serve our needs more fully, the Blackboard Content System is the right model for course and student content management. Content with the Blackboard Content System?