PalmettoBUG Spring 2010 Meeting May 14, 2010 Using NBC News Videos in Blackboard Learn to Enliven Instruction and Increase Student Engagement

Welcome & Introductions –Mark Miano, Senior Editorial Producer, NBC News/NBC Learn –Martha Jones, NBC Learn Sales Representative for South Carolina NBC Learn Overview Demo of the NBC News Archives On Demand Building Block How to Start Your Free Trial Pricing – Subscription Rates Testimonial Q & A / Raffle Contact Info Agenda

NBC Learn is the educational arm of NBC News dedicated to providing instructional resources for students, teachers, and lifelong learners NBC Learn is uniquely positioned to offer both primary source resources from the richest news video archive in the U.S., and to leverage NBC News global newsgathering output to update these resources daily NBC Learn content is fully integrated with the Blackboard LMS and downloadable 10,000 + broadcast-quality resources aligned to 28 subjects areas including: Overview Biology Psychology Forensic Sciences Environmental Sciences U.S. History Marketing Finance Business Journalism Economics Global Studies Psychology Women's Studies Special Collections and more

How To Start Your Free Trial Step 1. Register for a free trial at the NBC Learn site: Step 2. Download building block, print installation/user guide, and check your for a trial code. Step 3. Upload building block to a test server, enter trial code in admin panel, configure, and test. Step 4. Notify faculty via . Step 5. Solicit feedback after 60 and 75 days.

How To Start Your Free Trial Testing (Post-Installation and Configuration): 1.From Building Block, click “Browse NBC Archives” and watch NBC's Brian Williams and Lester Holt discuss NBC News Archives on Demand in their own words 2.Browse the subject, test the Cue Card (video), and saving Cue Cards to a playlist. 3.From Blackboard Course Content area, test adding NBC Archives video. 4.Notify faculty or instructional technology staff. See example on next page. Note: Consult user guide for further instructions.

How To Start Your Free Trial Sample to faculty to solicit feedback Dear Faculty, At the request of the xyz Department, we have created a link in Blackboard to the NBC News Archives on Demand. NBC is providing us with a ninety (90) day free trial of this service which will give you the ability to link your Blackboard sites to NBC videos on a variety of topics. This trial will expire in ninety (90) days. At the end of the trial period, the links you create will remain but only the first fifteen seconds of each video will play. The xyz department will then survey the faculty to see if the NBC News Archives are a resource that you would like to have permanently available. A short video clip about how to create the links is here: Please direct any questions to us at ext Regards, XXXXXXX

Subscription Rates FTEPrice (Annual) 0-1,999$2,000 2,000-4,999$4,000 5,000-9,999$6,000 10,000-19,999$8,000 20,000-29,999$10,000 30,000-39,000$12,000 40,000-49,999$15,000 50,000 +Custom Discounts available for multi-year subscriptions Includes weekly content updates, 24/7 technical support, and live online training and support documentation

Testimonial Grand Rapids Community College Pilot Program One year trial of the AoD Building Block Main Campus in Grand Rapids 2 Technical Education Centers 15,000+ students per semester in Full and Part-time studies 10,000+ Students in Non-credit Courses GRCC Testimonial:

Contact Info Sales Requests: Martha Jones, NBC Learn Sales Representative for South Carolina Ph: NBC Learn – IT: Michael Levin, Director, Digital Services, NBC News/NBC Learn Ph: NBC Learn – Editorial : Mark Miano, Senior Editorial Producer, NBC News/NBC Learn Ph: Online: