1 Monitoring Student Performance New Horizons Conference Virginia Community College System April 2006 Roanoke, VA

2 Introductions Darek Sady Education –Utica College of Syracuse University –University of North Carolina Greensboro Professional Experience –6 Years in Academia –Faculty Development Trainer –College instructor for 3 Years –Director of IT 2 Years with Blackboard

3 Monitoring Student Performance Blackboard provides the ability for instructors to create custom learning paths through course content. It also offers an at-a-glance view of students' online activity and performance. This presentation demonstrates the new Adaptive Release, Performance Dashboard, and Review Status features.

4 Workshop Objectives and Agenda Review Status –As a tracking mechanism –Active student feedback Adaptive Release –Student-paced learning –Varied learning paths Performance Dashboard –One-stop shop for student performance –Collective review status data –View of visible/invisible items –Last Login Date

5 Review Status A simple powerful attribute that can be added to any content item Allows students to provide active feedback to course progression Instructors can check reviewed items in the Performance Dashboard Can be integrated into Adaptive Release

6 Review Status Content items include a setting that allows students to mark those items as “Reviewed”. The User Progress page reports which students have reviewed the content item.

7 Adaptive Release Can be used to allow students to affect their own learning process Drives the release of content and direction of course based on student performance Is configured with 4 criterion: –Date –Memberships –Gradebook status –Review Status Rules can be combined

8 Adaptive Release Provides the ability for an instructor to create custom learning paths through course content and activities. Content items, discussions, assessments, assignments, or other activities can be released to students based on a set of criteria including: date/time, specific individuals, group membership, institutional role, grade on a particular test or assignment, or Review Status.

9 Adaptive Release Based on Review Status

10 Adaptive Release for Each Folder

11 Adaptive Release Based on Test Score

12 Adaptive Release Based on Test Attempt

13 Conditional Adaptive Release Pretest (100 points) Less than 70 Remedial Materials Lesson Activities Post Test Lesson Activities Post Test More than 90 Bypass Materials- next lesson appears

14 Activity #1 – Review Status and Adaptive Release Create 2 new content items Implement Adaptive Release via a Review Status Rule Complete Adaptive Release Note behavior of items

15 Performance Dashboard A one-stop shop to gauge student performance Instructors can view student progress at a glance on several aspects of student interaction: –Login Status –Adaptive Release Status –Quick Link to Grades

16 Performance Dashboard A course tool that allows instructors to see key information and outcomes for all course users. The Performance Dashboard displays the last time each user logged in, their course role, Adaptive Release criteria, Review Status for content items, and grades. Instructors can sort the information by multiple criteria.

17 Resources and Materials

18 Tutorials

19