AGC Minimum Use Standards for Blackboard Winter 2013 Report Eric Kunnen Director, Distance Learning & Instructional Technologies David Anderson Infrastructure, Information Technologies Mark Nordblom Blackboard Solutions Engineer, Information Technologies William Faber Associate Dean, School of Arts and Sciences

Agenda 1.Faculty and Institutional Commitment 2.Training, Capacity, & Support Resources 3.Syllabus and Faculty Contact Information 4.Gradebook for Feedback

Institutional Commitment “To support this Faculty Commitment, GRCC will provide each teaching faculty member with access to appropriate technology, training for its use, adequate system capacity, and timely technical trouble-shooting.”* * Retrieved from Provost | Faculty Resources: Faculty Commitment AGC Minimum Use Standards for Blackboard “By no later than the second semester of teaching, each faculty member will, at a minimum, use Blackboard to provide students with the course syllabus and faculty contact information. Use of the Blackboard Grade Center to provide regular feedback (where appropriate) is strongly encouraged.”*

Institutional Commitment: Provide Access, Training, Capacity, and Support Information Technology Help Desk Enterprise Applications Infrastructure Center for Teaching Excellence CTE Sessions & Drop Ins Learning Days Distance Learning and Instructional Technologies Video Tutorials Tipsheets

Faculty Commitment: Post Syllabus & Faculty Contact Information Implementation in Progress by Associate Deans During Week 2 Data is Collected Faculty are Notified of Resources and Support (CTE & DLIT) Associate Dean Contact as Needed Process Ongoing and Being Refined and Improved

Faculty Commitment: Grade Center Encouraged Winter 2013 stats from the Bb Analytics for Learn data warehouse: 71% of instructors have at least accessed the grade center. 83% of students have accessed the gradebook. 62% of courses (including labs, independent studies, etc.) are utilizing the grade center. Note: These data are estimates and the process of data verification is in progress.

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