1. Blackboard 6.3 Discovering New Features Melissa Brennan

2. 1.Multi-Language Support 2.Advanced Navigation Bar 3.Review Status 4.Adaptive Release 5.Advanced Assessment Questions 6.Assessment Question Completion Status 7.Performance Dashboard 8.Gradebook Null Option Application Pack 3 What is an Application Pack? Blackboard releases periodic Application Packs rather than major software upgrades. What do they include? New features Fixes to existing problems

3. Multi-Language Support Enables institutions to run multiple languages on the same system. Languages: German Spanish French Italian Dutch Portuguese

4. Advanced Navigation The new Detail view lets users expand and collapse the Course Menu, and displays a clickable link to each item in the course. Users can toggle between the default Course Menu view and the Detail view.

5. Review Status Items include a setting that allows students to mark items as “Reviewed”. The Performance Dashboard page reports which students have reviewed the item.

6. Adaptive Release Provides the ability for an instructor to create custom learning paths through course content and activities. Activities can be released to students based on a set of criteria.

7. Advanced Assessment Questions Calculated FormulaEither/OrCalculated Numeric. File UploadHotspot Fill in Multiple Blanks Jumbled Sentence Short AnswerOpinion Scale/Likert

8. Assessment Question Completion Status Students may skip questions that they may wish to come back to in an assessment. This feature allows students to clearly identify which questions they have actually completed from the ones that they have skipped as they progress through the assessment.

9. Performance Dashboard The Performance Dashboard displays the last time each user logged in, their course role, Adaptive Release criteria, Review Status for content items, and grades.

10. Gradebook Null Option Excludes items from Gradebook calculations including averages.

11. Melissa Brennan Center for Teaching Learning & Technology CTLT Mortola Library 2 nd Floor – CIT Lab Pleasantville Email mbrennan@pace.edumbrennan@pace.edu Phone 914 773 3816 Contact Information