1. 10 things about Blackboard Jackie Adamson Alan White Chris Turnock LTech, Academic Registry www.northumbria.ac.uk/ltech or extension 4877 or rg.ltech@northumbria.ac.uk

2. 1. What is the daily average number of user logins since 1 st September 2008? 1.7,130 2.8,130 3.9,130 4.10,130 5.11,130 6.12,130 7.13,130

3. 2. How many 2008/09 modules with students attached have been made available to students? 1.2,500 (62.8%) 2.2,850 (71.4%) 3.3,200 (80.4%) 4.3,550 (89.2%) 5.3,700 (93.0%) 6.3,950 (99.3%)

4. 3. Which school has the highest proportion of 2008/09 modules made available to students? 1.Applied Sciences 2.Arts & Social Sciences 3.Built Environment 4.CEIS 5.Design 6.HCES 7.Law 8.NBS 9.PSS

5. 4. The school template means staff can no longer customise module sites. 1.Agree 2.Disagree 3.Not sure

6. 5. Assignment Handler is now available Publish assignment brief Online storage of draft work Online & paper based submission receipt Online & offline marking + feedback Feedback via Gradebook Students reflect on feedback + feed forward

7. 6. Would you use a facility that meant a mark entered into Gradebook could be automatically sent to SITS? 1.Yes 2.No 3.Not sure

8. 7. PebblePad is….? 1.Online marking tool 2.The next Facebook 3.E-Portfolio 4.Social bookmarking tool, e.g. Delicious 5.Alternative to Skype

9. 8. What do students most want from Blackboard? 1.Consistency 2.Handouts 3.Update alerts

10. 9. Posting lecture notes before a lecture reduces attendance 1.Agree 2.Disagree 3.Not sure

11. 10. Which schools have their own module evaluation questionnaire in Blackboard? 1.Applied Sciences 2.Arts & Social Sciences 3.Built Environment 4.CEIS 5.Design 6.HCES 7.Law 8.NBS 9.PSS

12. Not just Blackboard The LTech team are also involved in non- Blackboard based use of technology, e.g. Global Studio PebblePad ABC tool

13. And finally….. Prize Draw answer – 2,218,664 Staff suggestions include: