1. What’s New and Different – A Faculty Survival Guide

2. A screen shot of the BB 9 opening screen

3. Course Layout in BB 8: Course Navigation MenuCourse Name and ID #Control Panel Course Banner

4. Course Layout in BB 9: Course Navigation MenuControl PanelCourse Name and ID # Location for Course Banner

5. Course Management – BB8 Control Panel

7. Blackboard 9 Development Goal: Fewer Clicks to Access Course Tools. Everything can be reached from the course home screen. In the Instructor View (what you see by default when you login), the Control Panel is displayed below the Course Toolbar on the left of your screen. There is no longer a separate control Panel. Something new is the Edit Mode, indicated by a toggle switch in the upper right of your screen: It is set to off when you enter your course but when you click it, it turns on. With the Edit Mode set to on, you can edit any of your course areas – Announcements, Contacts, etc. – right on the same screen. This saves some clicks.

8. In BB 8, Announcements was the Entry Point of your course.

9. In BB 9 it is a new screen called Home Page (although you can reset it to open at Announcements if you wish)

10. The Home Page has lots of modules in it that can be useful, especially if you use the Early Warning System or other tools such as the Course Calendar, Tasks, etc.

11. New View Choices in Blackboard 9:

12. Student View, BB 8:

13. Student View BB 9:

14. Customizing Your Site – BB8

15. Customizing Your Site – BB9

17. Customizing the Style of Your Site – BB9

19. Browse to attach a local file for the banner.

20. Modifying the Course Menu – Bb9

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29. Adding Content: BB8

30. Adding Content: BB9

31. Creating an Assignment – Bb9

34. Modifying and Deleting Content – Bb8

35. Modifying and Deleting Content – Bb9

37. Modifying and Deleting Tests – Bb8 Click Buttons

38. Modifying and Deleting Tests – Bb9

39. Course Tools and Assessment – Bb8

40. Contains similar tools from BB8 Now contains Tests, Surveys, and Pools Course Tools – Bb9

41. Tests, Surveys and Pools – Bb9

42. Evaluation – Bb9

43. Grade Center – Bb8

44. Grade Center – Bb9

46. User Management – Bb8

47. User & Group Management – Bb9

48. Groups (Random Enroll) – Bb9

49. Course Options – Bb8

50. Packages and Utilities – Bb9

51. Summary Relax…take deep breaths, and NO, you’re not allowed to RETIRE before Blackboard 9!