CTC Ed Tech November 9, 2015

Dear Colleagues,

Please share this newsletter with your adjunct faculty. They don't always read my emails and this one is important.

Spring 2016 courses are available Monday, November 9 in the new version of Blackboard Learn.  The new Blackboard will be at https://blackboard.uaa.alaska.edu. It's a separate instance of Blackboard.

Fall 2015 courses will remain in our current Blackboard at https://classes.uaa.alaska.edu.  If you need to move content from fall 2015 to spring 2016 courses shells, you will have to use Export/Import.

I am available to all CTE programs to provide workshops on the new Blackboard and how to import course data into the spring courses.  Please contact me to arrange.

2015 Blackboard upgrade detail

November 9, 2015 - December 23, 2015

• Two instances of Blackboard (current and new) available
• Spring 2016 courses are in the new Blackboard. See job aid on moving content to spring 2016 courses
• Older courses (spring 2012 – summer ) will be added to the new Blackboard environment
• Fall 2015 courses remain untouched in current Backboard
• Note: courses copied to the new Blackboard will continue to be available to faculty in the current Blackboard (spring 2012 - summer 2015 courses)

December 24, 2015 - January 2, 2016

• Blackboard unavailable while IT completes the upgrade

January 2, 2016

• The new Blackboard environment available with all courses
• Some dev shells may still need to be added to the new Blackboard

Helpful links and more

• Current Blackboard login page (https://classes.uaa.alaska.edu)
• New Blackboard login page  (https://blackboard.uaa.alaska.edu)
• Check out the new features added with the upgrade
• Workshops available online and on the main campus
• If you need to do any work in summer 2015 courses or earlier (i.e., incompletes), please work in the new Blackboard to ensure no data is lost. Contact the Call Center if you have any questions about this.
• To move data from fall 2015 courses to spring 2016 course before December 24, you will need to export the data from the fall course and import it to the spring course.

5th annual UAA eTech Fair Nov. 9 – 13

• Lots of great sessions- check out the schedule
• All online – via Collaborate
• All by UAA faculty and staff
• Register in advance or just show up
• Added bonus: Quality Matters online seminars in the schedule

CTC Ed Tech News November 2, 2015: Blackboard Upgrade

Dear Colleagues,

This is a one topic newsletter:  The Blackboard upgrade. Here's the latest on what's happening. I will be scheduling workshops on moving data from fall 2015 courses to spring 2016 course in the coming weeks, in coordination with Academic Innovations and the other instructional designers at UAA.

2015 Blackboard Upgrade Timeline

UAA's Blackboard Learn system will be upgraded to the Learn 9.1 October 2014 version in stages from November 2015 to January 2016. All courses will be moved to the new system during the upgrade. You may work in spring 2016 courses starting November 9, 2015.

November 9, 2015

·          New upgraded Blackboard website will be available (yes, we will have 2 separate Blackboard websites in November and December)

·       Spring 2016 courses available in new environment

·       Spring 2015 and summer 2015 courses available in new environment  

·       Fall 2015 courses remain in the current system

November 9, 2015 - December 23, 2015

·         Two instance of Blackboard (current and new) available.

·       Faculty may work on spring 2016 courses in the new Blackboard. See job aid on moving content to spring 2016 courses

·       Older courses (spring 2012 - fall 2014) added to the new Blackboard environment

·       Note: courses copied to the new Blackboard will continue to be available to faculty in the current Blackboard (spring 2012 - summer 2015 courses)

December 24, 2015

·       Current Blackboard taken offline for good

·       New Blackboard taken offline to finish upgrade and data migration

December 24, 2015 - January 2, 2016

·        Blackboard unavailable

·       Fall 2015 courses added to new environment

·       Some/all dev shells added to new environment

·       Final configuration work on new Blackboard

January 2, 2016

·       The new Blackboard environment available with all courses

·       Some dev shells may still need to be added to the new Blackboard

Please note:

·          Workshops and online documentation will be available

·       If you need to do any work in summer 2015 courses or earlier (i.e., incompletes), please work in the new Blackboard to ensure no data is lost. Contact the Call Center if you have any questions about this.

·       To move data from fall 2015 courses to spring 2016 course before December 24, you will need to export the data from the fall course and import it to the spring course.

o   Create an export file in your fall course

o   Download the generated .ZIP file

o   Log into the new Blackboard environment

o   Import .ZIP into the desired Spring 2016 course

Note: After January 2, 2016 course copy will be available for all courses including fall 2015.

Please let me know if you have any questions,

Lee

Lee Maria Henrikson

Instructional Designer

907-786-4903

http://ak-lee.blogspot.com

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