Blackboard + Facebook

Blackboard +

Facebook

do you know Blackboard?

do you:teach online?teach a hybrid course?post materials in Blackboard?

at MCCevery student and instructor has a Blackboard accountevery course has a ‘shell’

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do you know Facebook?

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there are morethere are morethan 175 million than 175 million active usersactive users

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the average user the average user has 120 friends has 120 friends on the siteon the site

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……and each day they and each day they spend more than spend more than

three billion three billion minutes on Facebook minutes on Facebook

(worldwide)

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the largest the largest demographic demographic concentration remains concentration remains the traditional college the traditional college demographic of 18-24 demographic of 18-24 year olds (40.8%)year olds (40.8%)

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the 35-54 year old the 35-54 year old demographic is demographic is growing fastest, with growing fastest, with a 276.4% growth rate a 276.4% growth rate (since June ’08)(since June ’08)

the 55+ demographic the 55+ demographic is not is not far behind with a far behind with a 194.3% 194.3% growth rate over the growth rate over the same same periodperiod

which can lead to a situation like this-

it’s a verb - really

www.urbandictionary.comhttp://www.urbandictionary.com/

lots of college students - of all ages -are spending

lots of time on Facebook

can Facebook help them keep up with their

course work?

Blackboard Syncall information from the website

wiki.blackboardsync.com

a collaboration of Facebook and Blackboard

safe and secure

delivers course information and updates

option to connect through Facebook

safe and secure

graphic from the Blackboard Sync webinar

what information syncs?

announcementsnew discussion posts noticenew course content noticenew grades notice

course rostercourse map

NOT THE ACTUAL POSTS, CONTENT, or GRADES

how do you set it up?

you need:MCC Blackboard accountFacebook account

installing the Blackboard Sync application in Facebook

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http://bboard.mcckc.edu

http://bboard.mcckc.edu

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enter your MCC Blackboard user nameand password

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SUCCESS!

tabs display updated information

announcements

forums

content

grades

course map

goes to the login page NOT to the course

course roster

Images and graphics from Stock.xchng - http://www.sxc.hu/home

Blackboard Sync - http://www.blackboardsync.com

Facebook Usage Statistics fromFacebook - http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics

iStrategy Labs - http://www.istrategylabs.com/