Blackboard Migration2015 -2016

Open SUNY

Initiative

Our guiding principle:

to make your life easier and your

students lives easier in your courses

Quantitative figures How Many Students are Learning Online?

7.1 million students taking at least one online course.

Factors Influencing a Learner’s Decision to Drop-Out

Figure 1 Adapted from Bandura’s Reciprocal Causation Theory

The proposed model should undergo statistical testing to ensure all factors are reliable and a good fit for testing online student attrition.

However, the factors included in this model are consistently cited in research on online attrition factors.

Open

SUNY

Help

Desk

Ticket

Data

Tests/Quizzes

Student

questions Who is the professor?

Where is the assignment?

I cannot find information in ANGEL

How do I contact the professor?

Which are the Due dates for the assignment? They are conflicting.

Why isn’t my professor getting back to me?

Should I email my professor in ANGEL or the portal?

The professor says the content is there but I can’t see it…..Can you help me?

Student

questions Who is the professor?

Where is the assignment?

I cannot find information in ANGEL

How do I contact the professor?

Which are the Due dates for the assignment? They are conflicting.

Why isn’t my professor getting back to me?

Should I email my professor in ANGEL or the portal?

The professor says the content is there but I can’t see it…..Can you help me?

Student

questions How do I find the links?

How do I find the assignment?

How do I find the lectures?

The professor said the assignment was in here. I can’t find it, Can

you help me?

Can you help me locate …?

Student

questions How do I find the links?

How do I find the assignment?

How do I find the lectures?

The professor said the assignment was in here. I can’t find it, Can

you help me?

Can you help me locate …?

SOLUTION - General course housekeeping: - check links to make sure they are not dead (and include full URLs so

students can copy/paste on their own)

- make sure folders/assignments/quizzes are open when they are supposed

to be

- be clear with students about where to find things in the course

- use file types that are compatible with both PCs and macs

Student questions

Can you help me open this file?

What kind of file is it?

SOLUTION - Standard file naming conventions for

submitting assignments would help keep people organized. - i.e. student's last name, course, and assignment name

- file types (.doc, .docx, .rtf, etc.)

Can you help me open this file?

What kind of file is it?

Student

questions

Student

questions

Where do I go for tech help?

SOLUTION -

Put contact info for either SUNY Ulster Tech Help or

OpenSUNY's Help Desk in every course.

We can also standardize when we go to Blackboard

Student

questions

Where do I go for tech help?

1. Basic Face to Face Course

2. Premium Face to Face Course

3. Blended

4. Online

Course Layout Models

Sanctioned tools 5 tools that are regularly used, migrate-able and supportable

Google Docs

Create and format

text documents

and collaborate

with other people

in real time.

JING is a

simple way

to make

short video

tutorials

Voicethread

Upload presentations, photos,

videos. Add comments, video,

text, and audio. Engage

students and instructor in

dialogue.

Originality checking, online

grading and peer review

saving instructors time and

provides rich feedback to

students

Collaborate: is a Web

Conferencing tool you can

use in Blackboard (and

ANGEL)

Integration of Online Textbooks

Blackboard will need for student engagement:

● Welcome

● Course Information docs

● Resources and Tutorial access

● Gradebook & Attendance integration

● LibGuides

○ Department specific resources

○ Course-related resources

○ General library information

○ Tech Help

○ Tutorials

● Films on Demand

Library Resource Tool Box

Instructor Survey Responses

We are Migrating with Cohort G:

Orange & Rockland

Dean of Academic Affairs Kevin Stoner

Distance Learning Director Sherry Chisamore

Library Representative Marla Gruner

Instructional Design Hope Windle

Student Technology Coordinator KellyAnne McGuire

Office of Information Technology Representative Karen Goodell

Marketing Roll out Representative Deb Kaufman

Student Orientation Communication Deb Waller-Frederick

Learning Center Representative Jane Kithcart

Committee Rep via Academic Senate : IRC Nick Haines

Faculty Online Learning Leader ( Dept picked ) John Sheehan- STEM, Goretti Benca- English, Nancy

Decker- Biology, Business -Pat Phelan, Social Sciences -

Miho Iwazaki, Art - TBD, Criminal Justice - TBD

Migration Steering Committee

Calendar of Migration [ DRAFT ]

Summer 2015 Fall 2015 Spring 2016 May 2016

Art

English

French

Communications

History

Education

Economics

Psychology

Sociology

People

teaching in

Summer 2016

TBD as

interest is

expressed

LIB 111-

(5)

KellyAnne

Judy K

Judy C

Kari

Marla

Business - 3

Anita, Pat, Mindy

Accounting- 2

Julie

Early Adopters - 4

Nancy Decker-BIO

Goretti Benca - ENG

John Sheehan - STEM

Miho Iwazaki - SOC

STEM

Astronomy

Biology

Math

Earth Science

Chemistry

Biology

Engineering

(May 15-31)

Nursing

Vet

Tech

Criminal

Justice

WinterNet

2016

RIP

ANGEL

5/31/16

Spring

Break

end of May - 9

MidSummer Winternet

courses

Supplemental

Non-Credit

Users

Calendar of Migration - Student [ DRAFT ]

Summer 2015 Fall 2015 Spring 2016 May 2016

Determine and inform students taking

classes in dual formats

Develop student

directed marketing

campaign.Work

with Campus

Connect

WinterNet

RIP

ANGEL

5/31/16

Spring

Breakend of May - 9

MidSummer

Marketing to students: flyers, posters, videos, social

media, LibGuide, access to information and help from

within Portal and Blackboard courses.

Rebrand icon

(my courses,

online courses)

Blackboard Migration Checklist

1. Remove any

unnecessary assignments

from your course.

During migration, all activities will be

added to your Grade Center and may

difficult or impossible to remove. While

they can be deactivated and

hidden, it is recommended that you clean these out

instead to keep your course clean and

running smoothly.

2. Remove subtitles

on your folders and activities.

Revise your titles to be descriptive of the content and activities.

3. Change Surveys to tests (assessments)

4. Customized icons do not migrateNeed to double check on this for safekeeping. Be sure to save your icons.

5. External linksExternal links will only migrate if they are embedded in text, if they were added any other way such as the ANGEL “link” button shown below, they will not migrate.

Open SUNY

Initiative

Open SUNY Incentives for Blackboard Training, Degrees of Teaching Online

OpenSUNY Experienced

Online Practitioner

OpenSUNY Online

Enabled EducatorBasic

Take Bb workshop &

Complete Checklist:

❏ Syllabus

❏ Attendance policy

❏ Grading system

❏ How to reach prof.

❏ Add welcome

- Completes

OpenSUNY COTE

Rubric

- Interested in learning

more about effective

online teaching

practices and about the

design of effective

online teaching and

learning environments

Through OpenSUNY

COTE award --

Faculty member who

has training and

experience in teaching

online and creating

effective teaching and

learning environments.

- Recognizes that

effective online

teaching is iterative

and incorporates

current best practices.

OpenSUNY Exemplar

and Mentor

Through OpenSUNY

COTE award --

Demonstrates

exemplary practices

and the ability to

cultivate effective,

engaging teaching and

learning environments.

- Willing to dedicate

time to coach and

mentor others.

OpenSUNY Innovator

- Through OpenSUNY

COTE award -

Engaged in innovation

utilizing practices or

technologies that push

the boundaries of

online education.

The End or is it the beginning?Pre-Migration Compliance Workshops every Friday and a sprinkling of other dates