{"id":53,"date":"2012-02-07T02:02:02","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T02:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogsksbeedu.wpenginepowered.com\/blackboard\/?p=53"},"modified":"2012-02-07T02:02:02","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T02:02:02","slug":"upcoming-changes-to-blackboard-for-2012-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/blackboard\/2012\/02\/07\/upcoming-changes-to-blackboard-for-2012-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming changes to Blackboard for 2012-2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year we upgraded to version 9.1 from version 8 of the Blackboard Learn application.\u00a0 Overall it was a fairly smooth transition though we continue to encounter issues with certain parts of the assessment feature.\u00a0 We have a couple of outstanding tickets with Blackboard support in trying to resolve the assessment issue and hope to do so as soon as possible.\u00a0 Regardless we continue to look for ways to improve the use of Blackboard through Kamehameha Schools and that is what I&#8217;d like to update you on.<\/p>\n<p>Currently at Kamehameha Schools there are two instances of Blackboard.\u00a0 One is used by mainly the campuses and another is used by the Instructional Support Center (formally Distance Learning).\u00a0 Due to restructuring within the KS organization as well as needs for additional Blackboard modules it was recommended that the two instances be combined into a single Enterprise Blackboard system.\u00a0 By combining the two instances, support for Blackboard can be streamlined and new modules can be added with minimal cost.\u00a0 Two modules in particular include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackboard.com\/Platforms\/Learn\/Products\/Blackboard-Learn\/Teaching-and-Learning\/Expanding-Learn\/Community-Engagement.aspx\">Blackboard Community Engagement<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackboard.com\/Platforms\/Learn\/Products\/Blackboard-Learn\/Teaching-and-Learning\/Expanding-Learn\/Content-Management.aspx\">Blackboard Content Management<\/a>.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll also be adding active directory authentication so that your Blackboard username and password will be the same as your KS username and password.\u00a0 Check back for more updates and leave a comment if you have any suggestions as we proceed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year we upgraded to version 9.1 from version 8 of the Blackboard Learn application.\u00a0 Overall it was a fairly smooth transition though we continue to encounter issues with certain parts of the assessment feature.\u00a0 We have a couple of &hellip; 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