Winter Breakout Bb learn migration update

Blackboard Learn Migration

January 15, 2015

Overview

● Why change and why Blackboard?● Project timeline● Migration team● Getting Ready● Cohort 1● Sample Course● Coming Soon

We now join our migration, already in progress…

Why Change? Why Blackboard?

• ANGEL acquired by Blackboard 2009

• New feature development focused exclusively in Bb

• ANGEL support discontinued by SUNY in 2017

• 30+ campuses to migrate to Bb by 2017

• Consistent student experience across institutions

Timeline

● Fall 2014 semester: Configuration completed/training for first cohort

● Spring 2015 semester: First cohort live on Bb Learn, running ANGEL in parallel

● Summer 2015: Second cohort live on Bb Learn, running ANGEL in parallel

● Fall 2015 Semester: Everyone on Bb Learn, ANGEL decommissioned

Migration Team

● Oswego: Theresa Gilliard-Cook, Nicole Decker, Kathi Dutton, Kristen Flint, Doug Hemphill, Greg Ketcham, and Brandon West

● Open SUNY: Harry Cargile, Brett Becker, and Justin Korneisl

● ITEC: Israel Washington

Getting Ready ● Weekly migration meeting began on August 5

● Initial installation completed on September 30

● Oswego team training October 14 & 15

● Ongoing global configuration

● Giving Learn an Oswego look and feel

● Setting up data feed from banner

● Installing and configuring Building Blocks

● Single sign-on authentication

● Designing faculty workshops

● Creating faculty and student support documents

More: Building Blocks

● Collaborate● Ensemble● iClicker● Panopto● Lyndia● Ares● Pearson● Cengage● McGraw Hill

Cohort 1

● Call for participation September 25

● Over 50 Faculty responded

● First faculty training - November 3 & 4

● 5 Faculty Open Sessions

● Course shells with migrated content available - November 21

● Currently 50 faculty; 120 courses

● 21 Departments

Who is in Cohort 1

● School of Business○ 7 faculty; 16 courses

● School of Education○ 10 faculty; 25 courses

● Communication, Media and Art○ 5 faculty; 10 courses

● Liberal Arts and Sciences○ 28 faculty; 69 courses

● 19 online; 33 hybrid; 68 web-enhanced

Sample Course

Coming Soon● Campus Blackboard Learn Support website

● Winter Breakout Sessions (happening now!)

● Additional Faculty Open Sessions

● Redirects

● Cohort 2 call for participation - early February

● Cohort 2 faculty training - March 16 & 17

● Completed campus migration - August 24

What Else?● Faculty Feedback to date has been positive

● Really like having inline grading ability● Intuitive

● Full Student Orientation

Questions?

Support issues: [email protected]