New Version of Blackboard in the summer

ITS intend to move directly to Blackboard Version 8 (missing out version 7.3) for the next academic year. A test system with your current course content will be available sometime in August with a view to a final upgrade in September.

The main changes are:

• New version of the Gradecentre (a completely reworked gradebook)
• Blackboard’s discussion boards have been redesigned to include options for tree view
• Content Collection will have a recycle bin from which deleted items can be restored.
• course links into the Content Collection are preserved when courses are copied.
• Visual Text Box Editor (VTBE) support for Mac users
• Windows Vista and Office 2007 compatible

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