Adaptive release

Allows content or assessments to be shown to students based on an action that they perform.

Terminology

• rule – basic adaptive release contains 1 rule per action; advanced adaptive release may contain multiple rules.
• criteria – the elements that describe the rule

Examples

• Students will not be shown Module 2 until they review Module 1.
• Students will advance to Module 2 after receiving a passing score on the quiz in Module 1.
• Students will advance to additional content in Module 1 if they receive a low score on quiz 1.
• Groups who review the required content and submit the required presentation by a certain date, advance to the final group evaluation form.

Bb support for Adaptive Release

Achievements or Badging

(Orientation course as example)

• set up criteria for reaching benchmarks in which students receive an acknowledgment (certificate)
  • course completion
  • milestones
  • Attempts on test, surveys, and assignments
  • Grades on tests, surveys, and assignments
  • Graded discussion posts, graded wikis, graded blogs, and graded journals
  • Manually created Grade Center columns
  • Marked reviewed statuses on course content
  • Group membership or specific users
  • Start date to earn an achievement

   
Bb support for Achievements
CTL.uaf.edu: Badginging

Exam Pools

Create pools of questions to populate quizzes

• avoid possibilities for cheating by using random questions
• self-assessment with random question options
• module-level reviews for unit exams
• provide quizzes that address  learning through repetition

Bb support for Reusing Questions
iTeachu.uaf.edu: Blackboard tests and surveys

Discussion Board

• collect (iTeach Online)
• posting options

Bb support for Discussions

Grade Center

• color coding for visual
• multiple total columns
• categories for weighted grades or calculated total columns
• Grading Periods – Early progress report
• Column Statistics, Item  Analysis, and evaluation
• Smart views
  • who passed or who didn’t
  • board overview of performance at different times in the semester
  • provide targeted feedback to students who meet criteria

Bb support for  Grade Center
CTL.uaf.edu: Grade Center
CTL.uaf.edu: Analysis

Blackboard Collaborate Ultra

Web conferencing service tied to Blackboard. Browser of choice is Chrome and some versions of Firefox are also supported
Features

• no java download!
• interactive whiteboard
• audio
• video
• phone
• share slides, files, web pages
• break-out rooms
• chat
• recorded sessions
• guest access

Bb support for Collaborate Ultra
Don’t see Blackboard Collaborate Ultra in your tools selection? You might have to add it to your available tools.
   

Bb Mobile or Bb Learn

What’s the difference?
 

Bb Grader

Best feature: create audio and video feedback
Needs improvement feature: pen tool disappears for commenting
Bb Support: Grader