Here is the message
It is new and fun and great. Look at it please
Notice of Changes to
the Blackboard Gradebook Beginning the Evening of Friday May 8th, 2009
Notification #2
This is a message from the Blackboard Listserv sent to you from the Resource
Centre for Academic Technology (RCAT). We use this messaging service to inform
you of important UofT Blackboard updates, reminders and notifications.
Dear colleagues,
This message is to inform you of upcoming changes to the Blackboard Gradebook.
We will be upgrading to the newest version of Blackboard over the May 8th
weekend. The new release includes a brand new “Grade Center” that
replaces the current Gradebook. The new Grade Centre will have easier to use
features and more flexibility for uploading and downloading files. We hope you
will enjoy using it. For a preview of the new Grade Centre, please go to:
http://www.portalinfo.utoronto.ca/__shared/assets/GradeCenter2498.pdf
(Note that long URLs may not wrap properly. If this URL fails
to work, please copy and paste the entire URL into a browser ensuring you have
the *complete* URL)
In preparation for the release of the new Grade Centre, RCAT is developing
online resources for our portalinfo website and targeted workshops that will
focus on the new Grade Centre. Your divisional support person may provide
additional resources.
Grade Centre Specific Resources from RCAT
Face to face training resources at the RCAT
Workshops:
To sign up, please to www.rcat.utoronto.ca Click on
>Blackboard in Focus>Grade Center: An Interactive Tool
Online resources at http://www.portalinfo.utoronto.ca/
Screen capture:
Step by step “How Tos”:
Please let me or your divisional support person know if you
would like us to come to your department to introduce members of your
department to the Grade Centre. We can also deliver a custom, hands-on workshop
on the Grade Centre to members of your department.
Please note: We will be redesigning the portalinfo site over the summer to make
it easier to find information on Blackboard help.
Administrative tasks in preparation for the release of
the new Grade Centre:
We will be sending out a number of messages to ensure all Blackboard users are
aware of the changes and know how to access the resources we are developing.
The next notice, coming in late April, will include updated information about
the upgrade, additional resources and more information about the new Grade
Centre.
If you know of any instructors or TAs who use Blackboard, but who are not on
this listserv, please ask them to contact me at [log in to unmask]
or Jeremy Graham at [log in to unmask]
and we will register them.
Best,
Linda
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Linda Murphy-Boyer,
Director, The Resource Centre for Academic
Technology (RCAT)
4th Floor, Robarts Library
130 St George Street
University Of Toronto
416-946-5341
RCAT
Website: http://www.rcat.utoronto.ca
Blackboard
Portal Help Site: http://www.portalinfo.utoronto.ca