Blackboard Learn Show and Tell for Faculty

IT Services is hosting Blackboard Learn Show and Tell demonstrations on alternate days from 2 to 4 p.m., April through May, in the Faculty Technology Center Training Room of the Gibson Annex. Faculty Technology Center staff will demonstrate the new features available in the upcoming Blackboard Learn Service Pack 8 upgrade, which will take effect in summer 2012.

Some of the new features in the upgrade include automated re-grading, activity reports, course-to-course navigation, course themes, and a Quick Setup guide for faculty.

No registration is required. The Blackboard Learn Show and Tell demonstrations start April 9, and all sessions are posted on the University Events Calendar at http://calendars.uark.edu.

Contacts

Erin Griffin, Documentation/User Support Specialist
IT Services
575-2901, ecgriff@uark.edu

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