Content with the Blackboard Content System?:

One Year Later

Presented By Anne Judd (CSU, East Bay)Dennis Hood (Princeton University)David Middleton (Seton Hall University) March 1, 2006

Content System: Storage in Use per AreaPage 1

Courses ’05 112.69Mb 6591.30Mb

Courses ’06 115.44MB+2.75MB

7775.81Mb+1184.51Mb

484.00 Mb+484.00

Institution ‘05

6.12Mb 6809.12Mb

Institution ‘06 39.92Mb+33.80Mb

8,173.54 Mb+1364.42

Library ‘05

Library ‘06 184 Mb+184

Content System: Storage in Use per AreaPage 2

Orgs ‘05 24.72Mb 671.39Mb

Orgs ‘06 228.53Mb+203.81Mb

1429.78Mb+758.39Mb

Users ‘05 2524.64Mb 1308.27Mb 2996.72Mb

Users ‘06 11998.48MB+9473.88Mb

7961.89Mb+6653.62Mb

17, 608.85 Mb+14,612.13

’05 Total 2668.17Mb 8570.96Mb 9805.84Mb

’06 Total 12382.37MB+9714.20MB

17167.48Mb+8596.52Mb

26,450.39 Mb+16,

644.55Mb

Content System: Area & Tool Availability

2005 / 2006 2005 / 2006 2005 / 2006

My Content X X X

Course Content

X

Org Content X X

Inst. Content X X

Lbry Content

Portfolios X X

Lrn Objects X X

Tools X X X

Web Folders X X X

Content System: Menu Display Options

2005 / 2006 2005 / 2006 2005 / 2006

Folder View Only

Shortcut View Only

Folder View Default

X / X

Shortcut View Default

X X

“+” and “- “ Icons

X X / X X

Refresh X X / X X

Content System Storage Quotas

2005/2006 2005/2006 2005/2006

Faculty/Staff 100 Mb * 50 Mb* 500 Mb*

Grad Students

50 Mb * 50 Mb 250 Mb*

Undergrads 50 Mb * 0 Mb 250 Mb*

Courses N/A Unlimited N/A

Organizations

50 Mb* Unlimited N/A

*actually unlimited, but additional space must be requested

•Develop specific training/documentation

•Develop Portfolio templates to fit National and State requirements

•Raise campus awareness of CS

•Waiting for added functionality

•Continued integration with SAN

Content System Future Direction (2006)

Content System Future Direction (2006)

•Incorporate CS storage with existing NAS system

•Make CS means for faculty to share large files with colleagues outside PU

•Make CS available to students

•Make Portfolio available to students

•Building block for displaying ereserve metadata

Content System Future Direction 2006

•Extend Standards Block to Nursing

•Support/Extend Portfolio development needs

•Continued use of CS to support Core Curriculum

Content System Enhancement Requests 2006• Ability to email or send passes to entire folders• Functionality to clean-up content of removed

users• Functionality to mass populate course w/ CS

content• Ability to unify established NAS / SAN systems• Make Share feature more collaborative so

outsiders can add content

Content System Enhancement Requests (cont’d)

• Make it easy for recipient to remove portfolios

• Ability to import portfolios into different systems

• More flexibility on how portfolio is exported• Ability to restrict templates to specific roles

or groups• Make it easier to search for a particular file

in an instructors Content Area 

Content System Enhancement Requests (cont’d)

• Learning Object interface with MERLOT and other repositories

• Create a CS Bookmark module for the Portal

• Ability to display e-reserve metadata• Better functionality for opening in the LS

compressed web sites stored in the CS• Allow text box editor to be used just in CS

Content System Enhancement Requests (cont’d)

• Functionality to link editable CS areas courses for student use

• Better bridges to learning system• Change default location when connecting

from a course• More flexible Portfolio system• Expanded Portfolio development tools

Portfolio/CS Standards Building Block

•Assessment System tied to Educational Objectives•Automatically Generated Portfolio•Report Generator

e-Portfolios for Assessment and Accreditation

Seton Hall UniversityThe George Washington UniversityWednesday March 1 4:30 PM

Seneca Content System: My Website

CS building block demo -- create/maintain personal, organizational, & institutional website with short URLs

Session Title - Faculty and Student File Storage with the Blackboard Content System: Two Case Studies Wednesday, 1:30pm

• Follow up Contact(s):– Dennis Hood hood@princeton.edu– Anne Judd ajudd@csueastbay.edu– David Middleton middleda@shu.edu

• IF YOU ONLY REMEMBER 1 THING (05):– Though it must to evolve to serve our needs

more fully, the Blackboard Content System is the right model for course and student content management.

Content with the Blackboard Content System?