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Posts about and during Blackboard World 2012
It has been a few years since I’ve penned a note to Blackboard before a Blackboard World. The last three years I haven’t shared my thoughts, but that ends now. Blackboard brings its clients and partners together at the Orlando…
Greetings friends and admin neighbors. The first day of Blackboard World 2015 has closed. There have been many discussions, good and bad, and a ball of confusion. Some of the topics will be covered in upcoming keynotes, so I won’t…
Well folks, its that time of year again. The time when users of the now myriad of Blackboard products come together for Blackboard World. This year’s pilgrimage takes us to the company’s hometown, Washington DC, and the banks of the…
Once again, its time to dust off those dice, bad Hawaiian shirts, and laptop bags. Pack up your carry on, cell phone charger, and head to Las Vegas where Blackboard hosts their annual users conference. While in Sin City, attendees…
Blackboard’s annual users conference kicked off with its technical and geeky side first as The 10th annual Blackboard Developers Conference started with a day and a half of sessions focusing on four major tracks: Extending Learn using Building Blocks Performance/Security/Monitoring…
For some of you reading this post, this isn’t your first Blackboard World rodeo. For those new to the fold, users annually get together in what I call a cross between a conference, celebration, college homecoming, and alumni event which…
6/12 Update: John Porter announced via a Blackboard Admin ListServ that global patches which require all Blackboard services stopped, will be removed from cumulative patches. The ETA for the implementation of this plan hasn’t been revealed. At Blackboard World…
Blackboard World cranked back up for a final day of networking with the thousands of people at the conference. I spent the morning with the Central States Blackboard Users Group meeting. This group of Blackboard institutions in Missouri, Iowa, Illinois,…
After the keynote, I went to a presentation on moving from Wimba Classroom to Collaborate. It was given by my co-worker, Charlie Rigdon. He gave a great overview of all the steps he used as he tested and implemented Collaborate…
You Spoke, We Listened! – Blackboard The Blackboard keynote started with one of the biggest changes for Blackboard CEO, Michael Chasen this year. The birth of his newest child. Maybe this was the reason that we started out discussing… well…