OAK Training

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Important Dates

Sunday, April 21:
CANCELLED

May 12-13:
OAK Maintenance and Upgrade

Sunday, June 16:
6AM - 10AM Regularly scheduled maintenance

Sunday, July 21:
6AM - 10AM Regularly scheduled maintenance

Sunday, August 18:
6AM - 10AM Regularly scheduled maintenance

Training at your own pace, on your own time, when you need it.

Training resources will be available for students and faculty in downloadable PDF quick reference sheets and in step-by-step videos.

To take advantage of these training materials, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader and Flash Media Player. Check your browser to see if your computer is ready. (This will take 15-20 seconds.)

Training Workshops

Many schools schedule their own training sessions. Please check with your local support provider for their scheduled sessions.

Getting Started

New! Highlighted Resolved Issues and New Features for Blackboard
Learn 9.1 Service Pack 11.
  » Download "Highlighted Resolved Issues and New Featuers" (PDF)
  » Watch  Global Navigation
  » Watch  New Calendar
  » Watch  New Content Editor
  » Watch  Assessment Item Analysis
  » Watch  Discussion Boards

Getting to know the OAK website and Blackboard Learn 9.1.
  » Download "Getting to Know OAK" guide with menu printout pages (PDF)
  » Watch "Getting to Know the OAK Website" (coming soon)
  » Watch "Getting Started with Blackboard Learn 9.1 (coming soon)

Using Internet Explorer 9 with OAK.
» Download "Using IE9 with OAK" (PDF)

Show / Hide the Course Menu.
» Download "Expanding and Collapsing the Course Menu" (PDF)

Making a course available.
» Download "Make Your Course Available" (PDF)
» Watch "Make Your Course Available" (coming soon)

Copying course material from one course to another.
» Download "Course Export / Package Import" (PDF)
» Watch "Copying Course Material to a New Course" (coming soon)

Digital Dropbox Replacement: the Assignments tool.
» Download "Assignments: Using OAK without the Digital Dropbox" (PDF)
» Watch "Assignments: Using OAK without the Digital Dropbox" (coming soon)

Enrolling "Guests" (or other course roles) in your course.
» Download "Enrolling a Guest" (PDF)
» Watch "Assignments: Using OAK without the Digital Dropbox" (coming soon)

Guides to OAK Elements

Blackboard Mobile Learn
» Download Blackboard Mobile Learn Feature Guide
» Download Best Practices for Mobile Friendly Courses

Document Unpackager
» Download Document Unpackager Instructor Guide (PDF)

iTunes U
» Download iTunes U Instructor Guide (PDF

SafeAssign
  » Download Bb 9.1 SafeAssign Instructor Guide (PDF)
  » Download Bb 9.1 SafeAssign Student Guide (PDF)
  » Download SafeAssign Paper Reprocessing Guide (PDF)

TurningPoint 2008 (student response system)
» Download TurningPoint Instructor Guide (PDF)
» Download TurningPoint Student Guide (PDF)

Guides from Blackboard

Blackboard Learn 9.1 User Guides
The Blackboard User Guides are provided for Vanderbilt facutly and students to use as a quick reference.Vanderbilt does not have all the features described in the Guides. If you need more help, please contact your local support provider.

» View Bb 9.1 Instructor Guide (link)
» View Bb 9.1 Student Guide (link)

May Outage Scheduled to include Maintenance and Upgrade

05.01.13 OAK will be down Sunday, May 12 and Monday, May 13 (available again by 8AM Tuesday, May 14) for routine maintenance and a software upgrade. The upgrade from Blackboard 9.1 Service Pack 8 to Blackboard 9.1 Service Pack 11 will consist of several new features and bug fixes, including copy/paste from Word, a new interactive Calendar tool, and the ability to provide targeted information (view full details).

To familiarize you with the new features, Blackboard created several short videos:
» Global Navigation
» New Calendar
» New Content Editor
» Assessment Item Analysis
» Discussion Boards

We understand OAK is an important tool for you and are working diligently to reduce the downtime. Please visit the main OAK website for OAK availability updates.

We appreciate your patience and apologize for the inconvenience. -- OAK Support

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