OAK Training

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Important Dates

May 20:
EXTENDED OUTAGE
6AM - 1PM Regularly scheduled maintenance and enhancements

June 2-3:
OAK Upgrade
Two Day outage for upgrade and enhancements

June 17:
No Maintenance Anticipated

July 15:
6AM - 10AM Regularly scheduled maintenance

August 19:
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

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)

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

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)

Regularly Scheduled Down Time EXTENDED: Sunday, May 20 6AM-1PM

05.03.12 OAK will be down Sunday, May 20 from 6AM to 1PM for maintenance. The allotted time has been extended this month to accommodate a change necessary for the growth OAK has experienced over the years. In the event that the work is completed ahead of schedule, OAK will be made available early. Please visit the main OAK website for maintenance updates, OAK availability, and regularly scheduled maintenance dates.

Note about Regularly Scheduled Maintenance:
Though we like to have our servers up 24/7, there are times when we need to take them down to perform regular maintenance. Please note that we will reserve the third Sunday morning of each month to perform these tasks. OAK may be down between the hours of 6:00 AM and 10:00 AM the THIRD Sunday of each month. If we need to be down longer (or not at all), we will provide 2-3 week notice that will be posted on the main OAK website.
Please know that there may be times that we need to take the server down immediately in emergency situations. Information about such downtime can always be found on the main OAK website.

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