© 2010 Blackboard Inc. All rights reserved. Blackboard Learn 9.1 Keeping Students on Track.

© 2010 Blackboard Inc. All rights reserved.

Blackboard Learn 9.1

Keeping Students on Track

Workshop Overview1

Workshop Roadmap

• Workshop Overview

• The Student Experience

• Using Adaptive Release

• Monitoring Student Progress

• Viewing Usage Statistics

This workshop contains five sections:

1 Workshop Overview

Student Experience2

Learning Outcomes

• Mark course content as reviewed

• Experience customized content release from the student perspective

2 Student Experience

Marking Items as Reviewed


How Content is Released


Hands-on Activity

• Use the Student Course to complete the hands-on activity at the end of the Student Experience section.


Best Practice: Explain Content Release

Inform students content may be released:

• On a default release date• According to student progress through content• To specific students or groups of students• According to student grades or test attempts


Using Adaptive Release3

Learning Outcomes

• Explain the rules and name the four types of criteria that can be used for Adaptive Release

• Set a Basic Adaptive Release rule

• Explain the difference between Basic and Advanced Adaptive Release rules

• Set an Advanced Adaptive Release rule with multiple requirements for release

3 Using Adaptive Release

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Learning Outcomes

• Set multiple advanced rules to create options for release

• Perform some basic troubleshooting to find out why items are not visible

• Edit and copy rules

• Rename and delete rules


About Rules and Criteria

To apply Adaptive Release to a content item, create a rule that contains release criteria.

There are four types of criteria:

1. Date

2. Membership

3. Grade

4. Review Status


Basic Adaptive Release


Setting a Basic Adaptive Release Rule


Limit Availability by Date


interactive calendar

click calendar icon

Limit Availability by Individual Users


Limit Availability by Membership for Groups


Using a Grade for an Adaptive Release Rule


Select the grade for an assignment or test that must be reached before another content item is released.

Limit Availability by Grade


drop-down list

To Apply Review Status to a Content Item


pop-up Course Map

Examples: Basic Adaptive Release


The following slides provide ideas of when to use Basic Adaptive Release.

Example: Specific Date


Example: Specific Date and Certain Grade


Example: Different Content to a Group


Example: Content to Specific Students


Example: Student Progress Through Content


Hands-on Activity

• Use your Practice Course to complete the hands-on activity in the Using Adaptive Release section.


Best Practice: Approaches for Use

Adaptive Release can provide structure:

• Apply Review Status criteria as the student

progresses• Apply Date criteria as the term progresses• Apply Grade criteria for remedial purposes


About Advanced Adaptive Release


With Advanced Adaptive Release, add:

• Multiple instances of the same type of criteria• Multiple rules

When multiple rules are added, only one rule must besatisfied.

Creating an Advanced Rule


An advanced rulecan contain multiplecriteria of the same type



view of a Content Area

Creating Multiple Rules


You can addan unlimited number of rules

Creating Multiple Rules


Examples: Advanced Adaptive Release


The following slides provide ideas of when to use Advanced Adaptive Release.

Example: Multiple Grade Criteria


Example: Review Multiple Content Items


Example: Multiple Rules for One Content Item


Example: Use Two Dates or Date Ranges


Hands-on Activity

• Use your Practice Course to complete the hands-on activity in the Using Adaptive Release section.


Editing Rule Criteria and Rule Names


Copying and Deleting Rules


Hands-on Activity

• Use your Practice Course to complete the hands-on activity at the end of the Using Adaptive Release section.


Monitoring Student Progress4

Learning Outcomes

• Enable the Review Status tool to track student review of an item

• Monitor the release and Review Status of content items

• Monitor each student’s overall performance with the Performance Dashboard

4 Monitoring Student Progress

Enabling Review Status for an Item


Monitoring Release and Review Status


Monitoring Student Performance


Performance Dashboard Page


Early Warning System Column


Hands-on Activity

• Use your Practice Course to complete the hands-on activity at the end of the Monitoring Student Progress section.


Viewing Usage Statistics5

Learning Outcomes

• Explain the types of course statistics reports and when to use them

• Run the Overall Summary of User Activity report

• Explain uses for each section of the Overall Summary of User Activity report

• Enable tracking by content item

• Run content item usage reports

• Print and save statistics

5 Viewing Usage Statistics

About Course Usage Reports

Four types of reports are available:

• User Activity in Content Areas• User Activity in Forums• User Activity in Groups• Overall Summary of User Activity


Overall Summary of User Activity Report


Run Reports Page


Access/Application Section


Access/Date Section


Access/Hour of Day Section


Access/Day of Week Section


Enabling Content Statistics Tracking


Running Content Usage Reports


Printing and Saving Statistics


After running a report, it can be saved in the Content Collection or on a local drive. Saved reports can be printed for distribution.

Hands-on Activity

• Use your Practice Course to complete the hands-on activity at the end of the Viewing Usage Statistics section.


Workshop Wrap Up6

Key Concepts

• Explain the four types of criteria used for Adaptive Release

• Explain the difference between Basic and Advanced Adaptive Release rules

• Set a Basic Adaptive Release rule

• Set an Advanced Adaptive Release rule with multiple requirements for release

• Set multiple advanced rules to create options for release

• Perform some basic troubleshooting to find out why items are not visible

6 Workshop Wrap Up

Key Concepts

• Edit, copy, rename, and delete rules

• Enable the Review Status tool and monitor the release and Review Status of content items

• Monitor each student’s overall performance from the Performance Dashboard

6 Workshop Wrap Up

Key Concepts

• Explain the types of course statistics reports and when to use them

• Run the Overall Summary of User Activity report and explain uses for each section of the report

• Enable tracking by content item and run content item usage reports

• Print and save statistics

6 Workshop Wrap Up

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