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Capability Set - Bullets

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Common Content Problems

Content Mayhem– File management and storage confusion

Content Multiplication– Editing déjà vu - same document in multiple locations

– Email clogging and version soup

Content Isolation– Great content that no one can find, easily share

– Limited tools to record and display achievement

Content Vulnerability– Library Reserve Readings distributed without adequate copyright

controls

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COLLECTION SHARING DISCOVERY ADMINISTRATION

Content & File Mgmt

Versioning

Disk & Bandwidth Mgmt

Collaborative File Storage

e-Portfolios

Workflow

Learning Objects Catalog

e-Reserves

Enterprise Scalability

Multi-Language Support

System Integration

Standards

Building Blocks

Bb Content System Capability Set by : Category

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Bb Content System Capability Set by : Benefit

ANYTIME ANYWHERE ACCESS

INSTRUCTOR EFFICIENCY

ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY CONTENT

STUDENT CENTERED LEARNING

Enterprise Scalability

Multi-Language Support

Standards

Building Blocks

Versioning

Workflow

Disk & Bandwidth Mgmt

System Integration

Content & File Mgmt

Collaborative File Storage

Learning Objects Catalog

e-Reserves

e-Portfolios

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Collection

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Content and File Management

Single point of editingCreate many links to

one fileEdit files one time to

change everywhereShare files and

folders with other users or members of groups

Share “passes” to files with people outside of system

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Versioning

Track changes to documents

Roll back to earlier versions

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Disk Space and Bandwidth Management

Grant space and quota by Institution Role or User

Monitor system usageGuard against system

abuses

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Sharing

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Collaborative Web-enabled File Storage

Shared workspaces for content development:

– Course content– Learning objects– Departmental

resources– General

DocumentsWebDAV supportShare files and folders

with other – Users – Groups– Members of

courses– Institution roles

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e-Portfolios

Create a record of achievement

Create a websiteShare with users

and coursesSend to users

outside Blackboard

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Workflow

Send files for approvalReview content to

ensure quality Route files to other

users and allow the sender to track the progress on completion

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Discovery

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Learning Object Catalog

Search high-qualitycontent

Browse by categoryKeyword searchesFind targeted content

with metadata tagsFull-text search

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e-Reserves

Seamlessly integrate library materials into course environment

Librarians manage digital copyright requirements

Control content to enforce copyright policies

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Administration

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Enterprise Scalability

Proven ability to scale to hundreds of thousands of active users

Supports additional application servers to allow the implementation to grow with adoption

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Multi-Language Support

Enables institutions to run multiple languages on the same system

Supports foreign language courses and students

Supports most European Languages as well as multi-byte character sets such as Japanese and Chinese

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System Integration

Integrates with:– Student information

systems– Authentication

systems– Back-office systems

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Standards

System interoperability (IMS, SIF, OKI, etc.)

Content specifications (IMS, SCORM, NLN, etc.)

Privacy (FERPA) Accessibility (Section

508) Metadata (IMS, Dublin

Core, etc.)

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Building Blocks (Open APIs)

Free software development kit (SDK)

Documented application programming interfaces (APIs)

Create new functionality or integrate external systems with Blackboard products