Today

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Todays Agenda

• 10-10.35 Blackboard Delivering Success for ALL
  through e-Learning. Cathy Ellis Guildford College
• 10.40-11.20 Blackboard Corporate Update. Carl
  OKeefe Blackboard
• 11.25-12.05 Changing the Organisations Culture.
  Harry McCarry BIFHE
• 12.10-12.35 Standards and NLN Content Playing
  Capabilities within Bb. Jerry Dowds Blackboard
• 12.40-12.50 JISC RSC Update. Ann Thunhurst JISC
  RSC
• 12.50-13.30 Lunch
• 13.30-14.15 Breakout Sessions.
• 14.15-14.30 Coffee
• 14.30-15.10 Blackboard Beyond the Installation.
  George Wraith New College Durham
• 15.15 16.00 Blackboard for the Deaf. John Webber
  Sussex Downs
• 16,00 16.30 Closing Discussion.

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Blackboards e-Learning Solution
The Bb Learning Suite Corporate Update
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Introductions

• December 2003.
• Carl OKeefe
• David King
• Jerry Dowds
• And..Paul Grist

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Some Gartner Predictions for Higher/Further
Education...

• By 2005 Academic technology will supplant ERP eg
  SIS.
• 80 of U.S. and European universities/colleges
  will offer global e-learning by 2004.
• Naming a single, standardized product is now the
  predominant practice......UCISA VLE Survey 2003.
• 50 of education e-Learning infrastructure
  spending will be directed toward best-of-breed
  pedagogical and content management tools.
• Yet 30 of all education institutions will have
  to contend with a mission-critical vendor either
  failing or changing due to a merger or
  acquisition

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Our Agenda for Today

• The Financials and Client Base
• The Challenge and the Bb Response Prod Dev and
  Bb Investment
• The Blackboard Learning Suite
• Building Blocks Technology
• UK Community and Eco System
• Q and A

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Proven, Mature Enterprise Solution
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Blackboard Portal System
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Building Blocks SDK Downloads
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Financial Update
Revenue Growth
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Financial Update
Profitable
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The Challenge

• Law of 3s
• Breadth
• Depth
• Sophistication
• Category is still immature
• Education is boundless
• Time to go beyond Plus One releases

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Recognition

• Mission Critical Systems
• Minimize Risk in Clients Operations

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The Direction

• Fundamental Changes
• Increased Investment
• Support
• Product Development
• Changes in Leadership
• Support
• Accountability Communication
• TSM model

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The Direction

• Separate maintenance, application and platform
  development
• Rapidly innovate feature set through Building
  Blocks on rolling basis
• Package and release full system versions on
  historical cycles
• Level peaks and valleys on QA and support
• Allow clients to upgrade as you see fit

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Product Development
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Key Development Themes

• Boundless Learning (i.e. offline synch, wireless,
  Web services, Shibboleth)
• Personalized Learning (student tools, adaptive
  personalization, multi-language support,
  portfolios)
• Integrated Learning (learning content management,
  interoperable learning objects, library
  integration)
• Measured Learning (by content, student, program,
  institution)

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Bb Learning System

• The Blackboard Learning System is an
  industry-leading web-based software product which
  powers rich virtual learning environments at a
  course, institution, or multi-campus level. It
  delivers curriculum, assessment, communication,
  collaboration and enterprise administration tools
  in an integrated platform designed specifically
  for the needs of education. A mission-critical
  application, the Blackboard Learning System
  powers many of the largest e-Learning initiatives
  worldwide, combining ease of use for instructors
  and students, with a powerful architecture for
  administrators and developers.

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Features Function List
Curriculum Assessment Course Creation Wizard WYSIWYG Curriculum Development Content Management Selective Release of Content Calendar Content Integration Course Utilities Adding Content Types Learning Units Assessment and Survey Assignments Manager Gradebook Outcomes Management Collaboration Communication Whats New Notifications Announcements Calendar Meeting Scheduler Tasks Groups Discussion Forums Digital Drop Box Internal Messaging Virtual Classroom Whiteboard Collaborative Browsing Blog Tool Offline Sync Handheld and Wireless Access Full Text Search Glossary Science Toolkit Personalizable modules Content Channels Enterprise Management Enterprise Administration Internationalization Detailed Reporting eCommerce eMarketplace One Card Integration Flexible Rights and Roles Building Blocks Manager Building Block APIs .NET APIs Virtual Installations End User Authentication SIS Integration
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WYSIWYG Spell-Check
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Course Creation Wizard
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Internal Messaging
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Selective Release of Content
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Learning Objectives
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Bblog Tool
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Meeting Scheduler
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Offline Synchronization
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Full Text Search
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Course Registration with eCommerce
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Blackboard Learning System
Version 6.1
Version 5.7
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Blackboard Learning System
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A Sneak Peak
Q1 2004
Q2 2004
Q3 2004
Q4 2004
Q1 2005
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What is the Bb Content System?

• The Blackboard Content System is a single
  integrated system that enables every student and
  faculty member to have their own file space where
  users can engage in content
• collection
• sharing
• discovery
• management

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Bb Content System

• The Blackboard Content System is based on
  powerful Internet file management capabilities
  that enable faculty and staff to manage, share
  and reuse content. Institutions can use the
  Blackboard Content System to deliver critical
  student services that enable the learning process
  including easy to use tools for assembly and
  presentation of electronic portfolios and
  virtual hard drive space. The Blackboard
  Content System also provides multiple ways to
  integrate with library systems and processes
  through mechanisms such as eReserves and
  standards-based content metadata tagging.

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Understanding the Content Lifecycle

• ASSEMBLE
• PERSONALIZE
• PUBLISH
• TEMPLATES
• FEEDBACK

• CREATE
• EDIT
• AUTHOR

Create
Deliver
Microsoft Adobe Macromedia Corel
Bb Learning System Bb Portal System
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Product Framework
The Blackboard Content System enables
institutions to provide services in four key
areas
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.Net.

• What about .Net?
• Is it a suffix that comes at the end of every new
  MSFT product?

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Client Value of BbLS.NET

• SIS integration via Biz Talk (industry standard
  data integration solution).
• Scalable
• Virtual Private Communities via MS Office Live
  Collaboration Server (IM, Whiteboard, NetMeeting)
• 20,000 concurrent users per each MS Office Live
  Server
• Built to be load balanced (true server farm
  deployment)
• Built for SQL Server 2000 (only)
• Built for Windows 2003 Server (only)
• Easily integrate with other Microsoft products
• Making the end-user experience richer
• Create calendar items in Outlook and
  automatically update the Blackboard calendar

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What Can You Integrate with Blackboard LS .NET?

• MS Class Server
• MS Exchange Server 2002 or greater
• MS Media Player
• MS Office Live Collaboration Server 2003
• MS Biz Talk Server 2004
• MS Sharepoint Portal Server / MS Content Server
• MS Sharepoint Services
• WS Security
• MS SQL Server Reporting tools
• MS Active Directory

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Building Blocks- Features -

• Building Blocks allows for institutions or
  third-party vendors to easily and rapidly
  develop custom
• Content Types,
• Communication Collaboration Tools,
• Portal Modules and Channels, and
• Bridges to External Systems
• The Building Blocks Manager allows you to
• install, manage, and remove product add-ons.
• set the properties for each product add-on
• Active Developer Website Communities
• www.blackboard.com\dev\
• www.bbug.ca
• www.bb-opensource.org
• Detailed Documentation
• SDK Documentation,
• Application Framework Document,
• Extension Developer Guide,

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Building Blocks- Summary -

• Building Blocks technology currently contains
• a set of over 500 published APIs.
• freely available SDK (software developers kit)
• the Building Block Manager Application within
  existing user interface to install, manage,
  monitor, and set properties of installed
  Building Block Tools
• Building Blocks has an existing communityof
  developers who are working to innovate and
  expand the learning environment
• over 125 institutions and commercial vendors are
  members of the Bb Developers Network
• over 100 Building Blocks applications developed
  and available for download
• an annual Developers Conference
• When you modify source-code or use open source to
  extend a platform, you close off the upgrade path
  to new releases.  Building upon published APIs
  allow the core systems to be upgraded while your
  customizations and add-ons fully migrate.

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B2 Bottom Line

• Bb is Committed to Open Architecture
• Standards Based (and driver of standards)
• Enables flexibility and innovation on top of a
  widely adopted e-Education system

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Standards- Features -

• Content Reuse
• ADL SCORM allows for the re-use of packaged
  content in a format required by the US
  Government.
• IMS The primary standards group in the academic
  e-Learning space. The IMS content specification,
  metadata and design specifications allow for
  content to be used, searched and indexed across a
  wide range of learning systems.
• AICC A standard in corporate learning for the
  20 years, AICC content support ensures that users
  can choose from millions of content packages.
• Microsoft LRN Microsofts free standing SCORM
  (dont you mean LRN??) player is directly
  integrated into the Blackboard Learning System.
• Data Integration
• OKI an MIT, Stanford , and U. Michigan
  consortium working on interoperability of
  learning tools and the learning infrastructure.
  Through Building Blocks, Blackboard interoperates
  with OKI.
• UPortal Blackboard seamlessly integrates with
  this Open Source portal framework.
• SIF (School Interoperability Framework, K12)
  Blackboard is working to provide support for the
  SIF. This allows for data reporting and is
  important for compliance with NCLB (No Child Left
  Behind) legislation.
• IMS Learner Information Package (LIP), IMS
  Enterprise Blackboard provides support for the
  data formats for back office interoperability and
  tracking between disparate systems (SIS, MIS,
  CRM, HRMS, etc.).
• Authentication and Authorization Integration
• Shibboleth a key Internet2 initiative that will
  allow for the seamless learning across multiple
  campuses and learning systems. Blackboard
  support this emerging standard.
• A-Select Similar to Shibboleth, A-Select is a
  country-wide authentication system in the
  Netherlands.
• Kerberos standardized integration via
  Blackboards flexible authentication APIs.
• LDAP standardized integration with LDAP
  directories.
• DCE standardized integration via Blackboards
  flexible authentication APIs.
• Usability
• Accessibility (Section 508 Compliance)
  Blackboard fully implements Section 508 and is
  committed to continued testing and verification.

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Some UK/Irish Customers

• The London Institute
• University of Reading
• University of Newcastle
• University of Durham
• University of Cambridge
• Templeton College Oxford
• Liverpool John Moores
• Middlesbrough College
• South Downs
• Thomas Danby
• Belfast Institute
• St Helens College
• Skelmersdale College

• Guildford College
• Lewisham
• Lambeth
• West Kent
• Mid Kent
• NESCOT
• City College Manchester
• City Sunderland
• North Herts College
• 170 UK customers.
• 3000 clients across the globe.
• Largest US HE.

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The Bb Community
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In Conclusion..

• Increased Support levels
• Change in Product Development
• Consistent growth of eco-system
• Company is not one of the 30......