Notes on Bb Conference Call - 1/29/2008

Red - Greater interest to Faculty
Blue - My additional comments

Attended:

Blue Ridge, Central, J. Sargeant Reynolds, John Tyler, Lord Fairfax, Northern, System Office, Piedmont, Southwest, Thomas Nelson, Virginia Western, Wytheville

Did not attend:

Dabney, Danville, Eastern Shore, Germanna, Mountain Empire, New River, Patrick Henry, Paul D. Camp, Rappahannock, Southside, Tidewater, Virginia Highlands

As with the notes from 1/22/2008, these notes are a bit scrawny.

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• No-copy/no-print script issues
  Please see the thread on VCCS discuss. We will put these in one spot that is accessible to faculty.

1. http://www.princeton.edu/as/bbfaq/Endtime_Counter.htm
2. http://itc.boisestate.edu/BbSupport/BbDocs/instructors/NoPrintCopy.htm
3. http://www.wcc.vccs.edu/services/blackboard/tipsTricks.html#copy

• Where is the Quick Enroll bookmarklet?http://learn.vccs.edu/bbcswebdav/users/wccartd/pub/quickEnroll.html
  
• Include some information on building blocks and order of priority
  Our first priority is 7.3 sp1, but after that we will begin to focus on building blocks. In order, these are:

1. Classtop
2. SafeAssign – free replacement for Turnitin
3. Respondus Lockdown Browser
4. LearningObjects
5. iTunes

• Some tests are not copying
  Please file a ticket
  
• SSL
  We are working with Blackboard consulting to implement SSL. We will test the impact of this before any production implementation, and run SSL in parallel to regular access before any switchover.
  
• Discussion board performance is still an issue
  SP1 will hopefully resolve some of this.
  
• Future schedule for audio-conferences
  The consensus during the call was that we could shift to an every other week schedule from now on. The next call will be on 2/12/2008.