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Doug Myrback - Strategic Account Executive - Florida Karen Owens – Solutions Engineer

WHAT’S NEW IN RELEASE 9.1

Beta Client Quotes

Kentucky Community and Technical College System

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Being a part of the Blackboard Beta program has been a great experience. Being able to suggest improvements directly to Blackboard before the release is finished has shown that they do work to incorporate as much as possible into newer releases.” Paige Brooks-Jeffiers, KCTCS

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Blackboard Learn, Release 9.1 brings about many changes and features that our constituents have been asking about for quite some time. The integration to the Content System and use of Course Files will make our system much more intuitive, as will the entire new drag and drop interface.” Ira Strauss, Senior

Systems Analyst, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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WHAT’S NEW IN RELEASE 9.1

Addressing Four Challenges

 Fostering Student Engagement  Supporting Educator Efficiency  Delivering Open and Extensible Learning  Connecting Student Instruction with Institutional Improvement

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WHAT’S NEW IN RELEASE 9.1

Fostering Student Engagement

 Exciting new social learning and course tools that foster active learning opportunities  Keeping students connected to their educational experience 24 hours a day  Promote Active Collaboration  Integrate Visually Engaging Content  Provide Intuitive Online Structure  Keep Students Connected  Increase Accessibility

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FOSTERING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

Keep Students Connected

 Blackboard Connect Notifications provide students the alerts and notifications they need to better manage academic priorities and course deadlines

WHAT’S NEW IN RELEASE 9.1

Supporting Educator Efficiency

 Save educators and organizational leaders time and effort so they can focus on student achievement and retention  Manage Content at the Course Level  Grade in Context with More Options  Customize Your Grading View  Save Grading Preferences  Create Assessment in Less Time  Provide Intuitive Online Structure  Empower Your Educators to Communicate  Ease Management of Learning Content  Enable Flexible Course Roles

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WHAT’S NEW IN RELEASE 9.1

Delivering Open and Extensible Learning

 Free access to partner technologies, expanded content partnerships and hundreds of Building Block™ extensions

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DELIVERING OPEN & EXTENSIBLE LEARNING

Integrate Tools Created by Others

 Expanded Web Services Tools  Register and manage connections to your

Blackboard Learn

™ implementation  Read and write data securely between systems  Access grades  Create custom assignment  Build dynamic course materials

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