Blackboard 8 Testing

In order to resolve the technical issues we’ve experienced between our version of Blackboard and Internet Explorer 7 as well as provide more functionality (such as an improved grade book and a plagiarism prevention tool) we are in the planning phase for upgrading our Blackboard system. We would very much appreciate your participation and feedback, so a test server loaded with Blackboard version 8 has been configured for your use and will continue to be available until the week of May 16. Your comments and suggestions regarding the usability and capabilities of the new version will be helpful as we develop the training and implementation timeline.

To login, visit http://bbtest.morainevalley.edu and use your current (version 6.3) username for both the username and password on the test system.

This is a test environment designed to provide our Blackboard faculty an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the new version prior to its implementation in the fall. Hard drive (storage) capacity is minimal and data backups will not be performed, so we are limited to copying one (1) of your courses from our current environment or create a new one, which ever you wish. Please contact Sandi Racich (racich@morainevalley.edu) to create or copy your course. Courses created or copied to the test system are for evaluation purposes and will not be copied to the new system.