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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To All Engineering Faculty Teaching Fall 2012 Courses:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If you would like to use <b>Blackboard Learn</b> for your Fall 2012 course(s), please submit your request through the EERC website </span><a href="http://eerc.egr.uh.edu/" title="http://eerc.egr.uh.edu/"><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://eerc.egr.uh.edu</span></b></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. Click on the <b><u><span style='color:red'>Summer/Fall 2012 Blackboard Learn Course Request Form</span></u></b> link in the center of the page.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please complete the form and click the Submit button when you’re finished. A receipt page will appear with a link to request an additional coursesite, if needed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Updated Timeline</span></u></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> The latest service pack – SP8 – is scheduled to be installed on <b>Blackboard Learn</b> on May 18<sup>th</sup>. Since SP8 has many enhancements to the format and navigation of BbLearn, your Fall coursesite(s) will be created after this installation and should be available to you the week of May 21<sup>st</sup>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Training for the new system will be offered in a number of formats – scheduled workshops, online video tutorials, step-by-step printed instructions, and Anisa and I will be available for one-on-one training in the EERC lab or your UH office. Training workshops as well as one-on-one training will also be available for TAs, and we hope you will make sure your TA attends training. While <b>Blackboard Learn</b> is very similar to Engineering’s Blackboard, the Control Panel is organized differently, and there are several new features.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Special Note</span></u></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> In the next few days, you will receive an email from </span><a href="mailto:blackboard@uh.edu"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>blackboard@uh.edu</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> – the “Blackboard Team” - about how to request a <b><i>Blackboard</i></b> <b><i><u>Vista</u></i></b> coursesite. Please be aware that <b>Blackboard Vista</b> is a completely separate system (and very different) from the <b>Blackboard Learn </b>system that Engineering will be using. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If you have questions about the migration, please do not hesitate to contact me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Debbie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>Debbie Boyer<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>Blackboard Administrator<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>Education Production Specialist<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>Engineering Education Resource Center<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><a href="mailto:dboyer@uh.edu">dboyer@uh.edu</a> 713-743-1347<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><img border=0 width=200 height=34 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01CD239B.E390E7C0"></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>