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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To Engineering Faculty,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;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 <a href="http://eerc.egr.uh.edu/" title="http://eerc.egr.uh.edu/"><b>http://eerc.egr.uh.edu</b></a>. Click on the <b><u><span style='color:red'>Fall 2012 Blackboard Learn Course Request Form</span></u></b> link in the center of the page. 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><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The new Blackboard Learn course creation process takes a minimum of 2-3 days if all goes as expected. To guarantee that your BbLearn coursesite will be available and that your enrolled students will have access on the 1<sup>st</sup> day of classes, your request must be received by <b>Monday, August 13, 2012</b>. Requests received after that date will be processed as quickly as possible, but are not guaranteed to ready by the 1<sup>st</sup> day of classes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This week is<b> Blackboard Learn Training Week 4</b> for Engineering faculty and TAs. Click <a href="http://eerc.egr.uh.edu/Training%20Schedule.html">here</a> to view the complete schedule.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If you have any questions regarding Blackboard Learn, please do not hesitate to contact me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;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'><img border=0 width=200 height=34 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01CD7001.46AB44C0"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>