SBCTC Advisory Group

Monday, November 10, 2014

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Agenda:• 2014 Meeting Schedule: goo.gl/Y882i• Training• Blackboard Collaborate • Panopto • Canvas• Quality Matters• CBE: Business Pilot

Next meeting – November 24– same time, same place

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Training:• Upcoming Intro to Canvas Sessions

– January 12 – February 1

Title HereBlackboard Collaborate

Bb is actively working to develop a fully browser-based next generation Web Conferencing solution (codename "Apollo").  The primary goals of Apollo are:

• Eliminate Collaborate's Java dependency • High quality audio, video, and application sharing  • Deliver a modern user experience, focused on education • Earlier, Blackboard announced the acquisition of Requestec, a

company that has developed award winning technology around the cutting-edge WebRTC media standard for high quality audio and video.  

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Panopto Check-in• Phase  I and II complete• Phase III should begin this week

– Phase III is copying the original Tegrity content onto hard drives and mailing it to the college.

– If you would like these files ASAP please email Mark Carbon.

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Canvas Update• Canvas Commons object repository - beta testing• Cross-college login alert

• Washington CanvasCon, March 23 – 24• Accepting presentation proposals

– Technical, Instructional, and Collaborative tracks– http://goo.gl/nd6FZk– December 12th submission deadline

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Quality Matters• Sign-ups are open

• Each college can order a box of 5th edition rubric workbooks

• See listserv emails dated 10/14/14 for workshop sign-up & workbook ordering details

• SBCTC web page has been updated to reflect the last listserv training email

• http://sbctc.edu/college/_e-elearningqualitymatters.aspx

• Free rubric update training ends 11/30/14.

– Anyone wishing to preserve their reviewer status needs to complete this training

– After 11/30 there may be a charge for completing the training which will not be covered by SBCTC

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CBE Business Pilot• 18 completely online, openly licensed courses that

constitute a business transfer degree• Students work at their own pace, completing as many

credits as they choose in a six-month term• Students are supported by qualified faculty in each

course as well as a completion coach

• For updates and information:  http://cbewa.org

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Take Aways:

November 24, 11:00 to noon on Blackboard Collaborate

information on this web site:http://waol.org/faculty_and_staff/WAOLAdvisory.aspxRecordings on WAOL Blog:http://waol.org

Please forward invitations to others on your campus who might be interested.

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