Sufferin’ A SCORM Showstopper

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Terry Patterson

Many of my Blackboard admin colleagues’ blood pressures rise when we talk about SCORM. SCORM (Shareable Content Object Reference Model) was developed by the US Secretary of Defense as part of their Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative. These standards and specifications were set in 2000 and haven’t had a major upgrade since 2010. However many institutions developed content using this standard which can be implemented with Moodle, Sakai, and Blackboard. Blackboard and SCORM have not been the greatest of bedfellows over the past few years. First Blackboard hasn’t been developing its own SCORM player during this time. Up until 2010,

A Review of the New Blackboard Community Site

Posted on August 6, 2015February 4, 2016 by Terry Patterson

During Blackboard World 2015, Blackboard made many announcements about their products, but none (in my opinion) with more impact than a new community site. I was lucky to provide a t-shirt design which Blackboard printed and gave away to anyone who signed up for the new site. During the conference, over 700 people signed up […]

Monitoring Blackboard Learn Users on a Shoestring

Posted on March 13, 2014February 4, 2016 by Terry Patterson

Note: I apologize for the delay in getting this post up. It has been a crazy time, but more on that in a later blog post. Zero. None. Null. Zip. Nada. Zilch. Wouldn’t it be nice to have that many user complaints or questions about your Blackboard Learn instance? I think that an empty inbox […]