{"id":10889,"date":"2017-08-13T17:44:56","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T22:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=10889"},"modified":"2017-08-13T18:02:15","modified_gmt":"2017-08-13T23:02:15","slug":"bb-tip-184-new-mobile-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-184-new-mobile-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Bb Tip #184: New Mobile Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blackboard announced the retirement of the Bb Mobile Learn app effective August 31, 2017. The Instructor and Blackboard apps will replace Bb Mobile Learn.<\/p>\n<h4>Instructor App<\/h4>\n<p><div align=\"center\"><a title=\"Instructor app\" href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Blackboard_App\/Instructor\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Bb_Instructor_app.png?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"Instructor app icon\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/><small>Instructor App<\/small><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Instructor app was designed to be used by instructors and enables instructors to view course content and connect with their students. The app is available on iOS and Android mobile devices.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZeGhoP8l0Ec?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZeGhoP8l0Ec?rel=0&fs=0\" target=\"_blank\">Video: Introducing Blackboard Instructor<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Note: For mobile grading functionality, instructors should use the <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-154-bb-grader\/\">Bb Grader<\/a> iPad app.<\/p>\n<h4>Blackboard App<\/h4>\n<p><div align=\"center\"><a title=\"Blackboard app\" href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Blackboard_App\/Student\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Blackboard_app.png?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"Blackboard app icon\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/><small>Blackboard App<\/small><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Bb Student app was renamed and is now the Blackboard app. The Blackboard app is used by students and is designed especially for students to view content and participate in courses. The Blackboard app is available on iOS, Android, and Windows mobile devices.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VT7MRvcZvsw?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VT7MRvcZvsw?rel=0&fs=0\" target=\"_blank\">Video: Introducing the Blackboard app<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Want more information?<\/h3>\n<p>About the <a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Blackboard_App\">Instructor and Blackboard apps<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-154-bb-grader\/\">Bb Tip #154: Bb Grader<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Instructor\/Course_Content\/Mobile_Friendly_Courses\">Design mobile friendly courses<\/a><br \/>\nExplore Blackboard\u2019s <a title=\"On Demand\" href=\"http:\/\/ondemand.blackboard.com\/\">On Demand Learning Center<\/a>.<br \/>\nTry these <a title=\"Bb How-to\" href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/blackboard-documents\/\">Blackboard How-To documents<\/a>.<br \/>\nVisit the <a title=\"Bb FAQs\" href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/blackboard-faq\/\">Blackboard FAQs<\/a> for additional blackboard information<br \/>\nor <a title=\"Schedule 1-on-1\" href=\"http:\/\/jflorent.youcanbook.me\/\">schedule a one-on-one session<\/a>, <a title=\"Send email\" href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/mail\/?to=31\">email<\/a>, or<br \/>\ncall Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blackboard announced the retirement of the Bb Mobile Learn app effective August 31, 2017. The Instructor and Blackboard apps will replace Bb Mobile Learn. Instructor App Instructor App The Instructor app was designed to be used by instructors and enables instructors to view course content and connect with their students. The app is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-184-new-mobile-apps\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Bb Tip #184: New Mobile Apps\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[216],"class_list":{"0":"post-10889","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-blackboard","7":"tag-mobile-apps","8":"h-entry","9":"hentry","10":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-2PD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6170,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-133-grade-center\/","url_meta":{"origin":10889,"position":0},"title":"Bb Tip #133: Grade Center","author":"Janice Florent","date":"March 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The Grade Center is more than just a way to record students' grades. 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