{"id":676,"date":"2010-04-16T16:47:26","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T21:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=676"},"modified":"2010-04-16T16:47:26","modified_gmt":"2010-04-16T21:47:26","slug":"bb-tip-27-sandbox-courses-are-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-27-sandbox-courses-are-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Bb Tip #27: Sandbox Courses Are Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Experiment with Blackboard features and functions using your own Sandbox course.<\/p>\n<p>A Blackboard Sandbox course is a blank course where you can experiment with Blackboard functions and features without affecting your actual courses. The Sandbox Course will be your very own, and can be used as a place to experiment without affecting any real students. Each Sandbox course will be created with one make-believe student so that you can login and see things from the student\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\n<p>Blackboard Sandbox courses are available by request. To request a Sandbox course send an email message with your name, department, extension, and Xavier email address to <a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/mail\/?to=31\">Janice Florent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more information?<\/strong><br \/>\nVisit the <a title=\"Bb FAQs\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/blackboard-faq\/\" target=\"_self\">Blackboard FAQs<\/a> for additional Blackboard information<br \/>\nor <a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/mail\/?to=31\">email<\/a> or call Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experiment with Blackboard features and functions using your own Sandbox course. A Blackboard Sandbox course is a blank course where you can experiment with Blackboard functions and features without affecting your actual courses. The Sandbox Course will be your very own, and can be used as a place to experiment without affecting any real students. <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-27-sandbox-courses-are-available\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Bb Tip #27: Sandbox Courses Are Available\"<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[276],"class_list":{"0":"post-676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-blackboard","7":"tag-sandbox","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-aU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11218,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-3-orange-is-the-new-blackboard\/","url_meta":{"origin":676,"position":0},"title":"Brightspace Tip #3: Orange is the New Blackboard!","author":"Janice Florent","date":"October 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Brightspace (formerly called Desire2Learn or D2L) will replace Blackboard as our learning management system (LMS) starting spring 2018. 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