Day 2: Meetings

Today we met with two people from Blackboard F2F (Face to Face). They were really in town to have a meeting with another university, but it was great that they took the time to come by and have a visit. They were genuinely interested in our plan, asked us good questions and also asked us about our experience at Blackboard World. All in all it was a great meeting and I am feeling pretty good.

In the afternoon, I met with two people who work in Continuing Studies. We talked about their timeline and they asked that their August courses be left on the old server. I believe this is a fair enough request since they start August 14th. I also showed them the basic interface of the new system. They didn't react in a negative manner. I believe all will be fine.

Day 1: Life Changes and We Move Forward: Welcome to Technology!

Yesterday was my first day back from Blackboard World 2010 and learning about what it really means to upgrade to Blackboard Learn 9.1 Enterprise from 8 Basic.
What I learned:

• It is not as scary as it seems.
• It will be a lot of work.
• People will not like change.
• People will like new functions.
• I am not alone on an island.

With that, my supervisor and I sat down and did a debrief about the conference. We are feeling good. We have been making our plans to move forward.

The PLAN: Blackboard Learn 9.1 Enterprise-Fall 2010!
Let the games begin!