The DACC Blackboard site at dacc.blackboard.com will be upgraded to Service Pack 9 beginning on Saturday January 5th, 2013.
Some of the new features and enhancements of SP9 (which also includes SP8) are:
1. A new modern look and feel that retains the ease-of-use and placement of features
2. Quicker course-to-course navigation
3. Pre-designed course structures and themes to help with your course design
4. Enhanced grading options, including automatic re-grading of tests/quizzes
5. Support for the Common Cartridge 1.2 standard
6. Security and privacy enhancements
7. An updated Rubric feature
8. Notifications Dashboard alerts by Text Message (SMS)
