Education by phone

Just noticed that Stanford has an iPhone app (iStanford) and that MIT has a Web site formatted for mobile devices. Students can search for classes, add and drop, and more. Smartphones double as reading devices and some can even access Blackboard.

While I suspect the iPhone won't replace the traditional classroom, it's worth thinking about as an "access extender." but is even that kind of thinking too narrow?

(BTW, this post was Sent from an iPhone.)

[Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]

When Do Students Have Access To Your Blackboard Course?

Here's some helpful information from Chris, our Blackboard admin.:

Some instructors prefer that students do not have access to Blackboard immediately at the beginning of the semester.

By default, students will have access to your course at 8am January 22, the first day of the semester.

(Late-starting courses are released accordingly.)

It is your responsibility to restrict access to your courses if you choose.

If you would prefer to restrict student access to your course until a later time, please follow the instructions below.

- in Build, click Manage Course

- click Settings

- click Learning Context

- change the option for Course Availability for Students to "Never Available"

When you are ready to reveal the course to students, repeat this process and choose: "Not available before section begins/after section ends"