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Changes to Blackboard Associated Tools

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Multiple Blackboard-associated tools will be undergoing a change in the coming months.  They will be moving from an older "Building Block" model to a newer standards-based LTI or Learning Tools Interoperability plugin. 

Learning Tools Interoperability® (LTI®) is one of the critical interoperability standards needed to integrate multiple campus systems so that institutions can create a coherent technology ecosystem (shared environments) with products from several different vendors.

Over the coming weeks and months, your SHSU Online Admin team will be working to update multiple Blackboard-connected tools to this new standard.  Doing so will provide a more stable, cohesive set of tools to support your students’ learning experience.

Below you will find a growing list of tools that will be making the shift, how they are changing and the expected date of the shift to the LTI format.

Need assistance with the new tools?

To learn more on how to use the new tools, please connect with your SHSU Online Instructional Designer, OR, contact the 24/7 SHSU Online Support Desk for assistance.

TOOL CHANGES/IMPACT DATE OF SHIFT
Turnitin

The Turnitin Assignment building block is undergoing changes. Turnitin LLC is ending support for the tool, which is precipitating a change in how the tool works in Blackboard. As of Monday, February 21, 2022, the “old” Turnitin tool was deactivated. The new, supported version has been available since August 2021. You can still access assignments created in the old Turnitin tool, despite this change.

A Phased Approach

The switch to the new Turnitin will take place over multiple semesters.  It will be broken down into three phases:

  1. Fall 2021 – Phase 1:  Instructors can start to use the new method to create Turnitin assignments while the old method is still available.
  2. Spring 2022 – Phase 2: Instructors will only be able to create Turnitin Assignments using the new method, but older Turnitin assignments can be copied from previous semesters.
  3. Summer 2022 – Phase 3: Create Turnitin Assignments via the new method and recreate old assignments via the same method.  Turnitin assignments created with the old method cannot be copied.

 Summer 2022 
McGraw-Hill 

The publisher content tool for McGraw-Hill will be undergoing changes as it moves from LTI 1.1 to LTI 1.3.

A Phased Approach

  1. PHASE 1 - Summer 2022 (Both versions of the tool will be available. Instructors should work to start replacing content with the new tool in preparation for the shift.
  2. PHASE 2 - Fall 2022 Only version 1.3 of the tool will be available.
 Fall 2022
Pearson

The publisher content tool for Pearson will be undergoing changes as it moves from LTI 1.1 to LTI 1.3.

A Phased Approach

  1. PHASE 1 - Summer 2022 (Both versions of the tool will be available. Instructors should work to start replacing content with the new tool in preparation for the shift.)
  2. PHASE 2 - Fall 2022 Only version 1.3 of the tool will be available.
 Fall 2022
Jones and Bartlett Learning

The publisher content tool for Jones and Bartlett will be undergoing changes as it moves to the Partner Cloud.

A Phased Approach

  1. PHASE 1 - Spring 2022 (Both versions of the tool will be available. Instructors should work to start replacing content with the new tool in preparation for the shift.)
  2. PHASE 2 - SUMMER 2022 Only the Partner Cloud version of the tool will be available. 
 Summer
2022
My Business Course

The publisher content tool for My Business Course will be undergoing changes as it moves from LTI 1.1 to LTI 1.3.

A Phased Approach

  1. PHASE 1 - Summer 2022 (Both versions of the tool will be available. Instructors should work to start replacing content with the new tool in preparation for the shift.)
  2. PHASE 2 - Fall 2022 Only version 1.3 of the tool will be available.
 Fall 2022
Packback

The tool:  Packback will be undergoing changes as it moves from 1.1 to 1.3.  In order for the new tool to work, the old tool must be removed.

DEADLINE - SUMMER I 2022 Packback will be changed to the new tool between Spring and Summer 1 2022

NOTE: Existing Packback content may need to be re-added with the new integration after the upgrade.

 Summer 1 2022