{"id":1558,"date":"2012-09-07T16:02:41","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T16:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/?p=1558"},"modified":"2012-09-07T16:02:41","modified_gmt":"2012-09-07T16:02:41","slug":"digital-practitioner-series-whats-new-with-service-pack-8%e2%80%b2-session-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/2012\/09\/07\/digital-practitioner-series-whats-new-with-service-pack-8%e2%80%b2-session-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Digital Practitioner Series \u2013 What\u2019s New With Service Pack 8\u2032 \u2013 Session Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For those who couldn\u2019t make it to <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/2012\/09\/04\/digital-practitioner-series-whats-new-with-service-pack-8-thursday-6th-september-2012\/\" target=\"_blank\">this week\u2019s session<\/a> on Blackboard&#8217;s recent Service Pack 8 update, I thought it would be worth making <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1XXL2cfQpWxNNki6UwqqZts1dacsIpwhlu-ovEscLJ60\/edit#\" target=\"_blank\">the session notes<\/a> available.<\/p>\n<p>The notes take you through ten changes to Blackboard, including the new Text Editor, new Course Themes and Structures, as well as changes to the Tests tool.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2011\/06\/Peter_Beaumont2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-241\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2011\/06\/Peter_Beaumont2.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of the author\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peter Beaumont<br \/>\nLearning Technologist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those who couldn\u2019t make it to this week\u2019s session on Blackboard&#8217;s recent Service Pack 8 update, I thought it would be worth making the session notes available. 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