Blackboard has released an all-new version of Blackboard Learn, formerly known as the Blackboard Academic Suite. The new 9.0 release adds social learning and Web 2.0 tools, as well as capabilities for integrating the software with open source systems like Moodle and Sakai.

Blackboard Learn 9.0 focuses heavily on Web 2.0 and social and collaborative learning tools. These include a variety of enhancements to existing features, as well as some completely new capabilities, in the areas blogs, group tools, journals, notifications, and the UI itself, which has undergone a redesign and is now built on Web 2.0 technologies.

Some of the other new features in release 9.0 include:

• Facebook integration, including access to course information and alerts within Facebook;
• SafeAssign for plagiarism detection and prevention;
• New navigation capabilities, including enhanced keyboard navigation;
• "Standards based design for ease of use with assistive technologies such as screen readers"; and
• New integration capabilities for using Blackboard in conjunction with open source and home-grown learning management systems.
• Drag and drop capabilities on almost every page
• Newly redesigned control panel

Downloadable Blackboard Documents
Blackboard learning and privacy	Instructor Manual	Version 9 Known Issues
Understanding the changes in Version 9	Safe Assign Instructor Manual	Safe Assign Student Manual
Do you want to test drive the new version? Use this Username and Password: bbtestv9 and login here

Training
These are flash training modules developed on CAMTASIA
Version 9 Control Panel	Version 9 Grade Center
Version 9 User Interface	Version 9 Course Basics