Blackboard DevCon 2011 – Blackboard Keynote

Some random notes from the Blackboard keynote at DevCon 2011:

• New Edugarage launched: http://www.edugarage.com/
• Demo of PeopleSoft (SAIP) to Blackboard event-driven integration using IMS LIS – pretty slick!
• Eclipse plugin available for Building Blocks developers – looks pretty handy.
• Grade Center Due Dates Building Block from IDLA to update due dates.
• Tweaks Building Block to customize presentation and structure of course.
• BbStats Building Block to monitor application performance, includes mobile apps.
• Announcement of an upcoming admin console to monitor JVM, database, system, etc. Registration for limited field trial.