{"id":587,"date":"2014-04-23T08:20:30","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T08:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/?p=587"},"modified":"2014-04-28T07:27:34","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T07:27:34","slug":"first-look-updated-blackboard-interface-the-action-button","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/2014\/04\/23\/first-look-updated-blackboard-interface-the-action-button\/","title":{"rendered":"First look: Updated Blackboard Interface &#8211; The Action button."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When we<a title=\"Blackboard Summer Downtime 2014\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/2014\/02\/07\/blackboard-summer-downtime-2014\/\"> upgrade Blackboard this summer<\/a>, there will be a number of updates to the user interface. \u00a0Blackboard has listened to feedback from users who found the user interface too cluttered.<\/p>\n<p>The main theme of the new interface is to only see icons when you need to, rather than seeing them all the time.<\/p>\n<p>Watch this video to find out about the updated interface with a focus on the action button.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The updated BB interface: The Action Button\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4_gnNcyy_Hg?wmode=transparent&#038;fs=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Below follows more detailed explanation and screenshots.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h1>The action button<\/h1>\n<p>We click on the action button when we wish to edit or change an existing piece of content.<\/p>\n<p>In our current version of Blackboard the action button is shown beside every relevant item all the time while Edit Mode is enabled.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_589\" style=\"width: 571px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2014\/04\/2013-action.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-589\" class=\"size-full wp-image-589\" alt=\"The action button is shown beside every item while Edit Mode is enabled.\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2014\/04\/2013-action.png\" width=\"561\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2014\/04\/2013-action.png 561w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2014\/04\/2013-action-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The action button is shown beside every item while Edit Mode is enabled.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When we upgrade Blackboard instructors will find that the action button is only shown while their mouse is hovering over the item they wish to change. \u00a0This reduces on-screen clutter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_590\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2014\/04\/2014-action.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-590\" class=\"size-full wp-image-590\" alt=\"The action button is only shown when we hover over an item.\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2014\/04\/2014-action.png\" width=\"550\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2014\/04\/2014-action.png 550w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2014\/04\/2014-action-300x251.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The action button is only shown when we hover over an item.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we upgrade Blackboard this summer, there will be a number of updates to the user interface. \u00a0Blackboard has listened to feedback from users who found the user interface too cluttered. The main theme of the new interface is to only see icons when you need to, rather than seeing them all the time. 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