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Author:		Raymond Yee
Posted:		2/26/2003; 3:25:42 PM
Topic:		David reports in from the Blackboard conference
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David reports in from the Blackboard conference #

David Carter-Tod writes:

Just a quick note (because none of the cybercafe computers have chairs and my feet are killing me), but the conference is going quite well. Many sessions have been overcrowded and people weren't able to get in. That was quite upsetting, but they've reconfigured some rooms today and it's improved (although not perfect). Free food (and drink!) is good, although trying to feed 1500 people in 30 minutes with a buffet is optimistic.

Thanks for the report -- it's great to hear what's happening in the practical world of learning management systems, specifically Blackboard. Of techie interest to me is David's comment on SOAP support in Blackboard:

As I think about it, exposing the SOAP interfaces is almost more productive because you won't need permission and licenses to do interesting things and experiment with what you can do (although, I do recall that you need a digital certificate). They're already demo-ing MS Excel connecting directly to the Blackboard gradebook using SOAP - almost an archetypical application.

David, I hope that you get to enjoy some of the food and get some more sleep!

Posted by Raymond Yee on 2/26/03; 3:27:16 PM
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