CampusEAI Consortium Announces Availablity of New Blackboard Dashboard Portlet for myCampus

March 30, 2010 - PRLog -- Contact:
Hollie Rybak
Marketing and Communications Specialist
CampusEAI Consortium
hollie_rybak@campuseai.org

For Immediate Release



CAMPUSEAI CONSORTIUM ANNOUNCES AVAILABLITY OF NEW
BLACKBOARD  DASHBOARD PORTLET FOR MYCAMPUS INSTITUTIONS  

Colorado Mountain College Beta Launches New Portlet


CLEVELAND - March 29, 2010 - CampusEAI Consortium, today announced the upcoming availability of a new Blackboard  Dashboard Portlet for myCampus.

The new Blackboard  Dashboard Portlet for myCampus includes:
•   Display feature for Blackboard  courses
•   Display feature for Blackboard  course announcements

The new Blackboard  Dashboard Portlet has been successfully deployed at Colorado Mountain College for beta testing and will be available in the myCampus 6.4.1 release for all myCampus members.

"We anticipate that providing our students and instructors with quick and easy access to their Blackboard  courses will be one of the more compelling reasons for them to routinely use the MyCMC Portal, said Scott Cowdrey, Chief Information Officer for Colorado Mountain College. "We are very excited about having this feature available."

"The Blackboard  Dashboard Portlet for myCampus,will provide an even more efficient way for students and faculty to view important course information," said Anjli Jain, Executive Director of the CampusEAI Consortium. "Thanks to Colorado Mountain College’s initiative and willingness to collaborate with our development team, the Blackboard  Dashboard Portlet for myCampus will be available to all members of the CampusEAI Consortium Community. The release of the Blackboard  Dashboard Portlet for myCampus further demonstrates our commitment to the collaborative development model our Community was founded on and the cost-savings each member benefits from when we work together and prevent each member campus from reinventing the wheel."

For more information on the CampusEAI Consortium or the Blackboard  Dashboard Portlet, contact Anjli Jain at anjli_jain@campuseai.org to schedule an executive one-on-one session.


About CampusEAI Consortium

CampusEAI Consortium is a global not-for-profit information technology services and consulting provider focused on helping its members implement enterprise IT solutions cost-effectively and timely. More than 260 members belong to the CampusEAI Consortium, including Albany State University, Curry College, Southwestern Community College, Waynesburg University, Georgian College and The Australian National University. For more information, visit www.campuseai.org.


About myCampus

myCampus, the most widely deployed campus portal and web content management solution in higher education, provides prospective students, students, faculty and staff, and alumni with single sign-on access to their academic and social information. For more information on myCampus, visit
http://www.campuseai.org/Products/campus_portal_overview....



1 CampusEAI is not a partner, affiliate nor does an agency relationship exist between Blackboard  and CampusEAI. CampusEAI does not develop market or distribute Blackboard  solutions or services. Blackboard  does not endorse the products or services of CampusEAI. CampusEAI does not endorse the products or services of Blackboard .

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CampusEAI Consortium creates myCampus, a Web 2.0 SaaS Campus Portal, Web Content Management, Alumni Portal, and Prospective Student Portal solution. myCampus is used by over 250 K-12 and higher education institutions worldwide.