Thank you to those that attended Let’s talk about txt! 9th May.
This one day event dedicated to sharing ideas and expertise in using sms technology to enhance communication was a great success!
Sorry if you weren’t able to make it this time, you can still view the presentations delivered on the day by viewing this page http://connect.blackboard.com/LTAT9thMay2013.
This one day event is designed to give you the opportunity to see how organisations are using sms technology to dramatically improve the way they are communicating with their Communities. Learn from your peers ways to enhance your mobile and communication strategies within Education, Local Government and Healthcare. All organisations are welcome.
Speakers now confirmed.
You can expect 1 keynote, 4+ break out sessions to choose from and 3 further presentations sharing tried and tested best practice examples of great communication for engagement, participation and retention within your Community.
This event is free to attend. As spaces are limited it will be first come first served. To register your place click here http://connect.blackboard.com/LTATMay2013.
If you are interested in contributing to the event by presenting your ideas / case study examples of using text messaging within your organisation please email michelle.craig@blackboard.com.
If so please request a recording by emailing askus@blackboard.com with your name, institution and job title.
This is what you missed:
Webinar: Thursday 21st March 2013, 3pm – 3.30pm (GMT)
Connect with your learners via sms with Connect for Moodle and the New Connect for Moodle+ plugin!
Moodletxt (soon to be Connect for Moodle) allows teachers and administrators to send text messages to their students directly from within the Moodle system. The module supports both inbound and outbound messaging, text message status updates, user-personalised messages, message templates and signatures, personal addressbooks, and has full compatibility with user timezones. As of version 3, it also supports event-based messaging via the moodletxt+ message processor.
97 percent of students prefer text over other forms of communication, so it is vital to build SMS into your plan for teaching and learning. When lecturers can text, they can improve course communication and student engagement – key factors in the National Student Survey. The new building block is available for all Moodle institutions that have a ConnectTxt license.
Join us at Blackboard Teaching and Learning Conference, Europe 2013, 8-10 April, Birmingham, UK.
Agenda includes Connect speakers, registration now open! http://www.blackboard.com/Teaching-and-Learning-Conference/Home.aspx
Have you already registered for the next ‘Lets talk about txt!’ event on Wednesday 12th December, at the University of Westminster, London?
Join us for this one day event which will give you an insight into how organisations can use SMS technology to improve the way that they communicate with their students, staff, customers, clients and community.
Our guest speakers will share how they use SMS in a wide variety of contexts with presentations including:
Still not enough content? Then join us for:
Registration
Places are limited. We kindly ask that you let us know if you will be able to attend ASAP.
To register and for more information http://connect.blackboard.com/LTAT
Participation is complimentary. Refreshments and a buffet lunch will be served throughout the day. Travel and accommodation are not included.
Kind regards,
The Blackboard Connect Team
Title: Recruiting Students – Using SMS as an Integral Component of a Marketing Communications Strategy
Presenter: Dave Cooper, Director of Marketing, Solihull College
Moderator: Travis Sowders, Director of Product Marketing – Blackboard Connect
Date: Wednesday October 3rd, 2012
Time: 2:00pm – 2:30pm (BST) / 3:00pm – 3:30pm (CET)
Technical Info: Audio will be over VOIP
Overview
Attracting and recruiting students is a big challenge. Ensuring courses are filled is now just a part of the task. It’s also about ensuring you connect with your institution’s core audience, and attract as many of the best of them as possible.
Solihull College recognised that it was in a competitive situation and required a marketing strategy to attract students to its 5 key study areas. Research conducted by the College revealed that students increasingly go online to select a college, and an integrated marketing strategy which included SMS was critical to promote the college and their courses.
Join Dave Cooper, Marketing Director at Solihull College to find out how the college is delivering innovative multi-channel campaigns which use SMS as key drivers to drive enquiries and enrolments. By turning to communication channels such as SMS to target students, not only were responses rates higher – up to 50% – it also saved costs of up to £2000 in just one single enrolment period.
MAKE A CONNECTION AND GET 2000 FREE TEXT MESSAGES
As you know, SMS is great at making direct connections. Could you connect us with someone who might appreciate the Blackboard ConnectTxt service as much as you do?
As a thank you for making the connection, we’ll give you 250 free text messages following a meeting with them. If your connection later joins us as a Blackboard ConnectTxt™ or Blackboard Connect™ client, we’ll credit your account with 2000 free messages.
All you need to do is click here and give us a few details about yourself and the colleague you think could use the connection.
If you have any questions, please click here or contact us at AskUs@blackboard.com.
Our 10th event will be held on Thursday 5th July, 10am – 4pm at Solihull College.
This one day event will give you an insight into how organisations are using SMS technology to dramatically improve the way they communicate with their students, staff, customers and clients. To register, click here!
Guest speakers include:
Dave Cooper, Director of Marketing, Solihull College
Antony Ward, University of Hull
Matt Smith, Coleg Gwent
Anita Patel, University of Wolverhampton
This event is free to attend; lunch and refreshments will be provided. The venue is ideally situated in the heart of the West Midlands, easily accessible by road, rail or air and is a short walk away from Solihull train station, and with direct trains from London Marylebone.
To register, click here!
We hope that you will be able to join us.
On Monday 26th March, the tech team released a new version of the site, bringing QR code support for Inbox Rules and Contacts. For more info on how to use these, please contact the support team.
The txttools team in Leeds are proud to announce a significant transition. Since we joined Blackboard over a year ago, we’ve made significant progress to bring our organisations and our product lines closer, and we believe it’s time that our name reflects that progress. Therefore, starting today, our business will be known as Blackboard Connect™ and our two-way messaging service will be called Blackboard ConnectTxt™.
Whilst our name is changing, nothing changes about the service you’ve come to expect. Blackboard ConnectTxt has the same powerful two-way, feature rich messaging technology. The same support team is here to assist you. The same development team is working to deliver more power, features and functionality. We will continue to invest in ConnectTxt’s two-way messaging technology to keep you ahead of the latest communications trends.
Nothing changes about the way we serve you, but our deeper integration within the Blackboard family means that you’ll benefit from being part of the worldwide community of Blackboard users. It gives us an even greater ability to invest in new messaging technologies for you. It also brings with it a companion solution that can help turbo-charge your communications programmes: Blackboard Connect 5, the leading enterprise-level, multi-modal, multi-lingual mass notification service that is used around the world by education, government and private sector institutions.
This week, you’ll begin to see some changes to our website that reflect our new identity. Whilst our new home page has an updated look and feel, it retains all of the same functionality of the previous site. You still log in the same way; you can still download the same plugins and extensions; and you can still access best practices and information allowing you to make the most of your notification investment.
The new website will have a new location: www.bbconnecttxt.com, and whilst the existing address will remain active for a long time, we encourage you to update your browser’s bookmarks.
Blackboard Connect 5 and Blackboard ConnectTxt share one goal: to help you communicate with your audience quickly and easily, on the devices that they use and value most. It’s all about helping you Connect with confidence™.
If you have any questions about what this change means for you, please reach out to your support team at +44 (0) 113 234 2111 or txttoolssupport@blackboard.com today.
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