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Innovative Development Award Nomination Form

Thank you for your interest in the 2012 Blackboard Catalyst Award program! You may nominate yourself, a peer or a team. Nominations may be made by Blackboard clients and Blackboard staff members. The deadline for submitting nomination is February 29, 2012. Winners will be notified in early May 2012.

If you have any questions, please contact community@blackboard.com.

This award honors those who enable educational innovations with technology in a way that directly impacts teaching and learning. The Innovative Development award recognizes those who give back to the community by sharing their expertise in technology and have made meaningful contributions to the Blackboard Developer Community. Examples that demonstrate this use case include:

Developing and sharing tech-focused tutorials, source code, code snippets, effective practices and more on Edugarage.com or at the Blackboard Developers Conference
Developing a Blackboard Building Block, WebCT PowerLink or ANGEL Nugget, or other related technology and sharing it with the Blackboard Developer Community
Encouraging collaboration and engaging community members on Edugarage.com

Measurements:

Did you deliver a tech-focused (ex: Blackboard Building Block, WebCT Powerlink, ANGEL Nugget, data base query, or other tool) tutorial, source code, code snippets, or developer effective practices?
How have you shared this resource with others to benefit the great Blackboard developer community?

	Not Evident	Promising	Accomplished	Exemplary
Did you deliver a technology-centric software package (e.g., Building Block, PowerLink), tutorial, source code, developer effective practice or similar resource?	The nominated person /project did not deliver a complete software package, tutorial, or effective practice. It was of below-average quality and was not supported by the author(s) when others had questions about it.	The nominated person /project delivered a somewhat-documented and supported software package, tutorial, or effective practice. It was of average quality and was not supported by the author(s) when others had questions about it.	The nominated person /project delivered a well-documented and supported software package, well-written tutorial, or effective practice. It was of average quality and was minimally supported by the author(s) when others had questions about it.	The nominated person /project delivered a well-documented and supported software package, well-written tutorial, or effective practice. It was of high quality and actively supported by the author(s) when others had questions about it.
How have you shared this resource to benefit the greater Blackboard developer community?	The nominated person /project was reluctant to email their resource to others as requested. The author rarely answered questions and updated the project as user feedback was received.	The nominated person /project emailed their resource to others as requested. The author sometimes answered questions and updated the project as user feedback was received.	The nominated person /project shared their software package /tutorial /effective practice as appropriate on Edugarage.com, Building Blocks Catalog, OSCELOT website, or other public repository. The author sometimes answered questions and updated the project as user feedback was received.	The nominated person /project shared their software package /tutorial /effective practice as appropriate on Edugarage.com, Building Blocks Catalog, OSCELOT website, or other public repository. The author actively answered questions and updated the project as user feedback was received.

Using the rubric found above, please evaluate your nomination based on the following measurements:

In your words, what was the nature of the accomplishment?

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Why was this achievement significant? What impact did it make?

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Were there any quantitative metrics associated with this project / program / person? If so, how was it measured and what does the data prove?

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Measurement #1:

Did you deliver a tech-focused (ex: Blackboard Building Block, WebCT Powerlink, ANGEL Nugget, data base query, or other tool) tutorial, source code, code snippets, or developer effective practices?

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Measurement #2:

How have you shared this resource with others to benefit the great Blackboard developer community?

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Is there anything else the Review Committee should know to support this nomination?

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Do you have any supporting documentation to add?

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Do you have a link to share?

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By submitting this nomination you are permitting Blackboard to share the accomplishment information with other individuals in the community. It will be noted that this information came from the person making the nomination.

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I understand the above statement

Nominee Contact Information

Please enter the contact information for the person of team you are nominating.

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If this nomination is intended for a team, please indicate the team's name and use the contact information area below for the team's leader / point of contacts.

Team Name:

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Nominee's First Name *

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Professional Title *

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Does the person / team know they are being nominated for this award?

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Yes, the nominee(s) knows
No, the nominee(s) does not know

Submitter's Contact Information

Please enter your contact information in case Blackboard has any questions about your submission. If you are nominating yourself, please enter "same as above: in each field.

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Submitter's First Name *

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