The Educause Learning Initiative has released its new 2010 Horizon Report, detailing trends to look for in the integration of technology into teaching at colleges and universities. This year, you can read their projections on mobile technology, open content, electronic books, and augmented reality, as well as other topics.

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At the beginning of the term, all Blackboard courses are marked as "unavailable" so that course masters and lecturers can finalize content before students are allowed to access it.

Once you have are ready for students to access the Blackboard site, simply do the following:

1. From your Blackboard course site, click "Control Panel."
2. From the Control Panel, look for an option in the lower left-hand corner called "Settings" and click that.
3. From inside the Setting menu, click "Course Availability."
4. Select "Yes" and click "Submit."

That's it! Your course is available.

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ReadWriteWeb reports that Google Docs is now extending user storage and can be backed up with third-party tools:

• Google Docs: Now for Storage as much as Collaboration - ReadWriteEnterprise