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BlackBoard 5 A Definitive e-Learning Software Platform blackboard

BlackBoard 5 A Definitive e-Learning Software Platform http://www.blackboard.com Ozgur Balsoy, ozgur@csit.fsu.edu Florida State University Department of Computer Science and CSIT (School of Computational Science and Information Technology) 400 Dirac Science Library Tallahassee

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BlackBoard 5 A Definitive e-Learning Software Platform blackboard

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  1. BlackBoard 5 A Definitive e-Learning Software Platform http://www.blackboard.com Ozgur Balsoy,ozgur@csit.fsu.edu Florida State University Department of Computer Science and CSIT (School of Computational Science and Information Technology) 400 Dirac Science Library Tallahassee Florida 32306-4120

  2. BlackBoard • a course management system, • customizable institution-wide portals, • online campus communities, and • an advanced architecture allowing easy integration of multiple administrative systems. • In major use at Florida State University • Largely asynchronous tools with nice looking pages with weak authoring model • Stress use of database backend • See White paper at http://www.blackboard.com

  3. Three Levels Three levels of licensing • Level 1: Course Manager • Level 2: Course & Portal Manager • Level 3: Advanced Course & Portal Manager

  4. L1: Course Manager • Personal information management tools • Course content management tools • Course communication and collaboration tools • Assessment tools • Academic Web resources • Course management tools • System management tools

  5. L2: Course & Portal Manager • Enterprise database support • Customizable portal modules and information services • Web-based e-mail system • Community management • Institutional services management • Extended customization for institutional branding • Institution-wide content sharing and management • Course e-commerce management

  6. L3: Advanced Course & Portal ManagerCustom Interfaces to other enterprise tools • External XML User Information API • Event-driven (real-time) user management API • End user authentication (security) API

  7. Course Manager Course creation process identification style

  8. Course Manager Course creation process Course audience & subject Enrollment deadlines Course duration

  9. Course Manager Course creation process Instructor information

  10. Course content access tools Shared by all type of users

  11. Third-party Virtual Classroom software Communication Center provides tools for collaboration such as a discussion board, shared group pages area, and Virtual Chat. Virtual Chat is an external program which runs locally and provides a chat utility, a whiteboard with slide show abilities, and Q&A history area.

  12. Control Panel is accessible to instructors only. It is the heart of the Course Manager. • Page Editors are the tools for adding and managing all the course content s.t. course information, announcements assignments. • Under Assessment lies quiz generator, assessment tools, and course statistics. • Through Communication Center instructors open new discussions or send email to all or individuals. • In Site Management, users’ site abilities are turned on and off. • Assistance provides information to instructors to access outside information such as BlackBoard manuals and contact persons. • In Services Features, course setup information such enrollment options can be altered.

  13. Assessment tools help to create quizzes or surveys, and they can be graded on the fly.

  14. Using the Resources button, users can access Web resources which is basically an information portal. Here, search tools, headlines, external links to many related areas are presented. Instructors are allowed to customize this page.

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