Ozgur Balsoy, ozgur@csit.fsu.edu 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 12/27/2018

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 12/27/2018

Three Levels Three levels of licensing Level 1: Course Manager Level 2: Course & Portal Manager Level 3: Advanced Course & Portal Manager 12/27/2018

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 12/27/2018

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 12/27/2018

L3: Advanced Course & Portal Manager Custom Interfaces to other enterprise tools External XML User Information API Event-driven (real-time) user management API End user authentication (security) API 12/27/2018

Course creation process Course Manager Course creation process identification style 12/27/2018

Course creation process Course Manager Course creation process Course audience & subject Enrollment deadlines Course duration 12/27/2018

Course creation process Course Manager Course creation process Instructor information 12/27/2018

Course content access tools Shared by all type of users 12/27/2018

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. 12/27/2018

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In Site Management, users’ site abilities are turned on and off. 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. 12/27/2018

Assessment tools help to create quizzes or surveys, and they can be graded on the fly. 12/27/2018

Instructors are allowed to customize this page. 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. 12/27/2018

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