1. Ozgur Balsoy, ozgur@csit.fsu.edu
BlackBoard 5
A Definitive e-Learning
Software Platform
Ozgur Balsoy,
Florida State University
Department of Computer Science and
CSIT (School of Computational Science and Information Technology)
400 Dirac Science Library
Tallahassee
Florida
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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
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3. Three Levels Three levels of licensing Level 1: Course Manager
Level 2: Course & Portal Manager
Level 3: Advanced Course & Portal Manager
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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
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5. L2: Course & Portal Manager
Enterprise database support
Customizable portal modules and information services
Web-based system
Community management
Institutional services management
Extended customization for institutional branding
Institution-wide content sharing and management
Course e-commerce management
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6. 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
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7. Course creation process
Course Manager
Course creation process
identification
style
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8. Course creation process
Course Manager
Course creation process
Course audience
& subject
Enrollment
deadlines
Course
duration
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9. Course creation process
Course Manager
Course creation process
Instructor
information
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10. Course content access tools Shared by all type of users
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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.
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13. 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 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.
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14. Assessment tools help to create quizzes or surveys, and
they can be graded on the fly.
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15. 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.
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