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Capability Set - Bullets

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Bb Academic Suite Capability Set by : System

Capability Bb LearningSystem

Bb Community

System

Bb ContentSystem

Bb Academic

SuiteCourse Management Content Authoring Adaptive Release Syllabus Builder Learning Units Online Textbook Content (Course Cartridges) Teaching & Learning Tools Personal Information Management Discussion Board Virtual Classroom / Collaboration Tool Group Projects Assessments & Surveys Assignments Gradebook Reporting & Performance Dashboard Community Building Tools Portal Web Services Channels / Modules Role-based Information Delivery Multi-Institution Branding & Management Wireless / PDA e-Commerce e-Marketplace Content & File Management Versioning Disk Space & Bandwidth Management Collaborative Web-enabled File Storage e-Portfolios Workflow Learning Object Catalog e-Reserves Enterprise Scalability Multi-Language Support System Integration Standards Building Blocks (Open APIs)

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Bb Academic Suite Capability Set by : Bb Learning System Basic Edition to Bb Learning System to Bb Academic Suite

Capability Bb LearningSystem - Basic

Edition

Bb LearningSystem

Bb Academic Suite

Course Management Content Authoring Syllabus Builder Learning Units

Online Textbook Content (Course Cartridges) Teaching & Learning Tools Personal Information Management

Assessments & Surveys Assignments Gradebook Discussion Board Virtual Classroom / Collaboration Tool

Group Projects Standards Adaptive Release Reporting & Performance Dashboard

Enterprise Scalability Multi-Language Support System Integration Building Blocks (Open APIs) Community Building Tools Channels / Modules Role-based Information Delivery Multi-Institution Branding & Management

Portal Web Services Wireless / PDA e-Commerce e-Marketplace Content & File Management Collaborative Web-enabled File Storage

Learning Object Catalog e-Reserves e-Portfolios Versioning Workflow

Disk Space & Bandwidth Management

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Bb Academic Suite Capability Set by : Category Bb Learning System Bb Community System Bb Content System

Capability

Instruction

Com

munication

Assessm

ent

Connections

Personalization

e-Com

merce

Collection

Sharing

Discovery

Course Management Content Authoring Adaptive Release Syllabus Builder Learning Units Online Textbook Content (Course Cartridges) Teaching & Learning Tools Personal Information Management Discussion Board Virtual Classroom / Collaboration Tool Group Projects Assessments & Surveys Assignments Gradebook Reporting & Performance Dashboard Community Building Tools Portal Web Services Channels / Modules Role-based Information Delivery Multi-Institution Branding & Management Wireless / PDA e-Commerce e-Marketplace Content & File Management Versioning Disk Space & Bandwidth Management Collaborative Web-enabled File Storage e-Portfolios Workflow Learning Object Catalog e-Reserves Enterprise Scalability Multi-Language Support System Integration Standards Building Blocks (Open APIs)

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Bb Academic Suite Capability Set by : Benefit

Capability Anytime, Anywhere Access

Instructor Efficiency

Access to High Quality Content

Student Centered Learning

Evaluation & Outcomes Mgmt

Personal Information Management Wireless / PDA e-Commerce e-Marketplace Multi-Institution Branding & Management Enterprise Scalability Multi-Language Support Standards Portal Web Services Building Blocks (Open APIs) Course Management Syllabus Builder Teaching & Learning Tools Versioning Workflow Disk Space & Bandwidth Management System Integration Content Authoring Channels / Modules Role-based Information Delivery Content & File Management Collaborative Web-enabled File Storage Learning Object Catalog e-Reserves Adaptive Release Learning Units Online Textbook Content (Course Cartridges) Discussion Board Virtual Classroom / Collaboration Tool Group Projects Community Building Tools e-Portfolios Assessments & Surveys Assignments Gradebook Reporting & Performance Dashboard

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Course Management

Course creation and set-up

Course templatesCourse copyCourse recycleCourse archiving Course import/export Course backup

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Course Authoring

Visual Text Box Editor– WYSIWYG – Spell Check– Equation Editor

QuickEdit Use external authoring

tools including:– Dreamweaver– MS FrontPage– any SCORM-

compliant authoring tool

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Adaptive Release

Ability for an instructor to create custom learning paths through a course

Content can be released to students based on a set of criteria including:

– Date / time – Username – Group membership – Institution role – Grade on a test – Assignment grade– Whether the user has

previously reviewed another piece of content

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Syllabus Builder

Upload an existing syllabus

Built-in syllabus creation capability

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Learning Units

Create sequenced lessons

Control whether students must progress in order through the sequence or can select lessons through the table of contents

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Online Textbook Content (Course Cartridges)

All major education publishers create pre-packaged content and course materials in the Blackboard Course Cartridge format to supplement their course textbooks

Cartridges include:– multimedia – Assessments– Question Pools– links to interactive

learning applications

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Teaching and Learning Tools

A variety of tools to support teaching and learning activities:

– Glossary – Electric Blackboard

(Online note-taking tool)

– Staff Information– What’s New

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Personal Information Management

Calendar Tasks Blackboard Messages E-Mail

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Discussion Board

Enables threaded, asynchronous discussions

Instructors can set up multiple forums around different topics

Forums can be sorted/viewed by thread, author, date, or subject

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Virtual Classroom / Collaboration Tool

Enables live synchronous interaction

Text-based Chat environment

Collaborative whiteboard

Group web browsing (web touring)

Private question-and-answer

Breakout room capability

Users can “raise their hand” to be called on

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Group Projects

Groups work can work together to support peer collaboration

Each group can be given its own:

– File exchange area– Discussion Board– Virtual Classroom– Group Email

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Assessments and Surveys

Online assessments and surveys.

Question types include:– Calculated Formula– Calculated Numeric– True/False– Hotspot– Likert/Opinion Scale– Multiple Choice – Multiple Answer – Ordering – Matching – Fill-in-the-Blank – Short Answer – Essay – File Upload – Jumbled Sentence – Either/Or

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Assignments

Students can submit their assignments online

Instructors can grade the assignments and provide feedback for each student

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Gradebook

Scores from assessments and assignments are automatically recorded in the Gradebook

Supports:– Custom grading

scales, – Grade weighting, – Item analysis, – Multiple

gradebook views. Students can view

their own grades

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Reporting and Performance Dashboard

Run reports on individual pieces of content

Provides usage data for an entire course

Indicates whether students have reviewed specific content items

Advanced System Reporting allows System Administrators to run comprehensive reports

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Community Building Tools

Campus organizations Student or faculty

associations Community website

creation Community

communications Development and

management can be assigned to individual users or groups.

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Portal Web Services

Self-contained portal and/or service provider to multiple institutional portals

Central point of access for academic and administrative activities

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Channels / Modules

Deliver regularly updated headlines and content to users

Individual users can customize their personal web pages

Availability of modules is role-based

Deliver over 100 modules and channels

Build an unlimited number of additional ones

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Role-based Information Delivery

An undergraduate student,

a faculty member,

or faculty on another campus.

a Biology undergraduate student,

Targeted delivery of information and content based on institutional role including:

– Portal tabs – Modules – Channels – Tools – Courses– Organizations

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Multi-Institution Branding and Management

Each schools can be given their own domain and look-and-feel

Each department can be given their own domain and look-and-feel

Each group can be given their own domain and look-and-feel.

Delegated Administration allows System Admins to assign administrative tasks to various individuals or groups

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Wireless / PDA

Access course and community information through a wireless device or a PDA

Offline viewing of – Announcements– Calendar items– Tasks– Grades– Content– Other information

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e-Commerce

Charge for items via a student’s campus card or credit card including

– Services– Events – Merchandise – Courses – Organization

membership, – Other items.

View their one-card account balance, transaction history, and deposit funds (when using Bb Transaction System).

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e-Marketplace

Online storefront Accepts Visa /

MasterCard / Discover / AMEX and campus one-card

Create unified online campus shopping environment

Delegate to multiple vendors

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Content and File Management

Single point of editingCreate many links to

one fileEdit files one time to

change everywhereShare files and

folders with other users or members of groups

Share “passes” to files with people outside of system

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Versioning

Track changes to documents

Roll back to earlier versions

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Disk Space and Bandwidth Management

Grant space and quota by Institution Role or User

Monitor system usageGuard against system

abuses

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Collaborative Web-enabled File Storage

Shared workspaces for content development:

– Course content– Learning objects– Departmental

resources– General

DocumentsWebDAV supportShare files and folders

with other – Users – Groups– Members of

courses– Instuition roles

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e-Portfolios

Create a record of achievement

Create a websiteShare with users

and coursesSend to users

outside Blackboard

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Workflow

Send files for approvalReview content to

ensure quality Route files to other

users and allow the sender to track the progress on completion

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Learning Object Catalog

Search high-qualitycontent

Browse by categoryKeyword searchesFind targeted content

with metadata tagsFull-text search

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e-Reserves

Seamlessly integrate library materials into course environment

Librarians manage digital copyright requirements

Control content to enforce copyright policies

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Enterprise Scalability

Proven ability to scale to hundreds of thousands of active users

Supports additional application servers to allow the implementation to grow with adoption

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Multi-Language Support

Enables institutions to run multiple languages on the same system

Supports foreign language courses and students

Supports most European Languages as well as multi-byte character sets such as Japanese and Chinese

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System Integration

Integrates with:– Student information

systems– Authentication

systems– Back-office systems

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Standards

System interoperability (IMS, SIF, OKI, etc.)

Content specifications (IMS, SCORM, NLN, etc.)

Privacy (FERPA) Accessibility (Section

508) Metadata (IMS, Dublin

Core, etc.)

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Building Blocks (Open APIs)

Free software development kit (SDK)

Documented application programming interfaces (APIs)

Create new functionality or integrate external systems with Blackboard products

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Powering the Network Learning Environment