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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
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