What is Blackboard?
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Blackboard is a course management system
that supports online learning and teaching. It allows professors to
post grades, information, and assignments online. It is being used
by universities and colleges all over the world. Blackboard is used
at Rio Hondo College to create online courses, to replace some of
the normal time spent in the traditional classroom (“hybrid” or
“blended”) or to supplement traditional classes (“web-enhanced”).
While online and hybrid courses are clearly indicated in the
schedule of classes, web-enhanced courses are not.
Backboard offers
discussion boards for asynchronous discussions, chat rooms for live
discussions, centralized email (Backboard Internal Mail), so you can
stay in touch with your instructor and communicate with other
students, and even a way to submit assignments and take exams.
Blackboard provides you with a password-protected online classroom
in which you will submit your work and communicate with your
instructor and classmates. Note that your instructor uses the tools
provided by Blackboard to create his or her own virtual classroom,
so just as your face-to-face courses vary significantly, so will
your online courses. Becoming familiar with the Blackboard
environment and its tools is the first step in succeeding in your
online course.
Blackboard provides the
tools to support online learning in a variety of ways. This can
range from structured learning pathways to dynamic, interactive
virtual classrooms. How a course is presented online depends on the
content and complexity of the learning material, and the delivery
methodology used by the instructor.
As with any classroom, it
is a changing environment - expect each module to apply different
tools and techniques. Join in, ask questions, and participate as you
would in any classroom |
