Blackboard LMS for Business

Commentaires: Analytics has been a game-changer that is helping our institution create an overall better student experience.

Avantages: Blackboard Analytics is an amazingly powerful data platform. Working in conjunction with Pyramid, Analytics lets you view Blackboard data from a "global" institution view, all the way down to a single mouse click, by one student in one course. In this ever increasing data-driven industry, Analytics is a powerful tool to help you make informed decisions based on real time data. Information is presented in easy to navigate dashboards, allowing users to interact with the data. Admins can create specific reports tailored to the institution needs. Customer support and training have been invaluable.

Inconvénients: Going in, it helps if you have a working knowledge of databases. The dashboards are easy enough for the general user, but the report creation is not always intuitive. All that said, once you get the hang of it, it becomes second nature.

Commentaires: Make sure you explore the user guides and options, blackboard can be a powerful tool but some of it's features are less than obvious!

Avantages: As a instructor blackboard lets me integrate a lot of different types of media through Kaltura, structure time released content ,vary assessments, and deliver individualized learning opportunities. All of these elements are crucial to my instruction. As a student, I get mobile access and notifications about grades, announcements, and course changes that help me manage my learning.

Inconvénients: While the features are wonderful, they are somewhat convoluted to properly utilize, requiring more steps than I would like, and can sometimes be "hidden" in such ways that I have to refer back to user guides because it's not a very intuitive integration. Therefore, as a student, I find many of my professors do not fully take advantage of the learning management system because they have limited knowledge.

Commentaires: I love using blackboard and was able to use it at both schools that I attended.

Avantages: Blackboard is wonderful for students, it is very easy to use and they constantly do updates that help improve the system.

Inconvénients: They should consolidate the updates to where they do it only once every 2 months of so, that way it doesn't take time that the students could be using the system.

Avantages: Blackboard has been the go to choice of the school for the online courses I have been taking for the past two years. It has some nice features including; calendars, a notification center, discussion boards, and it's own quiz and tear platforms. It gives the student a familiarity when taking multiple online courses when it is the online tool for your school. Plus it shows all your grades for a course in one place. It also works across several platforms including mac, PC and Android.

Inconvénients: It has a learning curve. When you first enter blackboard it can seem hard to navigate and seem overwhelming for both student and teacher. The options for customization for teachers are somewhat limited.

Avantages: I have used this system for as long as my university has had it available, 10+ years. I use it every semester and I am constantly finding new things it can do. It has been very helpful in keeping track and making available for my students their grades and assignments. It also has the ability to be personalized for each class.

Inconvénients: As I said in the Pro's, I am always learning new things. The problem is I have to dig to find the information I am looking for and seeing what else blackboard can do. Also, I find it difficult to transfer information from one semester to another. I have used the help menu to find information but it is not very user friendly. You would think after 10+ years I would be more proficient but every semester I have to relearn the system.