Blackboard Learn for REST and LTI Developers
Blackboard Inc | 3900.93.0Linux/Unix, Ubuntu Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS (Focal Fossa) - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Blackboard Learn
What do you like best about the product?
I like how colleges and other learning based information can use Blackboard to organize and have a way they can delivery a teaching method. Whether that is with a class online on in person. It is nice to see due dates, grades, and much more through an online software.
What do you dislike about the product?
If you are new to using Blackboard it can be a little over whelming having to nagivate and learn a courses structure and where they put materials. The pros outway the cons in this software.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It currently performs bug reports and other ways to make it more user friendly.
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Ease of Use
What do you like best about the product?
Blackboard is much more intuitive than Canvas and Moodle
What do you dislike about the product?
I can't find anything wrong with it. I wish my job currently used it
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It's a great way to manage multiple sections of a course
Blackboard your one stop shop for grades, assignments, even tests!
What do you like best about the product?
I love the fact that teachers can easily post a message and have it not only show up on everyones blackboard site but also in everyones email. My teachers utilize this feature quite often. Also love the convenience of the app.
What do you dislike about the product?
I do not really like that you cannot view everything on the app that you can review on the desktop site. Sometimes if I use the app too much I feel like I miss important things.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Students can easily see their letter grade they currently have in the class and they also can see the exact percentage they have in the class instead of having to ask the instructor every time they would like to check their grades.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I would recommend that after each semester is over you use the "hide" feature in order to hide the previous classes or else your screen gets pretty busy.
Great way to organize class content
What do you like best about the product?
Blackboard is a great platform for organizing class content for students to access. The ability to organize readings and other handouts in separate modules is especially helpful for teaching online courses, though it can also be helpful for face-to-face classes as well.
What do you dislike about the product?
While Blackboard makes organizing content easy, it can sometimes be difficult to set up and use. It is relatively easy to use on the student's end, but the course set-up as an instructor is not particularly user-friendly. I have taken training on using Blackboard and still do not feel that I can figure out how to do everything I want to with it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Blackboard primarily for organizing class content, keeping up with student grades, and facilitating discussion boards. Using it for student grades is particularly helpful as it provides a place for me to keep and calculate grades and also provides a place for students to find their grades as soon as I submit them, reducing e-mails about grades. I also enjoy Blackboard's discussion board format where students can post anonymously in discussion boards I choose or have to post in other discussion boards before they can read posts, making it easier to ensure students are posting their own work. Blackboard's link with SafeAssign is also helpful, as it provides a quick and easy way for me to assess whether students are plagiarizing their work and to what extent.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Blackboard is a great platform for organizing and presenting content for a course, but I would suggest that instructors take a tutorial on how to use it as well as give students a walkthrough as it can be confusing and difficult to use without training.
Blackboard Learn
What do you like best about the product?
I like Blackboard because it is user friendly and helps me navigate my coursework, and the corresponding elements.
What do you dislike about the product?
As part of an Institutional Effectiveness office as an intern, there was a discussion about how Blackboard did not track learning outcomes assessment well.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Using Blackboard allows students to access their coursework on a familiar interface, and allows faculty and GA/TAs to grade, communicate, and set up their courses.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Blackboard is a useful way for students to track their progress and access some necessary tools to be successful in the classroom. For the professor or GA, it allows for an easy grading system that can keep track of the work of your students, and therefore you as a professor/GA, for future implementation.
Blackboard has made my courses more organized.
What do you like best about the product?
I like that Blackboard is organized and customizable in design.
What do you dislike about the product?
I do not really like Blackboard’s discussion feature.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It allows professors to easily provide students with course materials, as well as the option to submit assignments electronically, which conserves paper. Additionally, it allows students to easily keep track of course requirements and grades, while providing a means of communication between students and professors.
Website Creation and Management Made Easy
What do you like best about the product?
Blackboard Learn is very easy to use and the application itself presents a very professional product to the users. As a teacher, we use Blackboard Learn to post our classroom webpages. These pages are seen by parents, students, and community members. (Truly anyone in the world!) The webpages we create and use are functional and appealing. Students and parents navigate with ease and enjoy logging on to use our sites, thanks to Blackboard Learn.
What do you dislike about the product?
Creating and altering pages once they are on your site can be a bit difficult if your site contains multiple pages and links. Trying to organize a large site may take time and ultimately be more frustrating than leaving the links where they were. Nevertheless, this site faces that problem because you are capable of creating the site size that you want.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Our district website and homepages are uniform and functional. We can contact one company to solve our tech problems, as well as assist one another in any small hiccups we may face.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Use this across your district/company, not simply for one small portion of your organization.
Great Tool to Learn
What do you like best about the product?
I like that you can take assessments and submit assignments on the same platform.
What do you dislike about the product?
It can glitch out often and assignments will not be submitted.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Not having to meet in class to distribute materials or collect assignments.
Blackboard Learn
What do you like best about the product?
I love the wide variety of options available on Blackboard. Blackboard is the premiere hub for online courses and training, from complex university courses to simple additional trainings for employees.
What do you dislike about the product?
The Discussion Board posting feature is difficult to use. I have found that I must copy and paste my entry from a Text Edit software, and then cannot edit it once I have pasted my entry, otherwise the formatting will seem fine but mess up as soon as I press "Post."
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Online learning and professional development
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I love Blackboard Learn!
Helpful for storage of class information, but not the best organization
What do you like best about the product?
You can clearly see where the Announcements, Syllabus, Assignments, and any other miscellaneous categories that the Professor created.
What do you dislike about the product?
It is difficult to navigate what is put where. This is due to BlackBoard's style as well as the professor's personal design of their BlackBoard content.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Although it is difficult to navigate at times, it is definitely a way to organize a student's classes. BlackBoard will always notify and email me the moment a professor uploads content and grades.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
To have a more streamlined process that every professor and student must adapt to. It is difficult to find certain things due to the professor's liking; however, this problem may be fixed by giving fewer options to the professor. This way, things cannot be "hidden" from the student.
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