1 Capability Set - Bullets

2 Bb Academic Suite Capability Set by : System

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

4 Bb Academic Suite Capability Set by : Category

5 Bb Academic Suite Capability Set by : Benefit CapabilityAnytime, 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

6 Course Management Course creation and set-up Course templates Course copy Course recycle Course archiving Course import/export Course backup

7 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

8 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

9 Syllabus Builder Upload an existing syllabus Built-in syllabus creation capability

10 Learning Units Create sequenced lessons Control whether students must progress in order through the sequence or can select lessons through the table of contents

11 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

12 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

13 Personal Information Management Calendar Tasks Blackboard Messages

14 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

15 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

16 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

17 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

18 Assignments Students can submit their assignments online Instructors can grade the assignments and provide feedback for each student

19 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

20 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

21 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.

22 Portal Web Services Self-contained portal and/or service provider to multiple institutional portals Central point of access for academic and administrative activities

23 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

24 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

25 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

26 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

27 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).

28 e-Marketplace Online storefront Accepts Visa / MasterCard / Discover / AMEX and campus one-card Create unified online campus shopping environment Delegate to multiple vendors

29 Content and File Management Single point of editing Create many links to one file Edit files one time to change everywhere Share files and folders with other users or members of groups Share “passes” to files with people outside of system

30 Versioning Track changes to documents Roll back to earlier versions

31 Disk Space and Bandwidth Management Grant space and quota by Institution Role or User Monitor system usage Guard against system abuses

32 Collaborative Web-enabled File Storage Shared workspaces for content development: –Course content –Learning objects –Departmental resources –General Documents WebDAV support Share files and folders with other –Users –Groups –Members of courses –Instuition roles

33 e-Portfolios Create a record of achievement Create a website Share with users and courses Send to users outside Blackboard

34 Workflow Send files for approval Review content to ensure quality Route files to other users and allow the sender to track the progress on completion

35 Learning Object Catalog Search high-quality content Browse by category Keyword searches Find targeted content with metadata tags Full-text search

36 e-Reserves Seamlessly integrate library materials into course environment Librarians manage digital copyright requirements Control content to enforce copyright policies

37 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

38 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

39 System Integration Integrates with: –Student information systems –Authentication systems –Back-office systems

40 Standards System interoperability (IMS, SIF, OKI, etc.) Content specifications (IMS, SCORM, NLN, etc.) Privacy (FERPA) Accessibility (Section 508) Metadata (IMS, Dublin Core, etc.)

41 Building Blocks (Open APIs) Free software development kit (SDK) Documented application programming interfaces (APIs) Create new functionality or integrate external systems with Blackboard products

42 Powering the Network Learning Environment