1. Blackboard Session December 12, 2005

2. Good Attributes  Helps keeps track of basic course management things  Students have one place to go for information  Universality  students self-train on the system  Gradebook (yes and no)  Replication of course materials within BB container

3. Good Continued  Discussion Board and management of discussion items  Flexibility of course design and layout  Tracking user access  Relatively easy list style communication via email

4. Deficiencies Group management tools are quite cumbersome Group management tools are quite cumbersome Collaborative tools are mostly non-existent or not very innovative Collaborative tools are mostly non-existent or not very innovative Movement/archiving of discussion board postings is difficult and time consuming Movement/archiving of discussion board postings is difficult and time consuming No integration with Blogs/Wikis No integration with Blogs/Wikis Click Heavy Interface Click Heavy Interface

5. Deficiencies II Lack of combined input interface on one screen (i.e. Digital Dropbox doesn’t really work well) Lack of combined input interface on one screen (i.e. Digital Dropbox doesn’t really work well) Quiz development not that transparent Quiz development not that transparent Music downloads or other possibly copyrighted material downloaded from BB onto student hard drive. Music downloads or other possibly copyrighted material downloaded from BB onto student hard drive. Lack of notification for various uploads (discussion board, etc) Lack of notification for various uploads (discussion board, etc)

6. Main Needs Longer term access for students after course over  particularly important for sequence courses. Longer term access for students after course over  particularly important for sequence courses. Better accommodation for guest observers or other faculty Better accommodation for guest observers or other faculty Need for a more open course archive server (Web-based)?