1. Blackboard Tools To
Enhance Your
Online Course
Blackboard Learn SP 9.1.8
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
2. Discussion Boards
• A place to share thoughts and conversations
• Public to the class
• Instructor creates forums with directions
• Students create threads and post replies
3. Blogs
• Means web log or an
online journal
• Public to the course
• Each student writes blog
entries
• Students can comment
on classmates’ blogs
4. Journals
• Places for students to
reflect and write
• Students can write
multiple entries
throughout the course
• Instructor selects if
journals are public or
private
5. Wikis
• A page that allows collaborative editing
• Students can create content, edit and write comments
• Public to class or public to group
• Instructor can track participation and contributions
8. Groups
• Instructors can manually create groups, randomly
assign groups, or let students self enroll
• Group tools are private to group members only
• Group tools include: file exchange, group blog, group
discussion board, group journal, group tasks, and
group wiki
9. Self and Peer Assessment
• The instructor assigns questions for students to reflect
on their own work or for students to evaluate their
peers’ work.
• Select the number of peers for students to evaluate
and leave the rest up to Blackboard.
10.
11. Assignment
• Students submit work individually and
privately to the instructor
Safe Assignment
• An individual assignment that is also compared
against a database to identify matching
writing.
• Instructor and student receive an originality
report.
12. Tests and Surveys
• Tests are graded and
surveys are not graded
• Variety of question
types
• Many questions are
automatically graded
except essay, file
response and short
answer
13. Summary of Blackboard Tools
• Discussion Boards
• Blogs
• Journals
• Wikis
• Groups
• Self and Peer Assessment
• Assignment
• Safe Assignment
• Tests and Surveys
