Blackboard
Blackboard is a program that allows instructors to create, deliver, and manage web-based components for courses. It can be used to add online elements to a traditional course, or to develop completely online courses with few or no face-to-face meetings.
Features
Some of the features available through Northeastern's version of Blackboard are:
- course announcements
- asynchronous threaded discussion
- synchronous group chat, with or without tools such as white board, group web browser, course browser, and more
- online quizzes and surveys, with automated grading and statistics capacity
- course assignment and documents areas
- course-related external links
- online file sharing and digital submission of assignments
- timed release of quizzes and other course materials
- student rosters, e-mail, and online gradebook
- group project areas
Creating Blackboard Courses
Blackboard course pages are easy to create. Instructors use built-in templates to create announcements, quizzes, and external links. Other course materials can be created in a similar fashion, or can be written offline using any software you choose, and then uploaded into the Blackboard course site.
Find out how you can get a Blackboard account and course »
Learn More
Follow the links at the bottom of these pages to learn the procedures you need to know about before you get started, and learn how to plan, build and manage a Blackboard course.
Continue to learn about important procedures in Before You Get Started »
