Blackboard Learning Management Reviews

I work with Blackboard Learning Management as an administrator for various institutions, including Purdue University. Currently, I work in cybersecurity and help teach a course partially delivered through Blackboard Learning Management, though this experience is not as in-depth as before.

We primarily deliver a malware analysis course through Blackboard Learning Management. The course has components for pure instruction, and the individual learning modules include exams delivered through the platform. We use various plugins, such as Panopto, to record and redeliver lectures to students for offline viewing.

Regarding the impact of Blackboard Learning Management's interactive tools on student engagement and collaboration in the educational environment, I haven't used it in a corporate environment and believe it is a misplaced tool for that context, as it requires too much knowledge to be effective. For student engagement, I can speak from experience across sixth grade through master's level. There are tools that can engage anyone at those levels, such as carefully displayed content, requiring students to use discussion boards where they must post and answer a certain number of times per week. This prompts students who might not be willing to share to provide their perspectives and experiences, allowing them to see the rich set of perspectives from their peers who will later become their colleagues in the workplace or academia.

Since I've been working with Blackboard Learning Management for an extended period, I've witnessed its evolution and consistent dedication to pedagogy. The platform's ability to deliver exams and content in a technical way is superior to most other platforms. This delivery system allows for establishing checkpoints before progressing to new content, ensuring students understand current material before moving forward.

The platform offers various conditions for content progression and exams. Students can take exams multiple times at the instructor's discretion, requiring specific passing scores for content release. Additionally, peer-reviewed paper submissions can be required before accessing new content. If a student struggles with an exam section, the system halts the exam and allows review of the specific content they might not understand.

The adaptive release feature is particularly interesting as it customizes the learning environment for individual students, including those with special needs or delivery requirements. The platform checks documents for accessibility, sending alerts for missing alt text in images and can generate automatic alt text. This ensures compliance with universal design laws, similar to U.S. 508 compliance.

While specific measurable benefits cannot be specified since this course has always been delivered through Blackboard Learning Management, the course has grown from 12 students to nearly 200 at semester start. The structured delivery enables incorporation of additional teaching assistants due to uniform methodologies. The platform's compatibility for data export to other institutions opens interesting revenue streams through course sharing agreements, which has influenced my consistent choice to work with it.

The product is used for the virtual learning environment in the institutions I worked for. The product is at the heart of teaching, learning, academic engagement, student engagement, online learning, blended learning and distance learning courses. It is used for assessment and feedback, as well as other tools integrated with Blackboard Learn provides a go-to place for students to find out the essential information about a course.

The tool worked for the institution in a way that no other learning system would work. It was well embedded within the institution. We ensured that people understood all the features and made use of them. A large number of tools are available no doubt there, but here I will mention some of the most impactful and valuable tools like Online quizzes, and the accessibility tool (Ally). The look and feel of 'Modules' and 'Courses' is engaging but some flexibility can be added. The vendor is working on many new features including AI features in the solution. All the training materials provided by the vendor are good.

Blackboard really is over - which is why we shifted over to the Canvas model and the Moodle model. When Blackboard got bought out, it just became another mass delivery product. As with everything that pretty much Microsoft does, it's not great. There's a reason some of us use Apple all the time.

The real-time live interactions have been great.

It is scalable. 

I use Blackboard Learning Management in a business school. I utilize it to take courses and lessons in a virtual way.

The best features of Blackboard Learning Management include its modern experience in learning systems. The options are very easy to find, and it is a very complete solution for overviewing course content, videos, and multimedia resources.

Meeting dynamic educational requirements with Blackboard Learning Management's adaptability and personalized learning environments is the main reason for success in academic performance in this business school.

I teach basic and advanced graphic design courses at a technical college that offers two-year associate degrees. We deal with the technical execution of graphic design, aesthetics, and concept building. I use Blackboard as a shell or holding space for all my curriculum and lesson plans. 

The latest version of Blackboard is called Ultra Base Navigation. I have experience with it, but I'm not currently using that for my courses. I'm using the original format deployed on a local system at the college. 

Blackboard provides a go-to place for students to find out the essential information about a course. That's the benefit of any learning management system. Students have one place to go to find what they need to know about each course. It has been crucial to our operations in a virtual environment since the pandemic began. 

It provides ease of access and continuity across an institution. We use it throughout the college for all courses, from technical programs to liberal arts courses, so students are familiar with the Blackboard interface. That is a plus.

Blackboard is our main ally as a learning management system. With this platform, we have managed all of our courses and implemented them in our own platform in order to obtain the statistics of the users.

Blackboard allows us to manage all our users since it has a very powerful server that supports the platform. For example, we have had courses of up to five thousand users and the software has always been stable. With other LMS products, there were problems with slowness when many users signed up or interacted at the same time.

• Content sharing: Helps the students to access content anytime, anywhere and the instructor can track the access details.
• Collaborative tools: Help students to clarify concepts via debates, discussion forums, blogs.
• Announcements
• Emails
• Online assessments

We are developing engaging content, putting some of the content online (blended mode) which helps students to learn via attractive features like games, quizzes, etc.

In Saudi Arabia, it is the primary platform used by higher education institutions. All universities in the country utilize Blackboard as their main tool for delivering educational content and engaging with students. Our users, including students and faculty, rely on it for three main purposes: Course Delivery, Community Engagement, and Content Management. Students access the Blackboard system to obtain course materials and attend virtual classrooms through it. We have different colleges at our institution, such as the College of Computer Informatics and the College of Health Services. To cater to these distinct communities, my team and I have customized the Blackboard system to incorporate the concept of communities. It is also used for content management, allowing students to access and manage their course-related materials. To support these three main functions, we have integrated Blackboard with various external systems.

It is a comprehensive learning management system with fully integrated solutions. It encompasses various components, including course delivery modules, content management, community engagement features, digital classrooms, and mobile integration. Students can access their course content, and classes, and participate in Blackboard Collaborate using a mobile application, making it a versatile and complete support system. It serves as a crucial source of information. For example, tracking student attendance is vital due to legal and regulatory requirements. Having this attendance data is essential, and Blackboard facilitates this through Application Programming Interfaces.