Learning Management System -

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Blackboard Learning System – Vista 4

Features
Student Learning Activities

  • Notes – students can put their course notes here
  • Grading forms  - instructor can create a grading rubric and grade a number of learning activities with it
  • Simple Rating Scale  - can be created and used to evaluate learning activities
  • Publishing tool – submitted assignments can be shared with class if this setting is selected when building an assignments.

Organizational Tools

Calendar
Enter important events and deadlines, and allow Students to enter their own events.

Search
Search for content in the course.

Syllabus
Provide course requirements, objectives, and policies.

Selective Release

Group Mgr. – Allows instructor to create groups and associate them with learning activities and communication tools

Tracking – can track individual students and the use of tools

Assignment Drop box – where student assignments are graded and returned

Assessment Manager – Assessment management tools

Communication Tools

Announcements
Post important information in a central location.

Chat
Chat with other users in the course in real time, or use the Whiteboard to display images.

Discussions
Post and respond to messages on specific topics.

    • Blogs
    • Journals
    • Threaded discussions
    • Peer Review

Mail
Send messages to other users.

Roster
View profiles for course members. Users can edit their own profile.

Who's Online
Chat with other users who are logged in to the Learning System.

Student Learning Activities

Assessments
Create quizzes, self tests, and surveys.

Assignments
Create assignments for students to submit online

Goals
Create goals that list the qualitative and quantitative performance expected in your course

Grading Forms - instructor can create a grading rubric and grade a number of learning activities with it

Notes – students can put their course notes here

Simple Rating Scale  - can be created and used to evaluate learning activities

Publishing tool – submitted assignments can be shared with class if this setting is selected when building an assignment.

 Content Tools

Learning Modules
Organize and present content and activities to Students

Local Content
Allow Students to easily access large files from a portable medium, such as CD-ROM, instead of downloading the files from the Learning System.

Media Library
Create a glossary or image collection

SCORM
Import SCORM-compliant packages, or modules, to be used as course content

Web Links
Create links to Internet resources.

Student Tool

My Files
Allow Students to store their own files.

My Grades
Allow Students to check their grades.

My Progress
Allow Students to track their own progress.

Notes
Allow Students to take notes