Blackboard is a suite of academic tools that lets educators
- Teach using advanced tools
- Build community across the campus
- Share world-class educational content
- Deploy a common look and feel across the entire suite
- Website: www.blackboard.com
- Cost: Commercial
- Free trial: No
- Availability: Installed on server
- Top 100 Tools 2011: 89
- Top 100 Tools 2010: 68=
- Top 100 Tools 2009: -
- Top 100 Tools 2008: -
- Top 100 Tools 2007: -
Comments from those who selected it as one of their Top 10 Tools in 2008
- “I am not necessarily tied to any one Learning Management System, but have used Blackboard for six years. The ability to provide an engaging and customized learning environment that connects teacher, students, and content continues to be extremely powerful” Britt Wattwood
- “The LMS that Syracuse University uses. This is my “formal” learning environment.” Janet Clarey
- “I like this as a learning environment as many of our programmes have a very collaborative approach to them and this VLE works well.” Karen Ver
Comments from those who selected it as one of their Top 10 Tools in 2007
- “I am not necessarily tied to any one Learning Management System, but have used Blackboard for five years. The ability to provide an engaging and customized learning environment that connects teacher, students, and content is extremely powerful” Britt Watwood
- I like putting all my course materials in one place (even if they are just links to other web-based resources.) Students know to look there first before contacting me.”Susan Quinn
