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CONTACT To log in to Blackboard, as well as to browse FAQs and to contact the Bb team with questions, go to: http://campus.georgetown.edu For information on Blackboard training courses, visit: http://uis.georgetown.edu/training or check out the Blackboard Training Course Schedule. You may also wish to link to online guides, databases, and web resources appropriate to the topics covered in your course. For assistance in this area, contact a reference librarian at: Lauinger Library Location: 3rd floor Reference Desk Phone: 687-7452

BLACKBOARD: COURSE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

Blackboard is a web-based course management system that enables instructors to easily deliver course materials, use discussion boards, receive papers and other student work, and administer online assessments via the web.

Blackboard is available to faculty for any class that they teach at Georgetown University. Students are automatically enrolled in Blackboard classes based upon information directly imported from the Registrar’s Office.

There are a variety of Blackboard support services for faculty, including online documentation, training, one-on-one consultations, and an e-mail discussion list about Blackboard.

For assistance setting up your course in Blackboard or using any of its features, please refer to the FAQs for Main Campus Faculty or for Medical Center and SNHS Faculty.

You may also register for a free Blackboard training course. Topics include Blackboard Basics, Blackboard Documents and Content, Blackboard Communications, Blackboard Assessments, and Adding Multimedia in Blackboard.

A Quick Look at Blackboard Features:

Announcements

The Announcements section allows you to post new information pertaining to your course, notify students of new assignments, or highlight upcoming topics for the week.

Course Information

The Course Information area provides a location for a syllabus, course overview, FAQs, grading policies, meeting times, or other logistical matters of your course.

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Course Documents

The Course Documents area provides a centralized location to upload lecture notes, lesson modules, presentations, or other course materials.

External Links

The External Links section provides a centralized location for resources outside of the course site such as Web sites.

Assignments

The Assignments area provides a centralized location for posting student assignments, quizzes, or exams that can be tracked in the online gradebook.

Communication Tools

Communication Tools consist of a discussion board (including groups), email functionality, and real-time chat.

“[Blackboard] provided a forum for students to grapple with material in a way that was visible to me . . .”

“[Blackboard] permitted mass distribution of material more easily, enabling me to write and provide ready access questions for each reading.”

“The students also wrote a paper throughout the course of the term, submitting ideas, outlines, and drafts to their discussion board to receive feedback and commentary. . . . I will say that the students wrote truly excellent papers––due in large part to their research on the Web and their repeated drafts that were submitted in the discussion forum.”

Comments provided by Heidi Elmendorf
Assistant Professor of Biology

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Blackboard: Course Management Software
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Georgetown University. September 2004