Blackboard

Blackboard Communication Tools

 

ITAC Resources

Blackboard offers a number of ways to enhance class participation as well as professor-student and student-student interaction. To locate the available tools, log into your Blackboard web site. In order to access the tools and resources, students must be enrolled in the class. Students who are unable to login to a course site should read our Frequently Asked Questions. Instructors who wish to learn how to enroll students into a course site should also read our Frequently Asked Questions.

Instructors have a Course Options Control Panel with administrative control over which of the standard communications tools are activated for each of their classes. See the instructor's guide to Blackboard communications.

The standard communication tools include:

• Send E-mail
• Student Roster
• Discussion Board
• Virtual Classroom/Chat

Additional communication tools include:

• Personal Information Editor
• Announcements
• Calendars
• Tasks
• Digital Drop Box
• Student Homepages
• Group Pages
• Electric Blackboard

ITAC Documentation

• Blackboard Communication Tools (PDF version)