Teaching Tip: Give the new Blackboard a look

November 24, 2015

Marissa Carl

This time of year we’re all spending a lot of time in Blackboard, yet seldom does one hear its praises sung within our hallowed halls. It may not be the shiniest tool in our toolbox, and some might even say its menus and structures are less than an inspiring home for the learning and cognitive transformations we expect it to facilitate. However, if you weigh the functionality and features that Blackboard contains, it is not easily discounted as a powerful one-platform-fits-all solution. Further, the Blackboard of a few years ago is not the Blackboard of today. If you haven’t taken a look lately, you might serve yourself and your students well by reconsidering and even updating your Blackboard approach.

Read the full Teaching Tip for more about the conveniences and new features of Blackboard: http://elearning.uaf.edu/go/bb-reconsider

Teaching Tip by Owen Guthrie, an instructional designer with more than 30 years of experience serving teaching and learning in higher education.