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Communication Tools
COMMUNICATION
and COLLABORATIONS IN BLACKBOARD |
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Basic Communication Methods |
Post Announcements, Sending Emails
to students, Setup Discussion Board. |
Groups
Setup
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By creating and managing groups in
a BB course,
students can have Group Discussion Forum, Exchange Files, etc. |
 Sign-up
List |
This tool allows students to
signup to a group or certain office hours. Sometimes instructor can add
Group members according to the students signup list. |
 Podcasting
Tool |
The Wimba's podcaster tool allows
instructors to post audio which can then be played back from within
Wimba's audio environment or transported outside the environment into a
mobile player. |
 Wiki
Page |
Wikis make it possible for writers
to continually build upon, revise, and edit text on a topic. You can
publish your pages for course related topics without
knowing html. It needs a configuration first. |
| Blogs |
Students can share their ideas or
what they learned in the Blog tool. It needs a configuration first. |
| Course Calendar |
Instructors can embedding their
Google calendar to class with a few steps. |
To ensure your request has a guaranteed reply, help us provide you
with the best
quality support, and help us better track trends in support requests, please
send all Blackboard related questions to
bbhelp@rhsmith.umd.edu.
You can also stop by the Smith IT helpdesk at Room 3520 Van Munching
Hall, or
call us at 301-405-2269.
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