#blackboard

Earlier this semester, there was a “glitch” with the Blackboard shell for my writing course. I had spent hours and hours uploading content, organizing the shell, and trying to perfect the course. And then it was gone. The Blackboard team eventually restored most, but not all, of the content. It was a tough reminder that online systems are, like all computing systems, imperfect. Systems crash.…

Back to school means back to the battles with Blackboard (I’ve posted on that plenty of times). Even if BB was the perfect learning management system, there would still be the days spent planning and organizing online content for a new course. This week, I’m gathering the reusable materials I will upload and preparing new materials. By next week, the shell for the writing course I’m teaching will…

Back to school means back to Blackboard. My frustration with most learning management system (LMS) platforms is well known. The administration of a class, depending on your institution, is often left to the instructor. This includes layout and design choices that I have long believed should be standardized, at least minimally, at the institution level. Because instructors can do everything from…

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