Learning Management
(Also known as: Blackboard, Course Management, CMS: Course Management, XCP, Bb Opus, Store and Share)
Eligible: Instructors, Physicians, Staff, Students, Researchers, IT Professionals
Availability: 24 Hours, Daily
Support: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
(see Request Assistance for after-hours)
Blackboard is Emory’s web-based Learning Management System. An integrated suite of tools, Blackboard allows faculty to build sophisticated web-based learning environments without a lot of time, resources or technical expertise. It can be used both as a supplement to lecture-based courses or for fully online courses. By default, every official course offered in OPUS has a course shell in Emory’s Blackboard system with automated enrollment updates.
Blackboard is used by many Emory groups and departments for document collaboration and sharing.
Benefits
Accessibility: Easily available through any internet connection, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Assessment: Provides an interactive tool to create and deploy tests and surveys
Collaboration: Provides secure wiki and blog spaces for collaboration and/or journaling
Communication: Provides seamless communication through asynchronous and synchronous tools
Simplicity: Simplifies the creation and organization of web content for teaching and learning
Sustainability: Reduces reliance on printed material
Features / Options
| Blogs and Wikis | Users have the ability to create and communicate on collaborative websites | |
| Email/Announcements | Communication tool for email and group announcements | |
| Gradebook | Grades automatically updated from online tests and assignments with the option for students to view their own grades; accommodates weighting, extra credit and customized feedback | |
| Reuse of Course Content | Allows course content to be used repeatedly | |
| Survey Tool | Ability to create surveys which the user can take anonymously | |
| Virtual Classrooms | Virtual chat capabilities with interactive whiteboard | |
| Voice Tools | Users have an easy way to add audio to course components | |
Costs
No additional cost
