Tools in Blackboard that are most valuable are the discussion boards, uploads of files, and tests/quizzes grading that were made in Blackboard.
I think the tools that are the least valuable is the e-mail, almost everyone has an e-mail account but I do like the socialization where you can have all your social websites in one place.
| Communication Tools in Blackboard | Communication Tools in Blackboard | Gradebook (GradeCenter) in Blackboard |
| Email – class, individual, group | Assignments | Grades can be calculated as points, percentages, |
| Announccements for Class | SafeAssignments – plagiarism prevention | complete or incomplete, pass or fail, GPA and letter grades |
| Asynchronous Discussions | Discussion | Grade columns can be hidden |
| Blogs | E-books | Grade Center Columns can be frozen so they don’t scroll |
| Wikis | Parent e-mail | Blackboard assessment are added automatically |
| Journals | Sociability | Manually you can enter blogs, journals, |
| Synchronous Presentations & Discussions | Surveys | Wikis, Assignments, graded discussion boards |
| Tests/Quizzes | Grades can be entered manually, from the | |
| Grade Center Columns can be frozen so they don’t scroll | ||
| Grades can be overriden, exempted, or deleted | ||
| Grades can be weighted | ||
| Grade calculations include averages | ||
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