Introduction to blckboard Online Teaching Management Platform complying with SCORM standards

1. "Blackboard" Product Overview

The blackboard Online Teaching Management Platform is currently the only support on the marketTeaching Platform for millions of users. With nearly 50% of the market share in the United States. More than 2,800 universities and other educational institutions are using blackboard products worldwide, including the famous Princeton University, Harvard University, Stanford University, Northwestern University and Duke University.

"Blackboard" Learning SystemR & D has invested tens of millions of dollars. Currently, this system has grown to the third generation.At present, we are continuously investing in and improving products to improve product functions to meet the increasing needs of users:

Evaluate and improve the learning performance of students.

Improve teachers' work efficiency.

Implements classroom and network-assisted teaching and learning activities. Achieve distance education.

Supports lifelong continuing education.

Leverage the advantages of the network and combine the advantages of face-to-face learning and online learning with a mix of courses.

The use of information technology to improve the competitiveness of teaching institutions, improve the rate of examination. Using a platform framework, the course and learning management functions are integrated, and the student information, security, and authentication protocols of teaching institutions are integrated.

Provides a platform framework for managing digital resources and teaching content of teaching institutions.

2. Introduction to function modules

The blackboard Online Teaching Management System is course-oriented and integrates the network "Teaching" and "Learning" environment. Teachers can set up online courses on the platform. learners can select the courses they want to learn and learn the course content. Different learners and teachers and learners can discuss and communicate with each other based on their teaching and learning needs. The "blackboard" provides teachers and students with a powerful online virtual environment for teaching and learning and serves as a bridge for communication between teachers and students.

The platform takes the course as the core. Each course has the following four independent functional modules:

Content resource management-teachers can easily publish, manage, and organize teaching content

Online communication functions-asynchronous and synchronous communication and collaboration tools

Assessment management functions-Self-Test, test, test, survey and recording

System management functions-management and statistics functions of teachers in the Academic Affairs Office

You can log on to the platform as a system administrator, instructor, or student.

System Administrator:

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   1. Customized platform interface style and functions;
   2. Users can be set, added, and managed according to the actual situation of the school;
   3. Collects and manages the usage of the entire platform;
   4. Provides services and interfaces with other IT systems.

Instructors: manage teaching, organize teaching content, edit courseware, take online exams, approve assignments, organize online Q & A sessions, and analyze students' learning status.

Students: select courses, arrange learning plans, view course content, submit assignments, participate in online tests, view learning scores, learn and communicate collaboratively, and participate in school community exchanges.

(1) content resource management

My organization: Customizable portal interface.

Students, teachers, administrators, and all other users will receive basic courses and personal information management tools through a user-centered "My institution" page.

You can view announcements, schedules, tasks, and scores of multiple courses;

Go to the course through the link in the "my courses" module;

View a complete list of public institution courses in the course catalog and view courses that are accessible to visitors;

Use personal calendar, Address Book, user phone book, and schedule.

Course content area: teachers and instructional designers of the Academic Affairs Office allow students to obtain learning materials anytime and anywhere.

Teachers in the Academic Affairs Office can use the entire teaching tool provided in the instructor Control Panel to implement the course area content supported by the blackboard;

Create a course folder structure to orchestrate relevant course content;

Publish notices, course materials, tasks, links to teaching resources, Professor and student profiles, and other information;

Upload course files over the Internet and manage course content conveniently;

Supports uploading and sending various format files, including:

Microsoft Office

Adobe Acrobat PDF

Html

Digital Image

Digital audio files

Digital Video Files

Multimedia (such as flash, Shockwave, and Authorware)

IMS, SCORM, and Microsoft LRN

The course is automatically opened or closed based on the specified date and time on the course schedule;

Create Learning units through the course content structure to determine the learning path in order;

You can easily navigate the course area through the pop-up website map;

Teachers of the Academic Affairs Office can download other courseware materials that have been installed on the platform as needed. For example, the course content can be supplemented by the Electronic Teaching Material Content modules of some publishers on the platform;

With the blackboard online course server, hundreds of thousands of electronic courses can be used in many disciplines.

(2) online communication tools

The Platform also provides users with synchronous (virtual classroom) and asynchronous (discussion board) communication tools to enhance the learning effect.

Collaborative Learning is achieved through discussion boards, real-time virtual classroom interactions, and group communication;

Forum features:

For each teaching and learning course, you can create unlimited forums in the discussion board. Each forum has a clear attribute, in this way, various teaching methods and themes can be used to achieve learning interaction. Information can be classified based on the discussion list, author, date, or topic to participate in the Forum; read and unread information can be tracked; collect multiple pieces of information on the same page for easy reading, comparison, and printing

Restrict user permissions and lock information so that information can be viewed but not modified or replied

Virtual classrooms: online text chats and shared whiteboards. Instructors can guide students to browse course content, collaborate with students to browse webpage content, and Mark webpages;

Submit and manage jobs in the digital receiving box;

Create student learning collaboration groups and initiate protected forums, virtual classrooms, and file exchanges for each group. Virtual Classroom

(3) online assessment

You can generate a question library by inputting the original question materials;

You can generate a random exam from the question bank and use it multiple times;

Instructors can create and manage self-tests, quizzes, exams, and score statistical analysis to strengthen students' learning effects, measure students' learning processes, and develop courses as needed;

Follow simple and step-by-step procedures to create exams and surveys;

Multiple types of questions can be mixed and applied: Single-choice, multiple-choice, incorrect judgment, matching, sorting, filling in the blanks and commenting;

Including multimedia or other attachments with assessment issues;

Creates a set of issues that can be shared between courses;

Provides password-protected and time-limited quizzes for students, and provides immediate feedback;

The quiz is automatically opened or closed based on the specified date and time on the schedule;

Create a data report for student answers;

Creation and implementation of multi-language writing evaluation;

You can set a comprehensive weighted calculation of students' homework, quizzes, exams, and other scores to automatically obtain the overall evaluation score. Online exam

(4) management and statistics functions

Manage a course through the "control panel" of a powerful and easy-to-use course as a teacher;

Instructors can monitor, control, and develop course websites as needed, all of which are carried out on Web browsers;

Select the list option to customize the name of the course website navigation button;

Student groups and individuals can be easily registered/deregistered;

Multiple student registration options: time-limited self-registration (for example, specifying a date in the self-registration feature), password-protected registration, defining the progress of the course (for example, suitable for your learning progress );

Use the course cyclically during the semester and course period by automatically setting the discussion board, rating and other content areas;

Track and measure students' learning progress and scores, and generate statistical reports;

Select a language in the course. Electronic score book course statistics

3. Platform features

(1) high ease of use, making it easier to use and promote the Platform

The "Instructor-friendly tool" is the product rating given by the "blackboard" user.

The "blackboard" intuitive interface and easy-to-use tools are the main reasons for its rapid and widespread adoption.

Simple Application: as long as the browser is used, it will send and receive emails, and it will be able to teach on the Internet.

Reduces the barriers to faculty and students and training costs.

Increase the number of students and courses on the platform.

Improve the efficiency and quality of teaching for faculty and students.

Simple Management: The management and maintenance are simple, and the dependence on technicians is low.

Reduces technical maintenance support costs.

Improve the ROI of teaching institutions.

(2) A powerful personalized function is a fully customizable platform.

The blackboard online teaching management platform is a customizable platform. Instructors and administrators can manage and control teaching activities at all levels.

Instructors can flexibly use their existing course handouts and teaching materials to create courses, or directly use the content of other course developers. Instructors can use the following functions to manage the online teaching and learning environment through an intuitive and concise interface:

Course management and teaching organization;

Publish teaching content and manage course resources;

Job and file management;

Question Bank and online test, score thinning management;

Synchronous and asynchronous communication and collaboration.

Administrators can provide services and interfaces for users, networks, and other IT systems based on the actual situation of the school.

Customizes personalized interfaces, such as the design of course tool buttons and navigation labels, and updates the trademarks, images, and images of teaching institutions;

Non-registered user login system settings, whether the customer can automatically reset the forgotten password, and many other security-related settings;

Flexible registration. Students can register by themselves or create registration in real time by the student information and record system;

Easily connect to other functions through the bridge mode, such as integrating with the network security module;

To meet the customer's needs for successful online education, the functions of the blackboard learning system are constantly improved.

(3) enterprise-level architecture design, allowing users and function expansion

The "blackboard" online teaching management platform adopts a modular architecture that supports data transmission for a variety of applications on computer groups.

The "Blackboard" Online Teaching Management Platform has many technical features such as customization, interoperability, expansion, and role flexibility. It is easy to integrate technologies to achieve "one platform, one portal, multi-Application seamless connection. For example, it can be integrated with the synchronized Teaching Application (Centra), student management system, ERP system, and security authentication protocol.

(4) high security performance

"Blackboard" provides security protection in the following three ways:

A) The "blackboard" has its own authentication method and does not adopt the traditional basic authentication, thus enhancing the security of users who use the platform;

B) The "Blackboard" adopts the B/S structure. The application server and database server can be separated from the Web server and placed inside the LAN, the firewall can be set to open only port 80 (HTTP server port) to ensure the security of applications and data.

C) "blackboard" can be seamlessly integrated with SSL technology, so it can be combined with SSL technology to ensure data security during transmission.

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