| Announcements | Announcements | - Students are prompted with a pop-up when they first enter a course if there is a new announcement.
- Instructors can see the number of students who have viewed the announcement.
- Announcements are conveniently located at the top of the course for improved visibility.
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| Attendance | Attendance | - Instructors can quickly take attendance without having to set up Attendance Registers and Sessions.
- Instructors using Class Collaborate can have attendance information from Class Collaborate Sessions automatically feed into the attendance tool in Blackboard.
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| Assignment | Assignment | - Instructors can label assignments as formative to help set expectations for learners.
- Instructors have a consistent authoring experience when creating assignments and tests.
- Instructors can enable SafeAssign to check submissions for originality.
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| Book | Learning Module | - Students can easily navigate to the next or previous item.
- Students can see the number of items they need to complete and the items they have completed so far.
- Instructors can personalize Learning Modules by uploading or selecting a custom image thumbnail.
- Instructors can enforce sequential learning, ensuring that students are working through items in the correct order.
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| Bulk Actions | Batch Edit | - Instructors can shift dates forward and backwards by range.
- Instructors can shift dates by calculating the range between two dates.
- Instructors can apply the same date and time for all selected items.
- Instructors can select one or more items and delete them.
- Instructors can select one or more items and make them visible to students.
- Instructors can select one or more items and make them hidden from students.
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| Competencies | Goals & Standards | - Instructors can align Goals & Standards to all items in a course.
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| File | File | |
| Folder | Folder | - Instructors can drag-and-drop files from their desktop into folders in Blackboard.
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| Forum | Discussion | - Instructors and students can easily see the number of responses and replies each participant has made within the discussion.
- Instructors and students can easily filter the discussion by participant.
- Instructors can easily identify which students have not participated and send them a message.
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| Glossary | Document | - Instructors can embed files and set them to display inline and/or make them downloadable.
- Instructors can build documents with the rich content editor, upload files using drag-and-drop workflows, or make use of a robust HTML editor for more advanced use cases.
- Instructors can easily embed third-party integrations leveraging LTI to enhance the learning experience.
- Instructors can enable conversations that allow students to talk about the content.
- Progress Tracking can be enabled on Documents so that you can easily see which students have viewed it.
- Instructors can use Progress Tracking on Documents to quickly message students based on their engagement with the content.
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| Grades | Gradebook | |
| H5P | H5P | |
| IMS Content Package | IMS Content Package | |
| Lesson | Learning Modules | - Students can easily navigate to the next or previous item.
- Students can see the number of items they need to complete and the items they have completed so far.
- Instructors can personalize Learning Modules by uploading or selecting a custom image thumbnail.
- Instructors can enforce sequential learning, ensuring that students are working through items in the correct order.
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| LTI External Tools | Teaching Tools with LTI Connection | - Support for LTI 1.3 (Latest Version).
- Institutions can integrate Blackboard with over 400+ LTI-based Integrations to extend the functionality of the learning management system.
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| Page | Document | - Instructors can embed files and set them to display inline and/or make them downloadable.
- Instructors can build documents with the rich content editor, upload files using drag-and-drop workflows, or make use of a robust HTML editor for more advanced use cases.
- Instructors can easily embed third-party integrations leveraging LTI to enhance the learning experience.
- Instructors can enable conversations that allow students to talk about the content.
- Progress Tracking can be enabled on Documents so that you can easily see which students have viewed it.
- Instructors can use Progress Tracking on Documents to quickly message students based on their engagement with the content.
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| Participants | Roster | - Instructors can grant accommodations to students in their course to give them extra time on timed assessments or to waive deadlines.
- Instructors can quickly identify which students have been granted accommodations.
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| Question Bank | Question Bank | |
| Quizzes | Tests | - Instructors can enable SafeAssign to check submissions for originality.
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| Reports | Analytics | |
| SCORM Packages | SCORM Packages | |
| Sections | Learning Modules | - Students can easily navigate to the next or previous item.
- Students can see the number of items they need to complete and the items they have completed so far.
- Instructors can personalize Learning Modules by uploading or selecting a custom image thumbnail.
- Instructors can enforce sequential learning, ensuring that students are working through items in the correct order.
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| Settings | Course Settings | |
| Survey | Forms | |
| Text and Media Area | Document | - Instructors can embed files and set them to display inline and/or make them downloadable.
- Instructors can build documents with the rich content editor, upload files using drag-and-drop workflows, or make use of a robust HTML editor for more advanced use cases.
- Instructors can easily embed third-party integrations leveraging LTI to enhance the learning experience.
- Instructors can enable conversations that allow students to talk about the content.
- Progress Tracking can be enabled on Documents so that you can easily see which students have viewed it.
- Instructors can use Progress Tracking on Documents to quickly message students based on their engagement with the content.
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| Topic | Learning Module | - Students can easily navigate to the next or previous item.
- Students can see the number of items they need to complete and the items they have completed so far.
- Instructors can personalize Learning Modules by uploading or selecting a custom image thumbnail.
- Instructors can enforce sequential learning, ensuring that students are working through items in the correct order.
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| URL | Web Link | - Instructors can display external web pages in a new tab or within the course experience.
- Progress Tracking can be enabled on Web Links so that you can easily see which students have viewed it.
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