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Blackboard Essentials
Union Graduate College Online Learning with Blackboard ®
The majority of Union Graduate College courses are taught in-class. Several graduate study courses are offered in an on-line format and some classes will include on-line discussion and resources facilitated through Blackboard®, the world’s most widely used on-line course offering system.
Blackboard Essentials: Taking Courses on Blackboard®
Union Graduate College has selected Blackboard® because of its exceptional reliability and ease of use. A typical on-line course will consist of lectures, readings, class discussions - conducted through Blackboard’s “Discussion Board,” a feature that allows students from different time zones to engage in a group discussion of selected topics - and Virtual Classrooms, which replicate the actual classroom. A Blackboard feature called the “Digital Drop Box” permits students to drop assignments off at the professor’s office. Blackboard also offers the ability to present on-line examinations and quizzes, and to give students instant feedback on their answers. Students may track their grades through a “grade book” feature. Anything available on the Web can serve as supplemental reading materials, and the full range of video media can be delivered through Blackboard.
Our students have used computer equipment of different vintages, made by an amazing array of manufacturers, and have taking courses using not only Blackboard recommended browsers Apple (Safari) and Windows (Internet Explorer) browsers but a host of others. From the most naïve to the most sophisticated, we found that we have been able to meet their needs using Blackboard courseware.
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