Blackboard
What is it?
Blackboard Learn is a course management and learning system. This online system provides access to learning anytime at http://blackboard.wayne.edu.
Some of the benefits of Blackboard include:
- Promoting collaboration and communication with features such as blogs, discussion boards and journals;
- gives both students and faculty a secure location for course materials, e-Portfolios, and storing and managing files;
- tools for faculty to create and deliver online assessments and surveys and to store student performance results;
- streamlines tasks for instructors; and
- enhances teaching and learning.
Who can use Blackboard?
Blackboard is available for use by Wayne State students, faculty, and staff, using a WSU AccessID and password.
Student use depends on how the course instructor chooses to use it. It's best to check with your instructors at the start of each semester.
Faculty can use Blackboard in any way that they are comfortable — from having a syllabus and contact information online to creating a complete course along with comprehensive course materials supplemented with communication and collaboration through blogs, threaded discussions, class email, and online file exchanges.
Instructors in Blackboard can post lecture notes, handouts, grades, assignments, and much more — using text-based materials or multimedia.
Administrative staff and faculty can create Organizations in Blackboard for community engagement and to facilitate project or group activities. Contact bbadmin@wayne.edu for more information about Blackboard Organizations.
What do I need?
All courses in Blackboard are password protected. To use Blackboard, you log in with your WSU AccessID and password at blackboard.wayne.edu.
The following hardware and software are minimum specifications for Blackboard.
NOTE: JavaScript and Cookies must be enabled in your Web browser.
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Minimum Windows Requirements:
Windows XP/Vista/7
Firefox 3.6
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Minimum Mac OS X Requirements:
Mac OS 10.4.11
Safari 4.0
Safari 5.0
Firefox 3.6