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Why use Blackboard?
Throughout this guide, you find a set of "Why Bother" ideas for Blackboard usage. So, below we've compiled a list of ideas from the broad spectrum of uses to get you thinking of why you would use Blackboard in your course:
- Place your course materials on the web so that your students have access to your course content 24X7.
- Offer your students a "backup" option if they misplace syllabi or assignments from class.
- Allow your students to lengthen an engaging discussion that begins in class, but in an online format.
- Gain a feel for how your students are understanding your content.
- Have Blackboard auto-grade quizzes and assessments for you!
- Help students keep better track of how they are progressing through the class.
- Broadcast a note to students reminding them of upcoming deadlines.
- Give students an online space in which to work on group projects.
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