Blackboard Learn
Über Blackboard Learn
Blackboard Learn Preis
Blackboard Learn bietet keine Gratisversion, aber eine kostenlose Testversion. Die kostenpflichtige Version von Blackboard Learn ist ab $ 9’500.00/Jahr verfügbar.
Alternativen für Blackboard Learn
Blackboard Learn Erfahrungen
Funktionsbewertung
- Branche: Bildungsmanagement
- Unternehmensgröße: 1’001–5’000 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für Mehr als 2 Jahre genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Blackboard Learn Review
I had great experience with Blackboard Learn and I will continue to use it in the future. I have not found any other education software out there that can do what Blackboard Learn does.
Vorteile
It is easy to use and has all of the feature I need like auto grade, the ability to create quiz and text on the fly and allow the student to get involved in the discussion.
Nachteile
There is nothing I do not like about the software.
In Betracht gezogene Alternativen
Google ClassroomWarum Blackboard Learn gewählt wurde
Google classroom do not have the ability to auto grade and it does not have the ability to organized things in different pages like Blackboard.Zuvor genutzte Software
Google ClassroomGründe für den Wechsel zu Blackboard Learn
I chose Blackboard Learn over these alternative because it is a higher quality product with far better features than any other I have ever seen.- Branche: Computer-Software
- Unternehmensgröße: 11–50 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für Mehr als 2 Jahre genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Reliable where it counts
Vorteile
Blackboard is a rather intuitive learning platform, packed with a huge amount of features. If you need it for your school, it can be done. There were also a number of training materials and good customer support. It's reliable, which means students and instructors will know when to expect outages and prepare accordingly.
Nachteile
The UI, until recently, was a bit stale and outdated in appearance. Thankfully this has been updated and seems more modernistic now. It is also a bit more expensive than alternatives.
In Betracht gezogene Alternativen
MoodleWarum Blackboard Learn gewählt wurde
Moodle didn't have enough of what we needed and experienced a lot of down time.Zuvor genutzte Software
MoodleGründe für den Wechsel zu Blackboard Learn
It had more features and seemed more reliable based on our experience.- Branche: Hochschulbildung
- Unternehmensgröße: 1’001–5’000 Mitarbeiter
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Quelle der Bewertung
a Long Term User's Honest Experience
Quick background, was in high tech sales and marketing for many years prior to teaching and heavily involved with custom Computer Graphics systems since Time Arts Lumena was around (predecessor to Photoshop). Check out my LinkedIn profile for more details.
On to the product review -- I've been using Blackboard for *many* years, and have been teaching (and doing) Web Design and Development since 1993. I'm retiring shortly, so I can be absolutely frank and honest about my experience with this app without fear of upsetting IT folks or admins that I would have to work with in the future.
Truthfully, the ONLY reason I use this app is because I have no alternative at the College where I teach and it gives the students easy access to information, but so would any LMS (Learning Management System).
The UIX (User Interface Experience) is incredibly archaic and counter-intuitive. It's also painfully slow to use, as it does constant server requests (just paste the URL for a Blackboard connection into http://www.webpagetest.org/ for testing).
Sometimes one single click every 15 seconds is all the system will react to when I'm using the grade book, etc. -- in the "real" world, without captive users, no one would ever return to a site with those response times. To be fair to Blackboard, part of that may (or may not) be our schools network or Blackboard interface setup.
As far as usability, Blackboard needs to let the User Interface and UIX designers (if they even had any) direct the techs and coders. It's *very* obvious that it's been the reverse, . They should 'steal' some Apple UIX people and give them some *real* power to direct how the app works and what it looks like.
I've just finished using Blackboard for 3 hours+ doing things that should have taken 1 hour or less had the interface been optimized and more thought out. For example, under the 'Assignments' and 'Course Documents' sections there is no easy way to reorder or batch select using something basic like check boxes or a multi-select hot keys.
Also, any NEW assignment or document post goes to the BOTTOM (the absolute reverse of a Blog post) So I need to drag it back to the top (where it logically should go). However, even that is awkward, since when I drag to the top of the browser the window does not auto-scroll. I have to hold the left mouse button at the same time as I use my middle finger to roll the mouse wheel -- duh!!.
There IS a small text window pop-up accessed via an archaic icon to reorder posts, however, that shows only 5 assignment titles at a time (no window resize function to show more than 5). I can reorder them there, but need to do a single mouse click each time it moves up one position, but again, with no way to see more than 5 and no way to multi-select. So, if I have 50 course documents and want to shift 5 new documents to the top (where they belong) that's almost 250 mouse clicks to re-position 5 documents to where they should be in the first place - duh!!
In Gradebook it only shows 10 students listed by default. I can change the setting up to 50 but the next time I go back it's back or need to refresh something -- it's back to 10. It doesn't save defaults or give me a choice. This may seem to be nit-picking, but over the period of a 14 week semester that's a lot of wasted time time and clicks.
I'm going to end my review here as I have more work to do, but when I saw a 4 star review for this LMS being the solo review I had to balance it out. Bottom line is, the concept is good -- many, many modules/tools in a LMS bundled package but the execution is absolutely awful.
Just Google search 'Blackboard sucks' or 'I hate Blackboard' if you want real faculty and user opinions sans any marketing spin. Other telltale signs are when a company start to lose long-term clients. Ryerson University in Toronto just did a switch from Blackboard after "a multi-year consultation process". More on that process is here http://lms.blog.ryerson.ca/
Hopefully that last paragraph doesn't get censored, because that's the source of raw truth.
Vorteile
1. it's an LMS and something is better than nothing.
2. It's full of examples I can show my students on how not to do UI and UIX
3. Well established company is behind it
4. Modular front-end
5. Many bells and whistles
Nachteile
1. Counter intuitive, clunky, awkard UI (User Interface) - improve it by hiring UI/UIX experts and giving them actual control over the app interface and functions.
2. Slow (even when on the same network node or high speed cable connection) - needs a code rewrite/optimization.
3. Ancient aesthetics (although some design elements are now "flat design-ish") - hire UI and UIX designers and actually allow them to direct the final interface.
4. Many glitches (I've a folder full of screen-shots, if you want proof) - again a code rewrite needed, or ideally a complete start-over with newer code philosophies and methods.
- Branche: Hochschulbildung
- Unternehmensgröße: 5’001–10’000 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für Mehr als 2 Jahre genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Functional Beast
I have enjoyed using Blackboard Learn and feel that it meets all the needs of an online learning platform in terms of function.
Vorteile
I love how functional it is and how thoughtfully crafted it is for students and instructors alike.
Nachteile
At times the interface lacks aesthetic value, especially when it comes to writing your own responses on the platform and using it on a mobile device.
- Branche: Bildungsmanagement
- Unternehmensgröße: 51–200 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für Mehr als 2 Jahre genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
The teacher's friend
Blackboard is a teacher's friend! It stores work securely and lets the user add grades to the gradebook when work sometimes finds it way through outside email systems. Blackboard also has tutorial videos for dealing with new issues.
Vorteile
I must admit wrestling with Blackboard in 2015 when first encountered, but I've learned it to be reliable and fairly simple to use. Everything about it makes sense and navigation is easy. The system does the math for accurate grade recording and stores information for as long as needed in order to verify work submitted and grades recorded.
Nachteile
My least favorite thing was being thrust into Blackboard initially after using only Moodle. Our school offered some group training and I took advantage of several help sessions, too. The systems are different, but I believe Blackboard to be superior in every way.