Announcements
Post timely information critical to course success
Blogs
A blog can have a single author, or multiple contributors. In an educational context blogs are being used as simple e-portfolios, promoting deeper learning and reflective writing skills. By linking blogs into groups, peer supported communities can be created. The ability to allow comments from readers moves a simple blog post to a much more discursive learning experience.
Calendar
Provide students with dates for course related events
Discussion Boards
Facilitate multi threaded conversations. Simple to deploy and manage, and if planned carefully can promote very insightful and deeper learning outcomes
Send email to other people, either individuals or to groups, on your course.
Journals
One to one communication between a student and lecturer or as a personal journal for a student.
Tasks
Organise projects or tasks by defining priority and tracking status
Wiki
Deploy a wiki (a site developed collaboratively by a number of users) for a particular topic, or on a per group basis.
Groups
Course instructors have the ability to deploy groups in 3 ways; self enrol, manual enrol, and random enrol.
Contacts
Add information about yourself and other staff. This is a good location to provide information about office hours, phone numbers, and other links to help students find the people who have important roles in the course
Blackboard Collaborate
Collaborate allows lecturers to schedule synchronous virtual classroom and webinar sessions.