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Blackboard -
One step Solution to web based communication technology
- by Richa Adhikari


Founded in 1997, Bb is one-step powerful solution to transform the Internet into the environment for teaching and learning.

Almost 2200 institutions in about140 countries have been successfully using Bb and Saginaw Valley State University is proud to be one of them since summer 2000. Students find Bb a learning tool and a powerful transaction system to integrate. “It is the most useful tool for a virtual classroom? quotes many students.

Our Bb expert, Daniel Tyger suggests, “Bb meets student’s e-education needs cost effectively? “Connecting this statement with hybrid classes that SVSU might be interested to grow in a mass using Bb techniques is a golden opportunity? Our administrator has already started ITV system for nursing classes, since some time now. It is a solution to education through Interactive television session, supported by Bb again. It is a good opportunity for more students to start their master classes at their convenience with the introduction of hybrid classes. As these graduate students are self-motivated and are limited with their time spending in the traditional classroom both the school and students can benefit equally. With the support of Bb SVSU, can especially focus on this to compete with other online colleges. Personally, I feel all right as we can experience both the virtual and traditional world of education.

However, here students are very focused and find Bb flexible and a very advantageous tool since it reduces their workload through more energetic data management system.

Access?to quick email, calendar, contacts, links to other homepages (external documents) are few direct and convenient services provided at one click. Students take full advantage of this support system.

Integration, in the classroom is important. All of us are not good public speakers or not very good communicator or shy to talk in public. But Bb solves this problem through the use of electronic mails and digital drop boxes. Survey showed that students are more convenient talking through emails. They are open to more ideas and they slowly become extrovert. By communicating to the class anytime Bb has successfully been a collaborative tool in extending personal environment and extending it’s learning experience to the mass.

Bb is a complete help menu for any class. It is the best example for our new web technology.

 or instance, I come from Nepal, where education system is still laid down and we still work with paper and pencil. To me Bb is a very convenient medium and I wish all my classes would be posted on it. This was a new experience for me. I don’t have to take down any note, which is wonderful. I can access to it anytime from anywhere. I can post my assignments through it. I can keep a track of my schedule too. I think it is amazing; I can also link to other sites without having type those long URLs. I really wish Nepal could develop real fast to introduce such software in their schools.

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