The Blackboard Beyond Initiative™ is focused on researching, developing and delivering innovative, centrally-hosted web properties and services that connect Blackboard users and make the reach of the Blackboard community useful to faculty and students in their everyday teaching and learning.
Built on the principles of Web 2.0, Blackboard Beyond will deliver rich, user-driven tools to:
- Foster Student Centered Learning
- Facilitate Social Networking
- Enable Lifelong Learning
- Benchmark Outcomes
- Extend the Platform
BLACKBOARD BEYOND PROPERTIES
Blackboard Sync is a safe and secure application that delivers Blackboard course information and updates through the Facebook interface to keep students in touch and engaged with their academic studies. It also enables students to connect with their classmates through Facebook, thus creating social learning opportunities. Additionally, Blackboard Sync offers several options for institutional access to give the institutions as much control as they need to integrate and capitalize on the opportunity.
To learn more, visit blackboardsync.com or find it in the Facebook application directory.
Scholar®, is a free social bookmarking and academic resource sharing service, customized for education, and integrated with all of Blackboard’s Learning System products. Scholar enables students and faculty to store and classify their web resources, and then share them with other scholars and leverage expertise across institutions, across the globe.
See for yourself - visit the public site at www.scholar.com
SafeAssign™ is a plagiarism prevention service by Blackboard that is included as part of the Blackboard enterprise platform at no additional cost. Integrated directly into the Blackboard Learning System, SafeAssign enables instructors to check papers against billions of source materials and detect plagiarized content right within their existing teaching and learning environment. SafeAssign also serves as an educational tool by creating opportunities to teach students about proper attribution and citation.
To learn more visit www.safeassign.com.