Blackboard: Meeting Challenges in K-12
   
Meeting Challenges in K-12 Expanding access and opportunities for instructional delivery Related Items

Challenges
How do you "fill-in-the-gaps" in face-to-face teaching and increase access to high quality courses?

Blackboard Solution
Whether a student is hospital or homebound, a traveling athlete or involved in extra-curricular activities, the Blackboard Learning System allows students to take courses online or supplement face-to-face learning. The Virtual Classroom/Collaboration feature allows for live synchronous learning and online office hours. Blackboard's Assignments feature allows students to submit work and teachers to provide feedback online. These Blackboard Learning System features allow school districts to provide course options outside of the traditional high school experience. Therefore, students have access to courses whether for remediation, acceleration or enrichment.

 
Increasing Student And Parent Engagement Related Items

Challenges
How do you increase student and parent engagement in education?

Blackboard Solution
Increasingly, a top priority for many districts and schools is providing a more holistic approach to teaching and learning. Greater parent, teacher and community involvement is viewed as critical for greater student outcomes. To achieve this goal, many schools are using the Blackboard Learning System and the Blackboard Community System.

  • Blackboard's Course Authoring/Multi-Media features engage students by offering vibrant online content
  • Blackboard's Observer/Parent role engages parents by providing a portal to their children's grades and school activities
  • Blackboard's role-based information delivery engages the community by providing an online gateway to new education initiatives and community activities

 
Finding An Online Solution For Professional Development Related Items

Challenges
How do you “fill-in-the-gaps” in face-to-face teaching and increase access to high quality courses?

Blackboard Solution
Many districts and education service agencies are looking for online solutions to provide increased access, variety and collaboration in their professional development programs, with the least disruption to classroom and at a lower cost. A proven, hosted platform for course development and delivery enables school districts to introduce online learning without a technical investment or additional resources. Collaboration tools allow teachers to share best practices and solve problems without adding another set of meetings to their busy schedules. And with management and evaluation tools, districts can ensure the impact of professional development initiatives.  Blackboard Educator Central™ empowers districts to affordably manage, deliver and evaluate professional development initiatives and build powerful educator communities of practice.

Blackboard Educator Central
 
 
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