Blackboard Learning Management Initial Setup

James Phelps - PeerSpot reviewer
Adjunct Professor at Nova Southeastern University

Initially, Blackboard had problems for faculty members who were forced to use it to try to get it set up and running. That said, over time, they improved that. Unfortunately, due to its licensing requirements on standalone systems, like at a university on our servers, we run into problems where we can only set it up in one way. The way you teach a biology class is not the way you teach a social science class, for example. It's not flexible. Often you are forced into compromising in such a manner that neither group would be happy.

If you need help, the help desk in-house will provide 24-hour help to both students and faculty. That means you have eight people, eight hours a day, supervisors, and an overall manager. It takes at least 12 people to handle maintenance for a 10,000-person campus for 24-hour coverage.

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YN
Teaching and Learning Systems Manager at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees

I've always used Blackboard as a managed hosting environment. Since 2019, the product has been provided as software as a service. The onboarding process was very straightforward.

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Craig Smallish - PeerSpot reviewer
Faculty Member at Milwaukee Area Technical College

Setting up Blackboard is pretty straightforward, and it's easy to roll over content from semester to semester. The curriculum and content need to be updated, but it is fairly intuitive.

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March 2024
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GG
Executive Online Learning at a university with 501-1,000 employees

Straightforward.

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March 2024
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