Blackboard

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 What is Blackboard?


Blackboard is an online platform that can be used for distance education. Its concept is actually doing the same processes that most teachers do in their face-to-face classes. It allows instructors to prepare a wide variety of content for their learners such as audio files, animated videos and PowerPoint presentations. It is also easy for teachers to give their students a feedback, track their process online. In this platform, teachers can assign a quiz or assignment for any lesson for their students. Blackboard can be said to help teachers ease their burden of assessing the papers because they are scored without teachers having to look at them. As a result, it is beneficial for teachers to manage the class and students to be informed of everything that is going on in their classes.

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