UAPB Blackboard Learn - Support

Instructors can determine the tools are used within a course Group or a set of Groups. Available Course Tools include the following:

Group Blog                                                                        Users within the group can post to the Blog and add comments. Instructors can enable the Blog tool for use only within the Course Group, or can grant the public access to the Blog.

Collaboration                                                                     Users within the group can participate in real-time lessons and discussions.

Group Discussion Board                                                                     The Group Discussion Board is an area where Course Group members can post messages and repliesInstructors can use this tool to encourage discussions of course material outside of the classroom. This Discussion Board is available only to Course Group members, not to the entire course.

File Exchange                                                                     Students and Instructors can use this tool to upload documents to the Course Group area and organize them through the creation of folders in which their items can be stored. Students can access this material from within the course. Instructors have access to all folders in their course.

Send Email                                                                          All members of a Course Group can send email messages to selected members or the entire group. These messages are internal to the Course Group, they are not available to anyone outside the group.

Group Journal                                                                     Instructors can assign a private Journal to each user in a group to allow private communication between the Instructor and the User.

Group Tasks                                                                       The Group Tasks page organizes projects or activities (referred to as tasks)by defining task priority and tracking task status.