New features in Blackboard Learn

Hello everybody, back to the blog of SamooIn today's post, we are going to analyze the new features presented by the tool Blackboard Learnone of Anthology's systems.

 

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Anthology, leaders in education

The company Anthology, leaders in the educational field, are characterized by covering the entire learning cycle of a student and offer the largest EdTech ecosystem in education, with more than 150 million users in 80 countries, being used by almost 80% of the world's leading educational institutions and with more than 60 functions in SaaS.

 

Anthology was created with the objective of helping higher education to overcome the obstacles that may arise, thanks to the use of technology and updated cloud services.

Blackboard Learn

Recently, Anthology has gone to the next level with its Blackboard Learn system, incorporating more than 200 enhancements.

 

Blackboard Learn allows you to make your users' training much more efficient, creating inclusive and consistent training experiences, anytime, anywhere.

Sis characterized by offering: multi-entity, system anti-plagiarism, a social environment, content manager, app native mobile app, repository cloud of learning objects and advanced tools for tracking and early detection of dropout.

It has a student information system(SIS) and a customer relationship management(CRM) system to manage all student information.

 

Among the features Blackboard Learn features include:

 

-Course Management: Allows instructors to create and organize course content, such as reading materials, assignments and assessments.

 

-Assessment Tools: Provides options for online quizzes, tests and assessments, with student progress tracking capabilities.

 

-Discussion Forums: Facilitates interaction between students and teachers through online discussion forums to share ideas, ask questions and collaborate.

 

-Communication: Provides communication tools, such as internal messages and announcements, to keep students informed about news and course updates.

 

-Calendar and Assignments: Allows the creation of course calendars and assignment of assignments, helping students to stay organized.

 

Online Collaboration: Facilitates real-time collaboration through features such as chat sessions and web conferencing.

 

-Progress Tracking: Provides tools for students and teachers to track academic performance.

AI design assistant

The most important new feature in Blackboard Learn is the new AI design wizard, developed in collaboration with Microsoft and available exclusively in Blackboard Learn Ultra, to easily create course structure, assessments and more.

 

Blackboard Learn leverages generative AI capabilities to help teachers and instructional designers, and becomes one of the first LMSs with such capabilities. With the AI design assistant, teachers can optimize the course creation process, allowing them to be more engaging and effective.

The AI design wizard allows:

 

-Simplification in course creation: To allow teachers to focus on what they do best, teaching.

 

Obtaining royalty-free images.

 

-Creation of evaluation rubrics.

 

Generation of content-based exams.

 

Anthology is committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI in education.

 

The tool also includes features such as self-expression, an adaptive exam experience designed to reduce learner anxiety, and all kinds of tracking functions for optimal progress monitoring.

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