Technological Tools

Blackboard Learn / Blackboard CourseSites

Website: https://coursesites.com/

• CourseSites is designed to support instructors who may not have access to a learning management system at their institution or school, or who may have access to an older version of Blackboard learning management platform system.
• Instructors can teach dynamic online courses at no cost using CourseSites which is part of Blackboard Learn with the Ultra experience.
• Main features: templates to guide course development, dedicated homepages and URLs, post course materials (PDF, HTKL, ePub, Audio, Electronic braille, Translated version), discussion, collaboration (live virtual classroom, Web conferencing, instant messaging), performance monitoring and grades management, etc.

Souce: Blackboard (2011, 2018) https://www.blackboard.com/teaching-learning/learning-management/blackboard-learn

User Interface

	Templates to guide course development
	Live virtual classroom and instant messaging
	Gradebook

Literature and other sources

• Al Meajel, T., & Sharadgah, M. (2018). Barriers to Using the Blackboard System in Teaching and Learning: Faculty Perceptions. Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 23(2), 351-366.
• Blackboard (2011, September 13). Blackboard Broadens Global Reach of CourseSites. Retrieved from https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/blackboard-broadens-global-reach-of-coursesites-129717928.html
• Blackboard (2018. July 16). Blackboard Releases New and Improved Version of CourseSites, A Free Online Learning Platform. Retrieved from https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/blackboard-releases-new-and-improved-version-of-coursesites-a-free-online-learning-platform-300681199.html
• Blackboard (2019, July 24). Flexible Rollout of Blackboard Learn’s Ultra Experience Gains Momentum Across the Globe. Retrieved from https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/flexible-rollout-of-blackboard-learns-ultra-experience-gains-momentum-across-the-globe-300890081.html
• Bonk, C., & Lee, M. (2017). Motivations, Achievements, and Challenges of Self-Directed Informal Learners in Open Educational Environments and MOOCs. Journal of Learning for Development, 4(1), 36-57.
• Salmon, G., Gregory, J., Lokuge Dona, K., & Ross, B. (2015). Experiential online development for educators: The example of the Carpe Diem MOOC. British Journal of Educational Technology, 46(3), 542-556.
• Whitmer, J., Nuñez, N., Harfield, T., & Forteza, D. (2016). Patterns in Blackboard Learn tool use: Five course design archetypes. Retrieved from https://lac.blackboard.com/images/135/Bb_Patterns_LMS_Course_Design_r5_tcm135-42998.pdf

Blackboard Learn with the Ultra Experience Tutorials-Instructors

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLontYaReEU1tCbsCDP-u_wsKdkDBegIhH

Blackboard Learn with the Ultra Experience Tutorials-Students

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLontYaReEU1vndBOA5qA-u_Gwyh9xk8U3

Students: Stay Organized and Communicating

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLontYaReEU1ub17f3GEdWuAZE1Dz-27QM