Blackboard is freedom - freedom to communicate, to create, to administer.
One of the best features is that it allows faculty to put material online without having to learn HTML, the language of the web. Of course, if you already are using web pages, you can use them with Blackboard also. The courses are preloaded into Blackboard prior to the beginning of the semester with the instructors designated as the owners of the courses. Then, based on data from the Registrar's Office, the students are enrolled in their courses. This means that when students log in to their Blackboard account, they automatically see a list with all of the courses in which they are enrolled.