Study Guides which explain the structure of the course, background to topics, references, learning objectives, learning outcomes and self-assessment questions are a very effective way to help students use Blackboard and other resources effectively. Monitor the use of course materials. By default Blackboard does not track the usage of materials, but the control panel can be used to apply tracking to each resource. This enables you to track the usage of particular materials by individual students and the overall group. Remember that Blackboard is a web-based system.
Many students access the system from home using modem connections.
Firstly, recent browsers will seemlessly display the document. Secondly, students can edit their copy of the file to add additional notes, or change the font size if they are visually impaired. Other formats such as Adobe pdf format have proved to be less popular. Rich text format is best for documents as it will work with most versions of wordprocessing software. Try to avoid large PowerPoint files - the UCS printers run out of memory and then print out the Postscript instructions.