This document summarizes the benefits of extending the Blackboard Learn platform with community engagement technology. It allows users to build online communities for continued learning outside the classroom. It provides personalized content and engagement while keeping learners and instructors in a secure, familiar environment. It offers role-based permissions to create personalized learning environments and automatically deliver relevant information to users. It also provides a single portal for accessing academic services conveniently with integrated systems and login. Advanced group collaboration tools further enable learning communities both during and after class. The technology also allows customizing online identities and branding for different departments or programs easily managed by a single solution. It delegates control to multiple administrators so IT departments do not have to manage all content and programs.

1. Simply by extending the Blackboard
Learn™ platform with our Community
Engagement technology, you will
automatically have the ability to build vibrant
online communities for continued learning
interactions outside of the classroom. You’ll
engage your users with personalized content and information, keeping your
learners and instructors in a secure, familiar learning environment.
Unlimited Roles and Permissions – Creating a personalized learning environment
Today’s digital natives and millennial students expect online learning solutions both
inside and outside the classroom. Blackboard technology is flexible and easily
customizable based on individual learning needs. Your users will save time and increase
engagement with the automatic delivery of relevant role-based information.
Portal Functionality – Offering convenient, one-stop access for academic services
Digital natives, millennial students and adult learners expect to quickly and easily access
your resources. Unfortunately, multiple systems with multiple logins make navigation
both time-consuming and frustrating. By deploying our community engagement solution,
you’ll provide an academic gateway to everything from your course delivery system and
content management tools to student information systems.
Advanced Group Collaboration Tools - Learning beyond the classroom
With a diverse learner population, effective ways to connect and learn outside the
classroom are essential. Our community engagement solutions foster online communities
and build greater connections between teachers and students both during and after class.
Branding for Specific Departments – Enabling unique online identities
Different schools or campus groups need to establish their own identities, but software
limitations can make it difficult. Our community engagement technology will continue to
allow you to customize the online presentation and branding for each distinct program,
department or school that requires it. Your staff can meet the demands of all these
constituencies with one easy-to-manage solution.
Domains and Administration – Delegating control to multiple system administrators
Your school’s Information Technology department does not want the responsibility to
manage content and information specific to certain programs or departments. With the
domains and administrator functions, an IT department can extend control to edit and
produce content to any program or department on campus. This will save valuable time
and energy and empower other campus administrators to control their own section of the
Blackboard platform.