Why use Blackboard?
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Use Blackboard if you prefer:
- A simple, fixed interface well-suited for the needs of a novice user
- To use your Web site primarily to post a syllabus and course handouts
- Automatic uploading of student information to your class roster
- Access to the course based on a participant's UT EID
- To publish your course materials in Microsoft Word instead of html
- Shared white board and chat functionality and the capability for group Web navigation
- Control over chat rooms archives
- The ability to archive course components for courses
- An e-mail system that uses a separate e-mail account





