CLIPs, Blackboard, & eGradebook
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CLIPs (Class Information Pages), Blackboard, and eGradebook support various aspects of technology-enhanced learning. These independent applications are supported by the University to provide course organization, communication, interaction and student feedback. Instructors currently can use CLIPs to request Blackboard course combinations and Teaching Assistant authorizations .
1) When classes are associated (combined) in CLIPS, the classes will be combined
in Blackboard on the next business day.
eGradebook has its own class association feature built in.*
2) If a TA is added through CLIPS, he or she will receive access to the functions
checked on the next business day.*
A full list of the differences between eGradebook and Blackboard's gradebook is available at the comparison of electronic gradebooks page.
| CLIPS | BLACKBOARD | eGRADEBOOK | |
| Primary features | Complete class rosters Photo rosters |
Course Management System: rosters, gradebook, discussion boards, uploaded files, tests, surveys, etc. |
Gradebook only integrates closely with student records, rosters, classes, final grade submission, DIIA Scanning Services |
| Class Rosters | -Official class rosters available to instructors and TAs with student
names regardless of directory info restriction -Multiple student record fields can be made viewable -Rosters are searchable and downloadable -Students opt in to student-viewable roster of names and email addresses |
-Rosters do not display students who have dropped the course |
-Rosters do not display students who have dropped the course
|
| Upload class materials | Feature discontinued starting Fall, 2007 | Unlimited file types no size limits or course quotas |
No ability to upload files |
| Instructors and TAs can send email without attachments | All course members can send email with attachments to other members |
No ability to send email | |
| Other academic uses | Study Buddy - Housing and Food-sponsored classmate study groups, eGradebook | Chat, Discussion forums, Student grouping, Assessment Manager, Test/Survey creation, Upload/download student submitted papers and gradebook files | Provide feedback in the form of text comments |
| Contact if problems or questions | clips-help@utlists.utexas.edu | blackboard@austin.utexas.edu | egb@lists.cc.utexas.edu |
* It is likely that a new Courseware Grouping System will replace CLIPs for this item.
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