Building Blocks Wishlist
blackboard > building blocks > building blocks wishlist
The following Building Blocks are a wishlist based on input from Faculty User Group, general suggestions, and faculty and student suggestions from this page:
If you would like to submit your wishlist for Blackboard please email us at blackboard@austin.utexas.edu.
Gradebook
- Send final grades to the Registrar's eGrades system
- Drop the lowest grade(s) by category
- Comments/Feedback columns
- Stats data on grades (histogram)
- Process all columns in a spreadsheet upload file
Groups
- Include discussion board forum creation ability
- Ability to self control
- Ability to batch upload group membership
- Assign Group Grade
- Automatically create groups by unique number for combined courses
Miscellaneous
- Photo Roster Integration
- Student sign up for time slots (Appointment Scheduler added Nov. 06)
- Advanced student tracking
- Discussion board posts and messages read (history)
- Export discussion board posts to text file (version 7.2 installed May 07)
- Automatically add TAs
- Instructor file library
- Student file library
Support materials for Bb 9 are available at:
https://wikis.utexas.edu/display/bbsupport/
Blackboard is a campus-wide initiative of:
comments about the site to: Malaika Boyd: mboyd@mail.utexas.edu.
