Community Engagement
If you’re like most educators, you’re confronting the reality of students who are technologically advanced and have diverse learning backgrounds. Unfortunately, traditional delivery of learning both inside and outside of the classroom often involves multiple systems with multiple logins. What you need is an online solution that enables you to provide one-stop access to student services and coursework whenever and wherever they’re needed.
Simply by extending the Blackboard Learn™ platform with our community engagement technology, you will automatically have the ability to build vibrant online communities. You’ll engage your users with convenient online access to cross-institutional learning opportunities and student services around the clock.
Blackboard® community engagement solutions are equally applicable across academic settings. K-12 schools are leveraging these tools to support parental involvement and home-school connections by giving parents an unprecedented view into the classroom. In higher education, university and colleges are making the technology available to campus organizations and clubs so they can distribute and gather information like never before. Meanwhile, training organizations throughout the corporate and government world may continue to leverage the Blackboard platform’s capabilities to deliver training to large and geographically diverse employee populations.
Teaching and 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.
24/7 coursework and services
The busy schedules of your learners necessitate convenient online access to resources. From student services and coursework to extracurricular groups and organizations, the Blackboard platform provides the academic gateway to the information your students need.
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.
Convenient, one-stop access
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.
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.