Students increasingly comprehend through observation and learn by seeing events themselves. Where can educators find a wide variety of multimedia content to fully engage learners?
Through a partnership between Blackboard Inc. and NBC Learn, educators can easily locate educational multimedia content about real-world events that is instructionally sound and relevant to course curricula.
NBC News Archives on Demand
NBC News Archives on Demand contains thousands of professionally made multimedia content archived in easily searchable video collections that are updated regularly: News footage of historic and current events. Primary source documents, articles and political cartoons. Photographs, images, charts and graphs. Critical analysis and mini-documentaries covering topics across academic disciplines.
Many Uses, Many Benefits
Educators and learners can search NBC News Archives on Demand in multiple ways, including by subject area, related topic or keyword. Download video clips and embed them directly in the Blackboard Learn™ course environment. Use video to introduce or emphasize specific topics, stimulate critical thinking and debate, and enliven course material. Screen clips in class. Use video commenting and rating features. Read and print full text transcripts. Students also can complete research in the archives and incorporate clips into multimedia projects.
NBC News Archives on Demand Blackboard Building Block
Blackboard users can access NBC News Archives on Demand through the Course Delivery and Community Engagement Modules within the Blackboard Learn platform using the Blackboard Building Blocks™ framework.
Through this integration, Blackboard users can expect regularly updated news content, and short-form, preview playback of videos. Users also can: Search and browse across the archives. Create user playlists and mashups. Save and embed content in Blackboard Learn courses. Full, long-form playback of videos and advanced search features can be licensed directly from NBC Learn.
Begin Using the Archives Today
Blackboard clients in North America who license Blackboard Learn, Release 9, or the Blackboard Learning System™, Release 7.3 and higher, can
download the NBC News Archives on Demand Blackboard Building Block from Behind the Blackboard®.
Visit NBC News Archives on Demand to browse the collections and see sample content.
Although NBC News Archives on Demand currently does not integrate with the ANGEL LMS, or the Basic, CE or Vista editions of the Blackboard Academic Suite™, the NBC Learn team can help you access the archives. For more information,
contact NBC Learn.