Blackboard Impressions via Impressions Scholarcast

Michael Rees, one of the academics involved in the May semester pilot of Blackboard here at Bond, has begun a series of posts on his experiences with and initial impressions of Blackboard. A long-time ed-tech user, Michael made the switch from using Sharepoint as an LMS to Blackboard this semester. Most of his observations ring true with me, the good and the bad. Reading his first two installments made me think how frequently I've heard similar observations from academic staff I've worked with over the past 5 years. His first summary post describes his experience as an overall positive one, despite a number of niggling frustrations.

His second post reflects on Blackboard's user interface, which, while it's simplicity and ease of navigation was a strength 4 years ago, is now showing its age quite dramatically when compared alongside modern web-applications.

I'm looking forward to reading more on Michael's thoughts on his first run-in with Blackboard.