Integrations

The Learning Platforms team supports several enterprise tools and third-party integrations to extend the use of the Blackboard Learn Ultra system for teaching and learning. Below are a list of the current tools integrated into Blackboard, including support resources and licensing options.

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Assignments

MathWorks: Automatically grade MATLAB code in any learning environment. Resources.


Attendance

Qwickly Attendance: Attendance tracking tool. Resources


'Canes Course Pack

'Canes Course Pack provides all required course materials to undergraduate students for all registered courses, including textbooks, access codes, and other course materials. Once an instructor adds a course link to their Blackboard course, students can access digital course materials through Blackboard. Frequently asked questions may be found at miami.edu/canescoursepack.

 

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  • Follett BryteWave - Instructor Guide

    For all publishers that use Follett BryteWave to distribute digital course materials, course instructors can follow the guidance below:

    • Navigate to the course you want to link to Follet BryteWave.
    • If you have an Ultra Course, select the plus sign under 'Course Content' and select 'Content Market,' and select 'Follett BryteWave Deep Link.'
    •  If you have an Original Course, In the location where you would like to share the video, select 'Build Content' and select 'Follett BryteWave Deep Link.'
    • Select 'My Shelf' and enter 'BryteWave Course Materials' into the 'Link Name' box.
    • Click 'Create Link'
    • Knowledge Base: https://brytewavesolve.zendesk.com/hc/en-us

  • Follett Willo - Instructor Guide

    For all publishers that use Follett Willo to distribute digital course materials and courseware, course instructors can follow the guidance below.

    Please note - only Follett Willo 1.3 is supported in Blackboard. If your publisher only has 1.1 instructions, please use the integration already in Blackboard for your publisher (e.g. Cengage).

    • Navigate to the course you want to link to Follett Willo.
    • If you have an Ultra Course, select the plus sign under 'Course Content' and select 'Content Market,' and select 'Follett Willo.'
    •  If you have an Original Course, In the location where you would like to share the video, select 'Build Content' and select 'Follett Willo.'
    • After the tool is selected, click Continue in a new window and you will be presented with suggested courses that you can choose from.
    • To choose one of those courses, simply click Select and Review Details to confirm your choice.
    • Alternatively, if you were provided a product token during your e-mail campaign, select I don't see my course Materials and then select I have a product token.
    • Input that product token you were given, click Verify and Confirm.
    • Either method will bring you to this confirmation page, where you will then select Course Management and choose the links you'd like to bring back to Blackboard.
    • When you're finished selecting, click Return Links to LMS and then close window.
    • You may need to refresh your Blackboard page, for the links that you'd selected will show up in your content area.
    • You are now ready to click on one of the publisher links to complete the pairing process on the publisher side.
    • Knowledge Base: https://willolabs.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/14565638253709-Instructor-Video-Adding-Course-Materials-with-Willo-Digital-Delivery 
    • Publisher Links: https://willolabs.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/sections/14960181071885-Blackboard

  • Cengage MindTap - Instructor Guide

    Cengage MindTap is supported within the ‘Canes Course Pack program, course instructors can follow the guidance below:

  • McGraw Hill LTIA Connect - Instructor Guide

    McGraw Hill Connect is supported within the ‘Canes Course Pack program, however, currently material is distributed through the McGraw Hill integration within Blackboard.

  • iClicker / Macmillan Achieve

    iClicker is currently supported through textbook adoption, either individually, or if an instructor has adopted a Macmillan Achieve product (iClicker is included with Achieve). Students will receive an email from the bookshore/iClicker if this was adopted as a 'textbook' via 'Canes Course Pack. A student who has opted out of the textbook adoption program would need to purchase a license.

    iClicker with Macmillian Achieve: To unlock their iClicker account, students need to log into their Achieve account and click on the iClicker link in the yellow banner at the top. Here are instructions.

Content

Box: Store and manage content in a highly encrypted, secure, online environment. Resources                                                        

Follet Discover: A tool for faculty to use to review and select course materials. Resources                                          

Kaltura: Kaltura is a video management platform used to upload, manage, share, publish, and stream videos and video quizzes within Blackboard. Resources                                                        

OneNote: A note-taking program for free-form information gathering and multi-user collaboration. Resources

OneDrive: Cloud storage to store your files and photos, sync across all your devices, and even edit and collaborate on Office documents. Resources

Auralia/Musition (Available for Frost School of Music): Ear training and music theory software. Resources

Voice Thread: A collaborative application to share multimedia, with interactive feedback options such as voice, text, or video comments. Resources                                    


E-Textbook

Purchase of the e-textbook is to leverage the following integrations.

Cengage: Provides external course materials (e-textbooks, assignments, activities) to supplement course content. Resources

Macmillan Learning: An online resource where students can access their e-book, take quizzes, and more. Resources

McGraw-Hill: Class reports and analytics of student progress in one place. students don’t have to log in to different applications. Resources

Pearson: Provides additional course materials, assessments, and communication. Resources

Pearson MyLab & Mastering: Provides additional course materials, assessments, and communication, specific to MyLab and Mastering content. Resources

SAGE Vantage: A digital platform that provides SAGE content with auto-graded assignments. Resources

Vital Source: Platform for distributing, accessing, consuming, and engaging with digital textbooks and course materials. Resources

WileyPlus: Tailor curated content and easily manage your course in order to engage and motivate students. Resources


Interactive Content and Authoring

H5p (Individual License only): Create and Share Rich HTML5 Content and Applications. Resources

PlayPostit (Available for School of Law Online): PlayPostt is a lesson building application that allows users to create, customize, and personalize e-learning content. Resources


Library Integration

Course Reserves: Library services platform used for integrating electronic course reserves into Blackboard (articles, book chapters, syllabi, lecture notes, etc.). Resources

Research Guides: Materials and resources appropriate for disciplines, courses, and special topics, curated by UM librarians. Resources


Polling Software

iClicker Cloud (Licensing: Student / department purchase): iClicker Cloud, is a platform instructors use to engage students with polls and assignments, assess students with quizzes, and keep track of attendance. Resources


Social Annotation

Feedback Fruits (Available for School of Law): Collaborative tool suite used for self and peer feedback, and social annotation. Resources


Video Conferencing

Echo360 (Available for School of Law): Video-based learning tool for engagement, authoring and assessments. Resources

Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Teams is a video conferencing tool that integrates with Blackboard, which allows for scheduling and launching of meetings. Resources

Panopto (Available for: Miller School of Medicine): Panopto is a lecture capture tool and video platform to record, webcast, manage, and share video content. 

Zoom: Zoom is a video conferencing tool that integrates with Blackboard, which allows for scheduling and launching of meetings. Resources

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