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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MathWorks: Automatically grade MATLAB code in any learning environment. Resources. Qwickly Attendance: Attendance tracking tool. ResourcesAssignments
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'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.
For all publishers that use Follett BryteWave to distribute digital course materials, course instructors can follow the guidance below:
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).
McGraw Hill Connect is supported within the ‘Canes Course Pack program, however, currently material is distributed through the McGraw Hill integration within Blackboard.
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.
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 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 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 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 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 Feedback Fruits (Available for School of Law): Collaborative tool suite used for self and peer feedback, and social annotation. Resources 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. ResourcesContent
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