Blackboard

Blackboard Still Growing

Submitted by Mardster on January 21, 2012 - 3:06pm

See this article in Campus Technology about SUNY's decision to adopt Blackboard Learn across 64 campuses. The key point is their intent to use the technology to enhance teaching and learning and improve collaboration.

I think the issue that we often encounter about technology decisions can often get clouded by dogma or personal preference instead of the key issues for the customer.

Blackboard Backend Design

Submitted by Greg Mount on April 26, 2009 - 12:46pm
Blackboard
Date: 
May 26, 2009 - 11:00am
Location: 
Room TBA, Medical Sciences Building, University of Toronto
Presenter/Moderator: 
John Calvin

UofT completely redesigned its Blackboard back-end infrastructure last summer. Problem diagnosis was the primary goal. Since many production issues could not be replicated in our Quality Assurance (QA) environment, it became necessary to treat the entire production platform as a live experiment. Careful physical installation, a ground-breaking design, and comprehensive system instrumentation of every component exposed areas of concern for investigation. Cabling and labeling matter. Learn why.