Blackboard
Blackboard Learn
Blackboard is Imperial's Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) and is used to support teaching and learning. It incorporates tools for teaching and learning, digital assessment and accessibility.
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Teaching and learning
- Announcements
- Discussion board
- Content building tools for storing documents and folders
- Instructional design
- Evaluation tools for tracking of student performance
- Adaptive release of content based on date, group, gradeand review
- Video - use Panopto to host your video content and link to Blackboard

Digital assessment
- Suitable for formative and summative assessments
- Assignment tool for assessment file submission, grading and feedback
- Grade Centre for managing grades and feedback
- Group tool for group assessments
- Turnitin integration
- Möbius integration
- WebPA integration

Accessibility (Blackboard Ally)
Blackboard Ally is integrated seamlessly in Blackboard and focuses on making digital course content more accessible. It assesses the accessibility of content and provides a report with guidance for instructors to improve course accessibility.
Resources
ICT Blackboard Learn guidance
More information on:
- User guidance for staff and students
- Blackboard mobile apps
- Blackboard Ally for staff
- Training
- Sandbox courses
- Policies