First, the platform centers on courses, and each course has the following 4 independent functional modules:

    • Content Resource Management — teachers can conveniently publish, manage and organize teaching contents;
    • Online communication function-asynchronous and synchronous communication and collaboration tools;
    • Assessment Management function — self-test, test, test, survey and record;
    • System management function — Management and statistics function of teachers in Dean’s office.


    The second is the three identities of logging on to the platform: system administrator, teacher and student.

    • System Administrator: personalized customized platform interface style function; can set, add and manage users according to the actual situation of the school; count and manage the usage of the whole platform; provide integration and interfaces with other IT systems.
    • Teachers: manage teaching, organize teaching, edit courseware, take online exams, examine and approve homework, count the learning situation of root students, etc.
    • Students: elective courses, arranging learning plans, checking course contents, submitting homework, participating in online tests, checking academic performance, cooperative learning and communication, participating in learning, community communication, etc.


    (1) content resource management my organization: customizable portal interface. Students, teachers of the dean’s office, managers and all other users can obtain basic courses and personal information management tools through a user-centered “my institution” page. You can directly enter the course by checking notices, schedules, tasks and scores of multiple courses; through the links in the “my courses” module; view a complete course list of a public institution through the course catalog and browse the courses that visitors are allowed to visit; use personal schedules, address books, user phone books, and schedules. Course content area: teachers and teaching designers of Dean’s office can make students obtain learning materials at any time and any place. Teachers of the academic affairs office can use the whole set of teaching tools provided in the teacher control panel to realize the course content supported by the blackboard; create the course folder structure to arrange the relevant course content; publish notification, course resources, tasks, link of teaching resources, brief introduction of professors and students and other information; Upload course documents through the Internet, and it is convenient to manage the course content (support to upload and send various format files including: Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat PDF, HTML, digital pictures, digital video and audio files, multimedia, etc ); according to the date and event specified in the course schedule, the course will be opened or closed automatically; the learning unit will be created through the course content structure to determine the orderly learning path; it is convenient to navigate the course area by popping up the website map; teachers of the dean’s office can supplement various teaching contents according to other courseware materials that have been matched in the team platform; through the online server of blackboard, hundreds of electronic courses can be used in many subjects.

    (2) online communication tools
    The platform provides synchronous (Virtual Classroom) and asynchronous (discussion board) communication tools for users at the same time to enhance the learning effect.

    • Achieve the effect of cooperative learning through discussion board, real-time virtual classroom interaction and group communication;
    • Function of discussion board: aiming at each course of teaching and learning, there is no limit to the number of forums in the discussion board, and each forum has a specific attribute, so as to allow various teaching methods and themes to achieve learning interaction, classify information according to discussion list, author, date or theme, and then participate in the forum; track Read and unread information;
    • Collect multiple information on the same page for easy reading, comparison and printing;
    • Restrict the user’s permissions and lock the information so that the information can be viewed but not modified or replied;
    • Virtual Classroom: Online text chatting, shared electronic whiteboard, teachers can guide students to browse the course content, and guide students to browse the webpage content cooperatively, and also can make graphic marks on the webpage;
    • Submit and manage job content through digital receiver;
    • Create student learning collaboration groups, and launch protected forums, virtual classrooms, and document exchanges for each group.


    (3) Online Assessment tools

    • By inputting the Meta test materials, the test database can be generated;
    • Randomly generate test papers from the test database and reuse them for many times;
    • Teaching staff can strengthen students’ learning effects by creating and managing self-tests, tests, exams and statistical analysis of scores, measure students’ learning process and formulate courses according to their needs;
    • Create tests and surveys according to simple and step-by-step procedures;
    • Multiple types of questions can be mixed and applied in selection: single choice, multiple choice, judgment of right and wrong, matching, sorting, filling in the blanks and argumentation;
    • Including multimedia or other attachments with evaluation problems;
    • Create a collection of questions that can be shared among courses;
    • It can provide students with tests protected by passwords and limited-time tests, and can get instant feedback of results;
    • Automatically open or close the test according to the date and time specified on the timetable;
    • Create a data report to count students’ answers;
    • Create and implement evaluation written in multiple languages;
    • It can be set to conduct comprehensive Weighted calculation on students’ homework, tests, tests and other grades, and get comprehensive evaluation scores automatically.


    (4) management and statistics functions

    • Manage the courses through the powerful and easy-to-use course “control panel” under the identity of teacher;
    • The teaching staff can monitor, control and formulate the course website according to the needs, all of which are done on the Web browser;
    • Customize the name of the navigation button of the course website by selecting the list options provided;
    • It is convenient to register/cancel student groups and individuals;
    • A variety of student registration options: limited self-registration (for example: specify the date in the self-registration feature). Register and define the progress of the course protected by the password (for example, the learning progress suitable for oneself );
    • The curriculum can be recycled during the semester and semester by setting discussion boards, assessments and other content areas automatically;
    • Track and count students’ learning progress and scores, and generate statistical reports;
    • Provide language choices in the course.


    Features of the platform
    (1) high usability makes it easier to use and promote the platform

    • “Teacher-friendly tool” is the evaluation given by users of “Blackboard” to the product. The intuitive interface of “Blackboard” and easy-to-use tools are the main reasons why they are quickly and widely used.
    • Simple application: as long as you can use a browser and send and receive emails, you can teach online.
    • Reduce the use barriers of faculty and students, and reduce the training cost.
    • Greatly increase the number of people using the platform and the number of courses.
    • Improve the efficiency and teaching quality of faculty and students.
    • Simple management: simple management and maintenance, low dependence on technical personnel.
    • Reduce the cost of technical maintenance and support.
    • Improve the rate of return on investment of teaching institutions.


    (2) with powerful personalized function, it is a platform that can be completely customized
    Blackboard online teaching management platform is a fully customizable platform. Teaching staff and management staff can manage and control teaching activities from all levels.
    Teaching staff can flexibly use their existing course handouts and teaching materials to create courses, or directly use the contents of other course developers.
    Teachers can use the following functions to manage the online teaching and learning environment through an intuitive and concise interface:

    • Course management and teaching organization;
    • Publish teaching contents and manage course resources;
    • Operation and document management;
    • Question bank and online test, performance management;
    • Synchronous and asynchronous communication, collaboration and communication.

    Administrators can provide services and interfaces for users, networks and other IT systems according to the actual situation of the school.

    • Can customize personalized interface, for example: Display the design of course tool buttons, navigation labels, etc., and can update the trademarks, graphs and images of teaching institutions;
    • The settings of login system for non-registered users, whether customers can automatically reset forgotten passwords and many other security-related settings;
    • The flexibility of registration. Students can register by themselves or create registrations in real time by the student information and record system;
    • It is convenient to connect with other functions through the bridge mode, such as: integrating with the network security module;

    In order to meet the needs of clients to carry out network education successfully, the function of Blackboard learning system is continuously improved and improved.

    (3) enterprise-level architecture design, which can realize user and function extension
    “Blackboard” online teaching management platform adopts modular architecture, supporting data transmission of multiple applications on computer groups. “Blackboard” online teaching management platform has various technical features such as customization, interoperation, extension and role flexibility. It is easy to realize “one platform, one portal, multi-application “seamless connection. For example, it can be integrated with Synchronous Teaching Application (Centra), student management system, ERP system and security certification protocol.