At Northeast we care what our students think. As part of our Instructor Testimonial Mr. Jay Massey decided to use his time to conduct a survey of CIS146 students with questions concerning Blackboard. During March I will be posting some answers from those questions. Thanks Jay!
BlackBoard: From a Student’s Point of View?
As instructors here at Northeast we rely on BlackBoard for much of our instruction. We may use it heavily for online classes, and to a lesser extend for classes that meet. We work to explore BlackBoard and what it offers in order to provide our students with a well-developed learning tool. As instructor’s we each have certain likes and dislikes related to BlackBoard. We may prefer to have exams taken in class but homework may be submitted through BlackBoard. We may provide a syllabus that details the entire semester or it may be a week by week affair. We each have our own point of view as it relates to BlackBoard. Well, students are no different…
Following are the results of a four question survey taken by CIS146 students. The questions were open ended allowing the students to answer in any way they chose and expound on their answers. It should be noted that “all” students are required to take CIS146, so these students make up a pretty good cross section of the student body. These questions were BlackBoard (not course) specific. The results show a few common themes but in some cases the most liked or most useful feature of one student is the least liked or least useful feature of another student!
Take a few minutes and review the student feedback. You may find something interesting that you may want to implement (or avoid implementing) in your courses…I did!
- Jay Massey
1. What do you like most about BlackBoard?
What I like most about Blackboard is that all of my assignments are always posted so that I can look at them whenever I need to. If I happen to miss a class for some reason, I can always go to Blackboard and see the assignments that I missed so that I will not get behind on my work.
What I like most about Blackboard is that I can access it virtually anywhere using my computer or my smartphone, which makes like a little less stressful.
I believe the best part about Blackboard is that you can use it anywhere at any time. If I'm away from home I can pick up any computer and log in to my Blackboard. This is so useful to me.
I like black board because I can do my work when I want and I can turn it in ahead of schedule
What I like most about Blackboard is that you can see which courses you are enrolled in and you can easily view course assignments
This is the first semester I have had to use blackboard, so far I have had no problems with it attaching files has been an easy feature.
What I like most about Blackboard is anything I need to know or want to know I can Logon to Blackboard and the information is there. NO waiting in line to talk to someone, or being put on hold on the phone
The NBC archive feature is what I like most about blackboard. When doing term papers or even having to do an article this feature allows easy access to specific subject matter for quick and easy references.
That I Can Look up To Find My Work And grade And I Can Also See What Is Going on at NACC
I like that I can see all my grades and assignments at any time on Blackboard. I like to keep up with my grades and Blackboard makes it easy to check my grades and the progress I am making towards completing all of the assignments for the semester
Learning tools are in depth and easy to understand. The instructions and lessons are easy to follow
What I like most about Blackboard is seeing all the announcements for all the classes I am enrolled in on the homepage. I think this feature makes it easy to keep track of all the assignments and updates to the courses
I have taken online classes for the past two semesters and it is a great help to my schedule
I like the fact that all of my online classes are conveniently located on this specific website. This keeps me from having to remember different websites and passwords for every different class that I am taking. I also like the fact that it is not difficult to use. I have never attended a Blackboard Orientation; I just logged onto Blackboard and spent an hour or so familiarizing myself with the different tabs and tools enough to breeze through it by the time classes had started.
What I like most about blackboard, is the fact that it allows me to be able to take my classes online.
I like how you can go in and view all of the assignment that you have due along with the due dates. It makes things so smooth and easier.
What I like most about blackboard is how easy it is to get to an assignment. There is no hassle trying to find your assignments or what your next assignment is.
What I like most about blackboard is being able to work on my assignments when Iwant to because I work fulltime.
My favorite thing about blackboard is the fact that it is so easy to find everything. Almost everything is labeled under a certain folder which makes it easy to locate. I also love the fact I can see my grade.
For the instructors that post grades on blackboard, it is very useful and convenient to be able to log in at any time and check my grades. It also helps me personally visualize the hard work that I have put forth or the extra effort I need to put forth to boost a low grade
That I can do my work at home and save on gas
Next Weeks question is: 2. What is the most useful feature of BlackBoard?
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