I'm taking a class online at the moment, and guess what, kids? I'm using Blackboard as a student. It's as bad as I knew it would be.
As a teacher, I understand that it's hard to navigate the dashboard, post materials, and make everything work smoothly. Now, as a student, I see that even when an experienced teacher is doing a great job, Blackboard still is a crushing barrier to conveying content. The charts do not line up and the layout looks like a crumpled and scanned Wall Street Journal page. Nothing is intuitive and navigation is limited by having to go breadcrumb by breadcrumb to the destination.
Yes, nothing is easy, but some things make it even harder, like platforms that hit the mainstream and force us to suffer at their mercy.
During the 2012-13 school year, therefore, I resolve to find alternatives that will save my students from the pit of Blackboard! There will be more Google docs, there will be more Edmodo, there will be more Testmoz, there will be more Wordchamp!
And it will get easier. Because we'll make it easier!
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