Blackboard
Blackboard is a Web-based course-management system designed to allow students and faculty to participate in classes delivered online or use online materials and activities to complement face-to-face teaching. Blackboard enables instructors to provide students with course materials, discussion boards, virtual chat, online quizzes, an academic resource center, and more.

The degree to which Blackboard is used in a course varies. You can use it in three different variations:

• Online Course or Distance Learning Course - This type of course is taught completely online from within the Blackboard environment.
  
  
• Hybrid Course - This course type is made up of 50% online and 50% face-to-face instruction.
  

• Web-enhanced - This course type uses Blackboard to supplement a 100% face-to-face course. You can use Bb to post syllabi, course notes, powerpoint presentations or most anything you review in class. It is also an excellent way to engage student outside the classroom through Bb discussion boards.