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Free Web Site Service for Online Courses

  • 08/01/99

Free Web Site Service for Online Courses

Through Blackboard.com, instructors at universities, K-12 schools and corporate training organizations may add an online component to their classroom-based courses or even deliver entire courses online.This Web-based service provides instructors with templates to build and maintain free online classrooms, as well as course documents, communication and collaboration tools and online assessments. Blackboard.com also features targeted online communities to foster communication between teachers and learners worldwide. These first discussion areas target teachers of online courses, adult learners, professionals involved with distance learning, and those who wish to share effective online learning strategies. Blackboard, Inc., Washington, DC, (202) 463-4860, www.blackboard.com.

This article originally appeared in the 08/01/1999 issue of THE Journal.

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