Blackboard CourseInfo at UIC

Blackboard CourseInfo is a Web-based integrated teaching and learning environment. It has been available at UIC since the May of 1999. Course site development and navigation is accomplished through a consistent and easy-to-use web browser user interface. Any instructor can request a course site for their class by clicking on the "Request a site" link on the left.

Learn about Blackboard 6

Blackboard 6 is coming to UIC. Blackboard will be down beginning May 19th in order to migrate content over to the new system. To find out more about Blackboard 6 please visit the Blackboard 6 new feature guide.

Sending E-mail through the system

In order to use the "Send E-mail" tool in Blackboard instructors must verify that their students have their Blackboard account settings adjusted properly. Students need to adjust their account settings so that the messages are routed to a valid e-mail account. By default we set all students Blackboard accounts to forward e-mail sent through the system to their "@uic.edu" accounts. If your students have not yet activated this account they can do so by visiting the ACCC account creation tool.

Students also have the ability to adjust their Blackboard settings to use an e-mail address of their preference. After a student has successfully logged in they can click on the "My UIC" tab at the top of the screen, and then the "Personal Information" link on the left hand side of the screen. From there students can "Edit Personal Information" and reset their e-mail address to a preferred e-mail account that they check regularly.

Student Enrollment into your site

We perform batch enrollments of students into your Blackboard site based upon the call numbers that you submitted when you requested your site. The enrollments are performed 1 week prior to the beginning of the semester, and then twice per week for the first two weeks of the semester to capture all late registrants. If you are an instructor that has special enrollment needs, or if you have any questions about your roster being uploaded into your site please contact us at blackboard@uic.edu.

Main features

Blackboard CourseInfo stands out among other courseware and online learning environments due to its exceptional ease of use and its rich functionality. It supports content creation and distribution, announcements, threaded discussions, course study groups, real-time chat with Whiteboard and Web-tours, electronic homework collection, integrated learning units, student assessment with instant grading and feedback, random quizzes, anonymous course evaluations, student tracking and course statistics. "My UIC" provides a central interface to all of a user's courses.

Current Version: 5.5.1 Level 1 (upgraded from 5.0 on August 1, 2001)

(previously running version 4.10 until December 12, 2000)

Related Links:

• NEW! Spell Checker for Blackboard Text Boxes - IESPELL
• The UIC Blackboard CourseInfo System Login
• The UIC Blackboard CourseInfo Course Site Catalog
• Blackboard Corporation's On-line Learning Resources
• The Blackboard Corporation
• Advanced Educational Uses of the World Wide Web
• Affordances and Constraints of the Internet for Learning and Instruction
• Creating a Virtual Classroom for Interactive Education on the Web