02. TEACHING

2.5 BLACKBOARD SERVICES PACKAGE
Blackboard Services is an
ecosystem of applications that
helps teachers and students in
effective distance learning.

They improve the education process and even adapt it to people with special educational needs. Thanks to the tools offered by us, you can create a comprehensive environment for distance learning, friendly for both the teacher and the student.

These solutions are used by 100 million users in 90 countries.

Here are 3 Blackboard tools and services we can provide you with.
Complete environment for distance learning. Blackboard Learn Ultra provides a complete environment for distance learning which supports communications, progress monitoring and individualized instruction. Blackboard Learn Ultra is used by universities of all sizes committed to providing the highest quality of online education to their students.

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BENEFITS AND FUNCTIONALITY

Virtual environment of collaboration between studentsand teachers.
Tools for developing high quality educational content online.
Intuitive management of processes, including student evaluations and progress monitoring.
Intuitive and modern-looking user interfaces.
Virtual classrooms for peer-to-peer collaboration and relationship building.
Ability to generate a wide range of reports on user engagement with the platform.
Schedule enabling better management of educational processes.
Repository of educational materials, cataloguedand easy to search through.
Announcements, messages and other forms of communication between the students and administration.
Access to content through web platform and mobile devices.
Virtual classroom solution for online teaching. Collaborate is a convenient and modern platform for video conferencing and remote collaboration. It enables the provision of online classes for students in real time on computer or mobile devices.

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BENEFITS AND FUNCTIONALITY

Intuitive and reliable application for attractive online teaching.
Effective tools to increase class interactivity and student engagement.
Attending classes without leaving home.
Recording video conferencing sessions and sharing them with students.
Sharing files, applications and virtual whiteboard directly on the platform.
Easy and quick implementation without utilising the university's IT infrastructure.
No need for installation: students and teachers join classes with one click in their web browser.
Remote cooperation in groups in a practice or workshop style setup.
Meeting the needs of students with disabilities, e.g. ability to add subtitles during the session.
Friendly and easy-to-use web and mobile interface.
Better learning experience for students with special educational needs. Blackboard Ally is an autonomous application which increases the accessibility and attractiveness of the educational content shared through e-learning platforms. Ally allows for better individualization of the learning experience for students with special educational needs. The solution integrates with Moodle, Learn Ultra and Open LMS.

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BENEFITS AND FUNCTIONALITY

Automated analysis of levels of accessibility of the educational content.
Effective outreach to students with special educational needs.
Elimination of barriers connected with distance education.
Fast and simple implementation and integration process.
Automatic conversion of materials into formats convenient for students: audio, electronic Braille or ePub.
Automatic material availability measuring system based on international standards (WCAG 2.0).
Compatible with many e-learning platforms, including Moodle.
Notification system informing teachers about accessibility issues.
Progress measurement and reporting.
Downloading materials on mobile devices – smartphones and tablets.
OUR LONG EXPERIENCE In the past, we provided the Blackboard Services to the Polish Społeczna Akademia Nauk (University of Social Sciences) in Lódź. Apart from that the applications have been implemented with our help by a wide range of universities in the whole Europe, including: Lund University’s Faculty of Law, University of Groningen, Kedge Business School.

JAKUB ORCZYK

Board member // Head of Sales
in vm.pl Sp. z o.o.

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