{"id":134752,"date":"2021-05-12T16:49:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T20:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=134752"},"modified":"2025-05-23T13:47:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T17:47:56","slug":"blackboard-integrations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/teaching\/lms\/blackboard\/blackboard-integrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard Integrations"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following tools are available for faculty to integrate with their Blackboard course site.<\/p>\n

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On Blackboard Ultra:<\/strong> You can add these tools by browsing the Content Market when adding a new item to your course. In your course content area, simply click the (+) \u201cplus\u201d button and select \u201cContent Market\u201d from the menu. Supported tools will be listed in the full-screen menu that appears. Select a tool, modify its settings, and then (if needed) click the (+) \u201cplus\u201d button for that tool to add it to your course.<\/p>\n

The tools will open in a full-screen window in your course for quick access. Some tools can be added in-line to Documents in Blackboard Ultra.<\/p>\n

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Site Licensed<\/strong> – These platforms are generally available to faculty & students through Blackboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Tool name<\/strong><\/td>\nType<\/strong><\/td>\nDescription<\/strong><\/td>\nMore Info<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BU Campus Store<\/td>\nCourse Materials<\/td>\nLink to the BU Campus Store for textbook purchases<\/td>\nBU Campus Store<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BU Libraries Course Materials<\/td>\nCourse Materials<\/td>\nLink to BU Libraries Course Materials<\/td>\nBU Libraries<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Digication<\/td>\nePortfolios<\/td>\nCreate an e-Portfolio<\/td>\nTechWeb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Echo360<\/td>\nMultimedia<\/td>\nLecture Capture and Media<\/td>\nTechWeb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Google Assignments<\/td>\nAssessment<\/td>\nGrade student Google Docs\/Sheets\/Slides assignments<\/span><\/td>\nGoogle Assignments<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gradescope<\/td>\nAssessment<\/td>\nDeliver assessments and reduce time spent grading<\/td>\nTechWeb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kaltura (MyMedia)<\/td>\nMultimedia<\/td>\nVideo Hosting Platform<\/td>\nTechWeb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MATLAB<\/td>\nCourse Materials<\/td>\nEnvironment for matrix algebra calculations and many other more specific computations and applications<\/span><\/td>\nTechWeb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Microsoft Teams<\/td>\nCollaboration<\/td>\nSchedule MS Teams meetings in Blackboard<\/td>\nTechWeb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OneNote Class Notebook<\/td>\nCollaboration<\/td>\nCreate collaborative notebooks using Microsoft OneNote<\/td>\nTechWeb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pronto<\/td>\nCollaboration<\/td>\nSynchronous chat tool for Students<\/td>\nTechWeb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Turnitin Feedback Studio<\/td>\nAssessment<\/td>\nPlagiarism detection and feedback tools<\/td>\nTechWeb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zoom<\/td>\nCollaboration<\/td>\nCreate Zoom meetings and share recordings<\/td>\nTechWeb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Individual\/Class License<\/strong> – students purchase licenses to these tools, or departments can purchase licenses for specific classes<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/strong><\/td>\nType<\/strong><\/td>\nDescription<\/strong><\/td>\nLicense<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cengage Learning<\/td>\nCourse Materials<\/td>\nLink to course materials from vendor<\/td>\nStudent Purchase<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Examity<\/td>\nAssessment<\/td>\nOnline Proctoring<\/td>\nDepartmental purchase<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McGraw-Hill<\/td>\nCourse Materials<\/td>\nLink to course materials from vendor<\/td>\nStudent Purchase<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pearson MyLab<\/td>\nCourse Materials<\/td>\nLink to course materials from vendor<\/td>\nStudent Purchase<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Top Hat<\/td>\nAssessment\/Content<\/td>\nLink to course materials from vendor<\/td>\nStudent Purchase<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TurningPoint<\/td>\nAudience Response<\/td>\nPoll students<\/td>\nStudent Purchase<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WileyPLUS<\/td>\nCourse Materials<\/td>\nLink to Content from vendor<\/td>\nStudent Purchase<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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College Licenses<\/strong> – Specific colleges or departments may license these tools for their faculty. Faculty in the listed departments may contact their IT offices for more information<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/strong><\/td>\nType<\/strong><\/td>\nDescription<\/strong><\/td>\nCollege<\/strong><\/td>\nMore Info<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GoReact<\/td>\nAssessment<\/td>\nAssessment software that helps learners demonstrate skills in video recordings
\n<\/span><\/td>\n		CAS<\/td>\nContact CAS IT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Piazza<\/td>\nCollaboration<\/td>\nEnhance student collaboration<\/td>\nCAS<\/td>\nTechWeb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
YellowDig<\/td>\nCommunity<\/td>\nCreate topics and discussions for student engagement<\/td>\nQST<\/td>\nContact QST or CAS IT for more information<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following tools are available for faculty to integrate with their Blackboard course site. On Blackboard Ultra: You can add these tools by browsing the Content Market when adding a new item to your course. In your course content area, simply click the (+) \u201cplus\u201d button and select \u201cContent Market\u201d from the menu. Supported tools…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6475,"featured_media":0,"parent":48177,"menu_order":16,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134752"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6475"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134752"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157653,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134752\/revisions\/157653"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}