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Blackboard 11A conceptual design
The Goal
Write a concept for a replacement and/or upgrade of Blackboard
The Plan
1. Interview lecturers, coordinators, students & technical people
2. Review Internal UvT documentation on Blackboard3. Analyze Student responses / requests on Blackboard Portal
4. Collect Scientific articles&
5. A lot of brainstorm-sessions
The Scope
In the end, most of the Blackboard issues are not a matter of adding more features
But of changing basic design
Four main issues
User is effectively isolated
There is no integration among features
Flexibility is limited
Blackboard is always years behind on reality
Problem 1: Isolated users
Education and communication have changed a lot over time.
Blackboard has not...
Blackboard as it is now
Blackboard as it should be
Solution 1: Groups & Profiles
A lot more happens at a university than just courses
Interactions are betweenPeopleGroups of people
Proposed Structure
Pervasive communication
• Announcements (group / profile)• Wall (group / profile)• (quick) Message (profile)• (group) Chat (group / profile)• Video-conference (group)
Dashboard (example)
Problem 2: lack of integration
Many different featuresThat do many different thingsOr almost the same
But no linking / integration
Solution 2: Integrate core components
Communication
File-sharing / collaboration
Agenda / rostering
Example: File sharing
Problem 3: Inflexible system
Key requirement for Blackboard:Stable, dependable system
But many users want:FlexibilityCustomization
Solution 3: Modular design
Problem 4: Keeping up with reality
Developments in society (internet) lead demand. Blackboard can only follow
You cannot both maintain a stable, reliable system and be at the frontier of development
Bottom up development
• Blackboard has a lot of users, withsimilar needs and goalsA large creative community!
• Encourage users to create and implement solutions for their problems
• Share these solutions
Solution 4:The Blackboard marketplace
• Make user-generated modules available on a marketplace
• Modular system; add modules or replace one component with another
• Modules as a source of income and/or prestige for universities, lecturers or even students
The Blackboard marketplace
Blackboard focus: providing core features and maintaining a stable core system
“You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.”
Steve Jobs