{"id":72,"date":"2014-05-12T11:56:55","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T11:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/?page_id=72"},"modified":"2016-01-27T10:48:27","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T10:48:27","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h1><strong>Welcome to Blackboard Learn<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<h2>A Learning Management System (LMS)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Used by<\/strong>: Instructors, Staff, Students<br \/>\n<strong>Availability<\/strong>: 24 Hours &#8211; 7 Days\/Week<br \/>\n<strong>Support<\/strong>: Monday &#8211; Friday, 9:00 \u2013 17:00<\/p>\n<p>Blackboard is ACG&#8217;s web-based Learning Management System. It&#8217;s been developed so as to present its users an engaging learning environment. Thus, it offers the right set of tools for material delivery and enhanced communication for knowledge extensiveness.<\/p>\n<p>Blackboard aids faculty and student cooperation and active participation in course material at all times. Different kind of files such as documents, audio and video can be included into a course and assist knowledge sharing.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Advantages<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Accessibility<\/strong>: Available 24 Days and 7 Days per week via Internet.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Clarity<\/strong>: Course material can be easily and clearly created to assist teaching and learning.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Assessment<\/strong>: Offers effective tools for assessment and evaluation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sustainability<\/strong>: Aids printing management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Various Tools<\/h2>\n<table class=\"CSSTableGenerator\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">Various Tools<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">Description<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">Grade-book\/Evaluation<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">Grades and evaluation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">Group\u00a0Project<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">Groups formulation and user collaboration.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">Email\/Announcements<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">Send group e-mails and post announcements.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">Communication<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">Users are able to discuss in forums\/blogs &amp; participate in wikis.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">Surveys<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">Survey creation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">File Submission<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">Submit files and assignments online.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">E-Books<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">Get e-books by Vital Source.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Blackboard Learn A Learning Management System (LMS) Used by: Instructors, Staff, Students Availability: 24 Hours &#8211; 7 Days\/Week Support: Monday &#8211; Friday, 9:00 \u2013 17:00 Blackboard is ACG&#8217;s web-based Learning Management System. It&#8217;s been developed so as to present its users an engaging learning environment. Thus, it offers the right set of tools [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"onecolumn-page.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3726,"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72\/revisions\/3726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}