Category: Blackboard

In India in the 11th century, teachers used something similar to personal blackboards in their lessons. At the end of the 18th century, students in Europe and America were still using individual slates made of actual slate or pieces of wood coated with paint and grit and framed with wood. Who invented the blackboard? James […]

Yes, if you paraphrase without paraphrasing and citing well, Blackboard will detect that you copy- pasted . This is mostly done through the use of SafeAssign. Through the Respondus Monitor, Blackboard can tell when a candidate is copying and pasting material during an exam. Can blackboard detect screen sharing or screenshots? In a normal assignment […]

In 1801, the rather obvious solution to the problem made its debut. James Pillans, headmaster and geography teacher at the Old High School in Edinburgh, Scotland, is credited with inventing the first modern blackboard when he hung a large piece of slate on the classroom wall. What was the first blackboard made of? Initially, the […]

Blackboard Collaborate mobile web conferencing allows users of Blackboard Collaborate web conferencing to connect to their sessions on the Apple i, pad, i Pod Touch, or i, and phone devices. You can do these things with the app. While I was writing we ran into the query “What is blackboard collaborate?”. Blackboard Collaborate is a […]

Use of Video and Audio recording. Blackboard can also detect cheating during online tests by recording video and audio of the candidate through the test taker’s webcam and microphone. In such a case, the instructors monitor real-time activities, sounds, and voices of the candidates while they are taking online tests through Blackboard. When I was […]

It can only detect if you are working on a proctored test or using a lockdown browser. With a proctor software, Blackboard can detect the switching of tabs or cursor movements away from an active tab. However, it cannot tell what you are doing on the other tabs. Blackboard cannot tell if you switch tabs […]

Blackboard can also tell when you copy and paste . Some of these functions, such as using keyboard shortcuts for copying and pasting and taking screenshots, are entirely disabled while using proctoring software. If “Blackboard” has the ability to search the web for a similar or identical string of text, then it can infer that […]

Canvas LMS analytics and admin features are equally deep and well-thought-out. From grouping users and assigning permissions to automating events and sending notices, Canvas has a tool for it. Blackboard offers many of the same core functionalities as Canvas. Blackboard doesn’t have quite the depth of innovative features that Canvas offers. Blackboard also has some […]

Blackboard cannot tell if you switch tabs if you have opened it on a normal browser. It can only detect if you are working on a proctored test or using a lockdown browser . With proctor software, Blackboard can detect the switching of tabs or cursor movements away from an active tab. How does blackboard […]

Both you and your participants access your recordings under the Virtual Classroom menu on your Blackboard course. Open the Menu, and select Recordings. Recordings won’t be available immediately after the session as they can take a while to process, so if you check back an hour or two after your session, you should see it […]