Academic and Instructional Technologies are the day-to-day tools that keep the academic community on track and the student community engaged and informed.
For more information, email: bbhelp@uml.edu.
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Blackboard Learn 9.1 is the official Learning Management System (LMS) for the University of Massachusetts. The LMS provides faculty with a robust platform for teaching web-enhanced, blended and fully online courses.
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Classroom Technology: Instructional Technology Services (ITS) supports all the technologies available for faculty in the classroom.
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ePortfolios by Digication is an online application to develop, share and archive one or more academic portfolios.
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Gradescope is a suite of online tools that provides a streamlined, flexible, and consistent grading process. Integrated with Blackboard, this tool provides on-the-fly rubric creation and features for automated, accelerated grading.
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Lecture Capture technology gives you the ability to record your classes and post them in a Blackboard shell for students to be able to review course content outside of the classroom.
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Plagiarism detection software can help students learn citation, and ensure academic integrity.
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The attendance tool is an online application designed to allow faculty to take attendance by generating a unique code for each class session that students can use to mark themselves as present for a class.
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Poll Everywhere is a dynamic platform that allows students to vote on custom teacher-generated polls through text messaging (SMS), smartphone, or computer.