Blackboard Pricing Overview

Blackboard continues to be a robust and reliable instructional management system, offering a wide range of features that support both in-person and online learning environments. One of its standout capabilities is the platform’s seamless support for multimedia content, which enhances the teaching and learning experience for both students and instructors.

A particularly valuable feature is the ability for students to submit video assignments directly within the platform. This is especially beneficial in courses where verbal communication, presentation skills, or demonstrations are essential components of the learning outcomes. Students can easily upload recorded videos or use integrated tools like Kaltura to record and submit their work, allowing for more dynamic and expressive assignments.

Equally impressive is Blackboard’s support for instructors to provide video and audio feedback on student submissions. This capability brings a personal, human touch to online feedback, fostering stronger instructor-student connections. Instead of relying solely on text comments, instructors can clarify complex points, offer encouragement, and convey tone more effectively through multimedia responses.

The discussion boards in Blackboard are another area of strength. They are well-organized, easy to navigate, and support threaded conversations that promote meaningful peer-to-peer and student-to-instructor interaction. Instructors can moderate discussions, embed media, and structure forums in a way that aligns with course objectives and encourages active engagement.

Overall, Blackboard offers a comprehensive, user-friendly suite of tools that support innovative and interactive instruction. Its support for video assignment submission, multimedia feedback, and robust discussion boards makes it a highly effective platform for both traditional and modern teaching approaches. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Blackboard is cumbersome to students as it has so many bells and whistles for them to access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think it provides the bare minimum of an LMS and that's the thing I do like about it. Beyond that it falls short on a lot of things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are a lot of things that can be improved with Blackboard. My perspective is of an instructor and a student and not the administrator of the complete installation, but I represent the largest userbase for Blackboard.

First thing is that the UI looks quite dated. NOt just that but it's also unintuitive to say the least. Often we had to upload videos to show students just where to click to get to a new course.

Another thing is performance. Since this is a SaaS product our complete interaction with it is through the web browser. Opening multiple tabs on the same browser quickly slows down the whole computer. This is obviously a problem.

There is also a lack of integrations, especially in importing different formats of exams and tests. This difficulty in integration extends to moving things from one course to another in the seem institution as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.