Blackboard: Advantages and Disadvantages

Blackboard is a tool provided for students and teachers to post and communicate together. It can be accesse from http://courses.gmu.edu/. Advantages and disadvantages of blackboard are listed below. Please comment based on your own experience with Blackboard.

Advantages of Blackboard:

• Allows communication with students
  
• Secure site
  
• Provides calendar for students
  
• Professors post assignments
  
• Professors can post grades for students
  

Disadvantages of Blackboard:

• Professors often do not post grades
  
• Students might begin to skip class and just use Blackboard
  
• Includes previous classes in menu screen
  
• Can back up when lots of people are accessing it
  
• Teachers have to set it up