Blackboard is a Learning Management System used by many educational institutions to provide an online presence for their subjects. At its most basic, it provides a place to simply curate materials online. However, there are many built-in tools that can be used to create a richer learning journey for students. Whilst there are good arguments for using external tools in many cases, the provision of a ‘one-stop-shop’ for the student experience is a persuasive argument for using (and tweaking) the native tools provided by the platform.
Blackboard provides a great ‘tool guide’ here, complete with an explanation of the pedagogy involved.