Blackboard Platform

Marymount Manhattan College’s Learning Management System (LMS) is Blackboard Learn, which includes many features and capabilities that allow faculty to communicate and interact with students during any closure. Each semester, a Blackboard course shell is created for every course section, and faculty use and develop that shell as a resource to deliver course content and instruction. Depending on course pedagogy, the Blackboard Learn Platform should be the primary method faculty use to continue to deliver course instruction in the event of a disruption. Faculty who teach courses not considered appropriate for online instruction (lab, performance, production, or studio classes) will work with their Department Chairs to develop an instructional continuity plan.

The Blackboard platform enables faculty to:

  • Communicate with students either as a group or individually, via the course announcement and email functions;
  • Post course content, including readings, documents, PowerPoints, videos, and web links;
  • Post and collect course assignments;
  • Continue class discussions through the discussion forum feature; and
  • Post quizzes and tests online.