Connect has a wide variety of tools that enhance communication and collaboration
- Engage students by encouraging reflection and critical thinking through discussions of course materials and concepts
- Expand your classroom by reaching out of your course to notify students about new materials, issues and upcoming assignments
- Provide work areas for group projects and collaboration
- Manage discussion, blog, wiki and journal activities
- Contact students using email, messages and announcements
Learn how to do the following when communicating with and fostering collaboration between students:
Announcements
Blackboard Collaborate
- Visit the Blackboard Collaborate Support Site. Local UBC resources will be available soon.
Blogs, Journals, Wikis
Blogs
Journals
Wikis
Discussion
Create & Organize Discussions
- Create a New Discussion Board Forum
- Create a New Thread
- Reply to a Discussion Board Thread
- Change Discussion Forum Settings
Manage & Grade Discussions
- Search and Collect Discussion Board Posts
- Grade a Discussion Board Forum
- Grade a Discussion Board Thread
- Rate Discussion Posts
- Moderate Forums
Groups
Messages and Email
Messages
Early Warning System
Attribution: “Mail” icon by Anas Ramadan, “Meeting” icon by Marwa Boukarim, “Blog” icon from The Noun Project collection
