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UCD blackboard.

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  • 12-11-2010 2:13pm
    #1
    blacklionboy
    Registered Users Posts: 100 ✭✭


    Is there any app(mac or windows) you can use to automatically sync blackboard? bitta of a pain to get into it past all those menus.


    also anyone get blackboard sync working on their ipod?


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    bnt
    Registered Users Posts: 13,010 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    There was a system for syncing - Backpack - but it's gone away.

    I did get Blackboard Sync working on my iPod Touch earlier this year; it was most useful for notification of any updates to Blackboard since I last used it. Didn't do much more than that, if you tried to look at a document it just switched you to Safari to log in to the normal site.

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    ironclaw
    Registered Users Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭ironclaw


    Yeah its a pain alright. I hate in some of my modules I have to open the slides (Be they a PDF, PPT file etc) and then save it. Last year it was possible to "Save As" without having to open the window to load the file.

    BlackBoard really can't get alot of things right.


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    ironclaw
    Registered Users Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭ironclaw


    OSI wrote: »
    The best thing is that the likes of Computer Science use Moodle which is far far better than Blackboard and is completely free. Meanwhile, UCD pay thousands every year for Blackboard and it's updates that seem to lose more and more features with each new release.

    I would disagree. While Moodle gets a lot of things right but like most OpenSource implementations its has its niggles. BlackBoard does a good job and given a choice, I'd use it over Moodle. I used use alot of Linux and Unix distros but I got extremely tired with them half working or needing extra time spent on getting things up and running. I know its free, but I'd rather pay a little extra and get something that just works.

    I never understood why most, if not all, CSI modules have their own lecturer websites with the notes listed there as opposed to on BlackBoard. Its a bit annoying to go through different lecturer mini-sites when you come from other faculties where everything is centered on BlackBoard.

    I used Moodle in a site based for a small school project as a test bed. The kids hated it and I can see why. Its not very intuitive and it can be tricky to use.


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