blackboard policy

by Dr. Sandy Sporer Sr. 5 min read

Can professors track you on Blackboard?

Blackboard can monitor and record candidates' exam environment through their computer's webcam and microphone, record computer screen, monitor and restrict right-clicking, minimize, screen capture, new window, and various other actions.Mar 30, 2022

What information does Blackboard collect?

Content and activity: We collect data about your responses to quizzes, your assignments and other course work, and files you submit or upload as well as your activity and actions within our products and services.

What can professors see you do on Blackboard?

As an instructor, you can see when your students opened, started, and submitted tests and assignments with the Student Activity report. In general, this feature looks and functions the same whether you're working in an Original or Ultra course.

Can Blackboard see if you open a document?

It is possible to track the access of an individual item such as a document in Course Documents or Course Information. To do this it is necessary to select, Track Number of Views when you originally added the item. Tracking information is only collected from the time you answered Yes to this question.

Can Blackboard see other tabs?

In proctored exams, Blackboard or Canvas can detect switching of tabs through the use of a proctoring software known as respondus monitor. If you try to switch tabs, the browser will consider this as a suspicious attempt to access answers from the web and flag you.Sep 14, 2020

Can professors see if you switch tabs on Blackboard?

Blackboard cannot tell if you switch tabs if you have opened it on a normal browser.May 6, 2021

Can Blackboard tell if you watched a video?

New features allow for video in Blackboard to be analyzed and assessed. An instructor can get detailed information about which students have watched, how long they watched, and how many times.

Can teachers see how long you spend on Blackboard?

Blackboard, which about 60 percent of professors are still using, also has student analytics features. But these features are limited: professors can only see the last time a student logs into Blackboard and which students download files from their Blackboard pages.Oct 10, 2017

Can Blackboard tell if you cheat?

Blackboard can detect cheating by using SafeAssign to scan plagiarism and cheated content. Blackboard also detects cheaters by us Proctoring software and Lockdown browsers that monitor video, audio, and IP address to prevent cheats. This makes Blackboard an effective platform for learning and testing students.Feb 4, 2022

What is a blackboard learn?

Blackboard Learn is UA's web-based learning management system (LMS) that allows instructors to develop and deliver course materials online.

What is copyright protected material?

Copyright-protected materials. Current copyright law (including Fair Use Policy and the TEACH Act) allows students and instructors to post copyright-protected materials to Blackboard Learn for course-related activities without obtaining prior permission. Instructors are encouraged to accompany all copyright-protected works in Blackboard Learn with clearly identified references and indicate when materials may be subject to U.S. Copyright law and are not for further reproduction and transmission based on the copyright status. Instructors who seek to take advantage of the exemptions of the TEACH Act should make either their course or the specific copyrighted content item “unavailable” in Blackboard Learn once their use in the course has ended. Implementing both practices (marking materials as copyrighted and controlling access to online copyrighted material) is a requirement of the TEACH Act. Furthermore, all Blackboard Learn specific content is copyright Blackboard Inc.

Is UAA responsible for blackboard?

UAA is not responsible for the accuracy, integrity, and/or legality of the content uploaded to Blackboard Learn courses by its users. Users who upload material to Blackboard Learn are legally responsible for their content. Removal of inappropriate content.

Can you remove illegal content from Blackboard?

Blackboard Learn administrators or instructors will remove offensive or illegal content from a course if asked to by the instructor of record or by the department chair/director and/or dean. All instructors will be notified of the removal by the UAA Technical Support Center.

Can you delete development shells on Blackboard?

Approval is not required to delete development shells. Automated deletion of courses. Blackboard courses will remain in the system for a minimum of three years from the last day of the semester in which the course was taught (thus, a course taught in fall 2016 will only be eligible for deletion after December 2019).

Is Blackboard Learn compliant with accessibility requirements?

Federal and state accessibility requirements. Although the Blackboard Learn software program is compliant with federal and state accessibility requirements, not all uploaded content or features used (colors, themes, etc) in Blackboard Learn are compliant.

Can a university sponsor a patron account?

Patron accounts. A university sponsor can request a patron account for an individual who does not have an active UA account to access the Blackboard Learn system for a university activity. The university employee who sponsors the account requests its creation by the UAA Technical Support Center.

Where is Blackboard located?

Blackboard is a global company headquartered in the United States . We have a regional hosting strategy, but we may need to access your information from locations outside of your region and country, including in the United States and the Netherlands, for support and maintenance purposes where permitted under applicable law and our contract with your institution. We understand the importance of complying with data transfer requirements. We use approved data transfer mechanisms, such as the standard contractual clauses approved by the EU Commission ("SCCs") to ensure the adequate protection of your information when it is transferred. Learn more about our approach to data transfer compliance in our Privacy Center.

What is student data?

Through the provision of these products and services, we collect personally identifiable information from or about students (“ Student Data”), which may include educational records governed by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). We consider such Student Data to be strictly confidential and in general do not use such data for any purpose other than improving and providing our products and services to the educational institution or on the educational institution’s behalf. Our collection, use, and sharing of Student Data is governed by our contracts with the educational institutions, the provisions of FERPA, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), and other applicable laws that relate to the collection and use of personal information of students, but not by the provisions contained in this Privacy Statement. If you have any questions about reviewing, modifying, or deleting personal information of a student, please contact your educational institution directly.

Can you visit Blackboard without logging in?

Website users. Blackboard has various websites for different services (for example, Blackboard Help and Blackboard Community) and geographies that are accessible to anyone. You generally can visit our websites without having to log in or otherwise identify yourself.

Who decides how personal information is used?

Your institution decides how your personal information is used. We provide most of our products and services to end-users of an institution as a so-called ‘data processor’ on behalf of our clients (for example, school, districts, universities, and corporations). This means that the main responsibility for data privacy compliance lies with your institution as the ‘data controller.’ It also means that your institution’s privacy statement governs the use of your personal information (instead of ours). Your institution determines what information we collect through our products and services and how it is used, and we process your information according to your institution’s instructions and the terms of our contracts with your institution.

Is Blackboard a US company?

Blackboard acknowledges the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework has recently been invalidated as a basis for transferring personal information under the GDPR by the European Court of Justice, and therefore we no longer rely on it for that purpose. However, Blackboard remains cert ified in order to continue to demonstrate our commitment to protect personal information transferred to Blackboard from the EEA and the UK.

Blackboard Privacy Policy

The following privacy policy applies to personal data collected at our corporate site located here, Behind the Blackboard™ (behind.blackboard.com), or other Blackboard websites, and data collected through the provision of Blackboard products or services (collectively, the "Services"). Blackboard Inc.

1. Information Blackboard Collects

You are free to utilize the Services without identifying yourself; however, if you would like to utilize or customize some features of the Services, you must first register with Blackboard.

2. Purposes of Data Collection

Blackboard requests personal information to operate, maintain and provide to you the features and functionality of the Services and to communicate directly with you, as well as for purposes such as the provision of customer service and support, billing, network management, customer surveys, sales management, support, newsletter subscriptions, user group memberships, event registration and sponsorship, offers of related services, and other exchanges of information..

3. What Blackboard Does With the Information It Collects

Blackboard makes chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available in certain areas of the Services.

5. Access to Your Information

Blackboard offers users the ability to correct or change the information collected during registration. Users may change this information at any time and as often as necessary by choosing the "edit personal information" option or other similar functionality offered in the Services.

6. Security

Blackboard maintains reasonable administrative, technical and physical procedures to protect information stored in our servers, which are located in the United States and in other jurisdictions in which Blackboard, its subsidiaries and affiliates maintain facilities.

7. Student Data Collected During the Course of Providing Services to Educational Institutions

Blackboard provides Services to schools and other educational institutions to improve student learning outcomes. Through the provision of these Services, Blackboard collects personally identifiable information from or about students (“Student Data”).

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Ownership of Blackboard Data

  • The University of the District of Columbia owns the data housed within the university’s Blackboard structure subject to underlying copyright and other intellectual property rights under applicable laws and University policies. Ownership of the intellectual property that resides in and is deliver…
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Privacy and Right of University Access

  • The University of the District of Columbia’s intention is to keep the LMS secure. Under some circumstances, it is necessary for staff members from the Office of Information Service and Management (I.S.M.) or the Center for the Advancement of Learning (C.A.L.) to access individual UDC Blackboard accounts; these circumstances may include, but are not limited to, maintaining …
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Enrollment in The Blackboard System

  • Banner is the official University student information system. Blackboard pulls faculty, learner, and staff data (information and registered or assigned courses) from Banner to create and operate courses. New faculty members, learners, and staff will receive a UDC email address after their unit coordinator adds their data to Banner. Banner and Blackboard are synchronized to ensure effect…
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Data Batching

  • The data that is entered into Banner (e.g. curriculum, instructors, room locations, course, etc.) is processed by a tool called Snapshot, which loads the information into Blackboard. Courses become available only when everything is coded correctly in Banner and faculty are assigned as instructor of record for specific courses. Courses are batched into Blackboard 9.1 by I.S.M. one …
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Data Purging and Archiving

  • Courses remain on the LMS for one semester beyond the instructional semester. At that point, courses are archived and purged by the Center for the Advancement of Learning in order to make the most efficient use of storage space on Blackboard. Faculty interested in maintaining access to content stored in their courses should export their courses to their office computer or to an e…
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Data Backup

  • The LMS is backed up on a regular basis as a way to recover from a data loss of the entire eLearning system. However, each user is responsible for backing up their own files and folders as appropriate.
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User Responsibility

  • The use of Blackboard is only for educational purposes and is restricted to faculty, staff, administration, organizations, and students of the University of the District of Columbia. All activity initiating from an account is considered to be authored by the account holder.
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Usages

  1. The Office of the Chief Academic Officer requires that faculty put at minimum their syllabi and contact information into their Blackboard course site along with resources, readings, and content to...
  2. Each course and organization is limited to 100 MB of space on the system. Faculty may petition for an additional 50 MB of space. No courses will be allowed to exceed 150 MB of sp…
  1. The Office of the Chief Academic Officer requires that faculty put at minimum their syllabi and contact information into their Blackboard course site along with resources, readings, and content to...
  2. Each course and organization is limited to 100 MB of space on the system. Faculty may petition for an additional 50 MB of space. No courses will be allowed to exceed 150 MB of space. If you need as...
  3. Organizations that show no activity for two years will be purged from the database.

Guest Account

  • Faculty, staff, or departments can request temporary Blackboard accounts for users outside of the university. Full-time faculty or staff requesting these types of accounts will be required to submit user information, the rationale for the account, the expiration date, and sponsor information. Click hereto submit your request form.
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I. Purpose of Document

  • This document states the current policies and procedures for the use, management and operation of Blackboard Learn at UAA. Blackboard Learn is UA's web-based learning management system (LMS) that allows instructors to develop and deliver course materials online.
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II. Definitions

  1. Instructor of record.The individual listed in UAOnline as the instructor for a course. Other individuals may be added as instructors, but only the instructor of record can enter final grades in UAO...
  2. User. Anyone with access to Blackboard, no matter what the role.
  3. Disable(d).Restricting access to a user account, course, or enrollment record without perman…
  1. Instructor of record.The individual listed in UAOnline as the instructor for a course. Other individuals may be added as instructors, but only the instructor of record can enter final grades in UAO...
  2. User. Anyone with access to Blackboard, no matter what the role.
  3. Disable(d).Restricting access to a user account, course, or enrollment record without permanent deletion. All content associated with the record(s) will remain intact and will be accessible when th...
  4. Delete(d).Removing and completely deleting a user account, course, or enrollment record. All associated content is permanently deleted and cannot be retrieved.

III. Appropriate Use Policy

  1. Appropriate behavior.Like all users of UAA technology, Blackboard Learn students, faculty, and staff must adhere to the behavior standards outlined inUAA's "Acceptable Use Policy". Individual instr...
  2. Content disclaimer.UAA is not responsible for the accuracy, integrity, and/or legality of the content uploaded to Blackboard Learn courses by its users. Users who upload material to Bla…
  1. Appropriate behavior.Like all users of UAA technology, Blackboard Learn students, faculty, and staff must adhere to the behavior standards outlined inUAA's "Acceptable Use Policy". Individual instr...
  2. Content disclaimer.UAA is not responsible for the accuracy, integrity, and/or legality of the content uploaded to Blackboard Learn courses by its users. Users who upload material to Blackboard Lear...
  3. Removal of inappropriate content.Blackboard Learn administrators or instructors will remove offensive or illegal content from a course if asked to by the instructor of record or by the department c...
  4. Non-sanctioned uses of Blackboard courses.Instructors are not permitted to use UAA's Black…

IV. User Management

  1. User accounts.All current UAA students, staff, and faculty are assigned an account on the Blackboard Learn system. Users who are not formally teaching or taking a UAA course, administrative staff f...
  2. Account creation.Blackboard Learn accounts are automatically created for students, staff, and faculty within 24 hours of being added to UAOnline.
  1. User accounts.All current UAA students, staff, and faculty are assigned an account on the Blackboard Learn system. Users who are not formally teaching or taking a UAA course, administrative staff f...
  2. Account creation.Blackboard Learn accounts are automatically created for students, staff, and faculty within 24 hours of being added to UAOnline.
  3. User access and login.Users access Blackboard Learn with their UA username and password created by the UAA Technical Support Center, which is the same username and password used to access UA email,...
  4. Populating courses with enrolled users.The registration system automatically adds/removes registered students and instructors to/from Blackboard Learn current semester and upcomin…

v. Accessibility

  1. Federal and state accessibility requirements.Although the Blackboard Learnsoftware program is compliant with federal and state accessibility requirements, not all uploaded content or features used...
  2. Blackboard Ally. Blackboard Ally is a feature designed to help instructors make their course content accessible for students.
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VI. Course Management

  1. Course size limitations.The size limitation associated with UAA Blackboard Learn courses is 5GB.
  2. Creation schedule for new courses.Summer and Fall courses will be created no later than March 31st of the respective year and Spring courses will be created no later than October 31st of the preced...
  1. Course size limitations.The size limitation associated with UAA Blackboard Learn courses is 5GB.
  2. Creation schedule for new courses.Summer and Fall courses will be created no later than March 31st of the respective year and Spring courses will be created no later than October 31st of the preced...
  3. Copying courses.The instructor has the ability to copy the content of one course into the shell of a pre-existing course which he/she has an instructor or TA role.
  4. Exporting courses  The instructor has the ability to export the course. This feature creates a zipped format of the course content that can be imported to create a new course without any users or u...

VII. Information Accuracy & Security

  1. User information.In accordance with FERPA, the current default settings in Blackboard Learn present only student directory information to other students and instructors in a course.
  2. Official course rosters.The official course roster for any course is contained within UAOnline. Student rosters contained within Blackboard are strictly informational and should be checked against...
  1. User information.In accordance with FERPA, the current default settings in Blackboard Learn present only student directory information to other students and instructors in a course.
  2. Official course rosters.The official course roster for any course is contained within UAOnline. Student rosters contained within Blackboard are strictly informational and should be checked against...
  3. Official grades.Final course grades are entered into UAOnline and are considered the official grades for a course. Blackboard Grade Center and Blackboard Evaluation tools should be considered infor...

VIII. Copyright & Ownership

  1. Copyright-protected materials.Current copyright law (including Fair Use Policy and the TEACH Act) allows students and instructors to post copyright-protected materials to Blackboard Learn for cours...
  2. External links.For legal reasons, instructors creating external links to websites from within Blackboard Learn should select the option that reads "open in a new window” and indicate t…
  1. Copyright-protected materials.Current copyright law (including Fair Use Policy and the TEACH Act) allows students and instructors to post copyright-protected materials to Blackboard Learn for cours...
  2. External links.For legal reasons, instructors creating external links to websites from within Blackboard Learn should select the option that reads "open in a new window” and indicate to the stude...

IX. System Maintenance, Outages, & Disaster Recovery

  1. Notification of scheduled outages.Scheduled maintenance outages in Blackboard Learn will always occur at some point between 1am and 8am on Saturdays. Academic Innovations & eLearning and the UAA Te...
  2. Reporting unscheduled outages Blackboard Learn.All unscheduled outages lasting over 1 hour will be reported by Academic Innovations & eLearning or the UAA Technical Support Center …
  1. Notification of scheduled outages.Scheduled maintenance outages in Blackboard Learn will always occur at some point between 1am and 8am on Saturdays. Academic Innovations & eLearning and the UAA Te...
  2. Reporting unscheduled outages Blackboard Learn.All unscheduled outages lasting over 1 hour will be reported by Academic Innovations & eLearning or the UAA Technical Support Center within 24 hours u...
  3. Reporting outages and performance problems.Users who detect problems with the Blackboard system (e.g., outages, error messages, slow load time, etc.) should contact the UAA Technical Support Center...
  4. Outages and academic responsibility.An outage prevents an individual from participating in B…

X. Add-ons to Blackboard

  • One of the features of Blackboard Learn is the ability to add functionality through tools from third party vendors. Examples of tools from third party vendors include, but are not limited to: VoiceThread, McGraw-Hill, and Pearson. Instructors are encouraged to use the following resource to evaluate a new tool: Blackboard Tool Evaluation Survey. Requests for third party tools can be …
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