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Automated Proctoring Swept In During Pandemic. It’s Likely to Stick Around, Despite Concerns

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They used a feature of the Blackboard learning-management system to randomize questions for an exam in an introductory chemistry course. “We Despite all that opposition, and the fact that colleges are returning to in-person teaching, sales of proctoring software have been robust.

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What Happens When Ed-Tech Forgets? Some Thoughts on Rehabilitating Reputations

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ProctorU was founded at Andrew Jackson University. For a long time, arguably Blackboard was one of the major ed-tech villains. But Blackboard filed the patent; and Blackboard decided to be the patent bully. Michael Chasen, one of the co-founders of Blackboard and its CEO from 1999 to 2012. But guess who's back?

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How Colleges Can Improve Accessibility In Remote Courses

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After all, “it's not just enough to put materials in Blackboard if it's not going to be accessible,” says Jennifer Albat, instructional designer at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. And then we did some webinars for Blackboard Basic, Zoom, TechSmith Relay, and even Microsoft Teams. However, that is obviously very costly.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

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BLACKBOARD ALLY ( www.blackboard.com ) Blackboard announced that Blackboard Ally is now available for multiple learning management systems used by K-12 school districts. Blackboard Ally is an accessibility solution that helps make digital class content in a learning management system (LMS) more accessible for all learners.

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