Comparison between Blackboard and Microsoft 365 for Use in Classes
The table below shows how Blackboard Learn and Microsoft Teams can be used to accomplish various pedagogical tasks. For more information about using Microsoft Teams in the classroom, please refer to the Teaching with Microsoft Teams e-book.
| Comparison | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedagogical Goal | Sub-task | .png){kind=small} Teams
|
Blackboard | |
| Share Content | Interactive Synchronous Lectures | Chat Feature | Teams Meeting Chat | Blackboard Collaborate Chat |
| Using Polls | Use MS Forms in Teams | Blackboard Collaborate Polls | ||
| Using live slides | Share PowerPoint Presentation during meeting | Share PowerPoint presentation during session | ||
| Using a Whiteboard | Microsoft Whiteboard in Teams | Whiteboard in Blackboard Collaborate | ||
| Interactive Asynchronous Lectures Using Microsoft Stream | Add a Poll, Survey or Quiz to a Stream video and links and timestamps to the video description. Comments can be posted by students. | Embed Stream Video in Teams | Embed Stream Video in Blackboard | |
| Recording Lectures | Schedule a meeting/session | Schedule a meeting | Schedule a session | |
| Invite Students | Send invite to meeting | Students can join session from Virtual Classroom link | ||
| Start/Stop Recording | Record Teams Meeting | Record Blackboard Collaborate session | ||
| Access Recorded Session | Meeting Recodings | Session Recordings | ||
| Share Recording | Copy meeting recording link from Stream | Copy session recording link | ||
| Sharing Documents | Read-Only | Use class material folder | Create web link to shared file | |
| Edit | Upload file in Teams | Create web link to shared file | ||
| Asynchronous Discussions and Activities | Interactive discussions | Collaborative documents | Discussion boards | |
| Communications | Holding Office Hours | Create a Meeting/Session | Schedule a meeting | Schedule a session |
| Create Waiting Rooms | Teams Meeting Options | Blackboard Collaborate for Virtual Office Hours | ||
| Synchronous Group Work | Create Interactive Groups | Create Channels in Teams | Blackboard Collaborate Breakout rooms | |
| Assessments | ||||
| Group Assessments | Collaboration Options (Manual column to track grading to be added to Bb Grade Centre and manually updated) |
Create channel in Teams | Breakout Rooms | |
| Asynchronous Student Presentation | Submit presentation (Manual column to track grading to be added to Bb Grade Centre and manually updated) |
Submitting Assignment in Teams | Assignment in Blackboard | |
| Synchronous Student Presentation | Live presentation (Manual column to track grading to be added to Bb Grade Centre and manually updated) |
Meeting in Teams | Present in Blackboard | |
| Assignments | Create an assignment | Create an assignment in Teams Not recommended as feature is not integrated into Blackboard. Manual transfer of any grading out of Teams into Blackboard would need to be done. |
Create assignment in Blackboard | |
| Quizzes | Create a quiz | Assign quizzes in Teams Not recommended as feature is not integrated into Blackboard. Manual transfer of any grading out of Teams into Blackboard would need to be done. |
Create Tests in Blackboard | |
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