Progress, Front and Center

Ever have gifted or lagging students fall into the cracks? Blackboard’s Retention Center lets teachers and administrators track every student’s progress in an easy to view format. The new software is part of the company’s Learning Management System and it puts any at-risk student in your face with up-to-date performance, missed deadlines and poor grades.

Data be the Day

Face it, schools no longer run on paper and pencils, but on hard data that is captured in every classroom. Blackboard Analytics for Learn is a way to make the best use of the school’s gigabytes of data by creating instant reports on everything from attendance to failing students. The software can help identify those at risk, who are the most successful teachers and even provide hints on how to improve the school’s operations.

 

Freebee Friday: SCORE!

Having trouble keeping track of individual student or class scores on the ever-increasing variety of assessments? The recently opened SoftChalk ScoreCenter tabulates and consolidates all scores from SoftChalk and can put it into the gradebook. It works with Blackboard Learning System 9.0 and 9.1, and can show a test’s first attempt, last attempt, highest attempt or average. It’s available now, just register.