About Instructional Technology
What is Instructional Technology?
The department of Instructional Technology works along side the Administrative Computing department to support Belmont's mission by implementing, managing and maintaining Blackboard and Respondus LockDown Browser.
What is Blackboard?
Blackboard is Belmont's online Course Management System which provides Faculty and Students with an online course area for document distribution, communication, and other related course activities. Faculty can teach a course completely online using Blackboard or can supplement traditional face-to-face courses by:
- posting handouts (syllabi, PowerPoint slideshows, etc.) and multimedia content
- holding asynchronous and synchronous discussions via the Discussion Board and Chat tools
- posting student grades via the Gradebook
- organizing group space for collaborative projects
- receiving assignments from students via the Assignment dropbox
All currently-enrolled students and faculty have access to Blackboard through BIC. We are currently running Blackboard Learning System - CE Enterprise License (Release CE 8.0.2).
What is Respondus LockDown Browser?
Resondus LockDown Browser is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment within Blackboard. Students are locked into the assessment and are unable to print, copy, go to another URL, or access other applications. Faculty can choose whether or not to enable LockDown Browser within the properties of each assessment in their courses on Blackboard. If LockDown Browser is enabled the students will be prompted to download and open LockDown Browser to access their assessment. The students will not be able to access the assessment from any other browser.
