Our Projects
Among other services, TLI Learning Management Support offers:
- Blackboard phone and online support
- Face-to-face training sessions
- Online help documentation
- Customized course space
- Customized learning management tools, such as bFree
- Research groups, like the Sakai Action Group
Blackboard
Instructors at UNC-Chapel Hill have been using Blackboard since 1999, beginning with small pilot of a fewer than 20 Web sites. Currently, at UNC at Chapel Hill, over 23,000 students students and 2,000 instructors take advantage of this powerful learning management system.
Through Blackboard, instructors set up customized course sites that allow them to:
- Post course materials and resources
- Link to online assignments
- Email students without setting up a listserv
- Securely report grades on assignments
- Participate in online discussions
Course Web Space
Although a robust application, Blackboard cannot meet all instructors' needs. For faculty who want to create a customized or open site, ITS Learning Management Support offers Course Web Space, which allows public access to materials and tight control over the navigation and graphical look.
Sakai Action Group
In addition to ensuring that existing learning management systems meet the needs of faculty and students, ITS Learning Management Support is always looking toward the future. We strive to provide choices and cutting-edge technology for our clients.
The Sakai Action Group is an example of our efforts in this arena. This advisory team includes faculty and IT professionals who conduct research and develop recommendations for adding the Sakai application to the available LMS options to Carolina faculty. The Sakai Action Group and TLI Learning Management Support recently launched a prototype of the application to gain first-hand knowledge of its functionality from both instructional and technological perspectives.
Sakai is a free and open source product that is built and maintained by the Sakai community.
