Building Block / Tool | Purpose | Vendor | Status |
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Academic Writer | Supports students who have questions about how to conduct research, structure their papers, and format what they write using APA Style. | APA | Up to date* |
Acrobatiq | Supports adaptive learning of specific course curriculum. | Acrobatiq | Up to date |
ALEKS | Supports interactive homework & quizzes for science & math. | Cengage | Up to date* |
Bookshelf by VitalSource | Supports access to e-textbooks & course materials on computers & mobile devices (for the UMBC Course Materials Initiative). | Blackboard Inc. & VitalSource | Up to date |
Cengage Learning MindLinks | Integration for Mindtap, Aplia & CogLab course materials. | Blackboard Inc. & Cengage | Up to date* |
CourseArc | Supports integration of interactive, web-based lessons. | CourseArc | Up to date* |
eXplorance | Supports end of semester course surveys. | eXplorance | Up to date* |
FlipIt Physics | Supports interactive homework, lectures & quizzes for physics. | Macmillan | Up to date* |
Google Assignments | Create an assignment that students utilize a Google Drive file type and instructors grade through Google Drive. | Up to date* | |
Google Drive File Embed | Embed a native Google Drive file in your Blackboard course as a view-only document. | Up to date* | |
InQuizitive | Integration for W.W. Norton course materials. | W.W. Norton | Up to date* |
McGraw-Hill Campus | Integration for McGraw-Hill course materials. | McGraw-Hill Higher Education | No Info Available |
McGraw-Hill Connect and Create | Integration for McGraw-Hill course materials. | Blackboard Inc. & McGraw-Hill | Up to date |
Microsoft OneNote | Allow faculty to add a OneNote class notebook to a Bb course shell. | Microsoft | Up to date* |
Open Learning Initiative | Supports interactive textbooks with learning activities, assessments, and rich simulations. | Carnegie Mellon | Up to date* |
Panopto | Allow faculty to link course to Panopto video platform. | Panopto | Up to date |
Pearson's MyLab & Mastering / Revel | Integration for Pearson course materials. | Blackboard Inc. & Pearson | Up to date |
Qwickly Attendance | Supports taking attendance & student check-in. | Qwickly | Up to date* |
Respondus LockDown Browser | Customized browser to secure the Blackboard test environment. | Respondus Inc | Up to date* |
Soomo Learning | Supports interactive e-textbooks. | Soomo Publishing | No Info Available |
Tk20 | Supports systematic assessment for accreditation (SOWK & EDUC only). | Tk20 | Up to date |
Turning Technologies Clickers | Synchronizes clickers to Bb roster & Bb grade center. | Turning Technologies, LLC | Up to date* |
VHL Central | Incorporate structures and vocabulary from a variety of sources including text, video, and live communication practice, with opportunities for skill-building in every lesson | Vista Higher Learning | Up to date* |
VoiceThread | Supports interactive discussions. Currently under evaluation. | VoiceThread | Up to date* |
WebAssign | Integration for WebAssign course materials & assessments. | WebAssign | Up to date |
Webex | Allows faculty to schedule Virtual Meetings and create appointment slots for Office Hours with students | Webex | Up to date* |
WileyPLUS | Integration for Wiley course materials. | Blackboard Inc. & Wiley | Up to date* |
zyBooks | Interactive web textbooks. | Cengage | Up to date* |
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