Abstract
SummaryMost users of web applications are aware that they are not as “nice” to use as desktop applications. They are generally slower and clunkier. This is not normally the fault of the application, but rather the browser environment in which such applications execute. Teaching staff at institutions that have deployed an online course management system such as Blackboard may be reluctant to make extensive use of it because of the overhead involved in setting up and maintaining an online presence for each course that they are involved in. This paper describes a “Blackboard Toolbox” that has been developed at the Manukau Institute of Technology. The toolbox provides a desktop interface to Blackboard and simplifies the use of most of its key functional areas. In particular it provides quick and easy access to the content areas, digital dropbox, gradebook, users, assessments and groups. The digital dropbox tool includes an additional user interface where submitted files can be easily marked, returned to individual student's dropboxes, and the grades entered in the gradebook. The toolbox makes use of Blackboard's Building Blocks technology.
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