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Engage more students.

There’s no comparison to seeing an actual event verses just hearing or reading about it. Imagine being able to add dynamic multimedia content into any course. Having instant access to just about any current or historic event. Captivating your audience. Retaining their attention.

Together, Blackboard and NBC Learn help educators breathe life into their courses and engage more students. Educators can easily locate and incorporate real-world event videos—that are instructionally sound and relevant to course curricula—into their educational content.

NBC Learn

You’ll have instant access to thousands of professionally made multimedia content. It’s all archived in easily searchable video collections and updated regularly:

  • News footage of historic and current events
  • Primary source documents, articles and political cartoons
  • Photographs, images, charts and graphs
  • Critical analysis and mini-documentaries covering topics across academic disciplines
 

NBC Learn K-12 allows teachers to bring in reliable, content-rich material that students can relate to and that teachers know is a valid source 

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Many Uses, Many Benefits

Together, Blackboard and NBC Learn deliver more capabilities:

  • Search NBC Learn by subject area, related topic, or keyword
  • Expect regularly updated news content, and short-form, preview playback of videos
  • Create user playlists and mashups
  • Download video clips and embed them directly in the Blackboard Learn™ course environment
  • Use video to emphasize specific topics, stimulate thinking, and enliven material
  • Screen clips in class
  • Use video commenting and rating features
  • Read and print full text transcripts
  • Students also can complete research in the archives and incorporate clips into multimedia projects

Blackboard users can access NBC Learn through the Course Delivery and Community Engagement Modules within the Blackboard Learn platform using the Blackboard Building Blocks™ framework.

Full, long-form playback of videos and advanced search features can be licensed directly from NBC Learn.

 

NBC Learn K-12 allows teachers to bring in reliable, content-rich material that students can relate to and that teachers know is a valid source 

Begin Using the Archives Today

Blackboard clients in North America who license Blackboard Learn, Release 9, or the Blackboard Learning System™, Release 7.3 and higher, can download the NBC Learn Blackboard Building Block from Behind the Blackboard®.

Visit NBC Learn to browse the collections and see sample content.

Although NBC Learn currently does not integrate with the ANGEL LMS, or the Basic, CE or Vista editions of the Blackboard Academic Suite™, the NBC Learn team can help you access the archives. For more information, contact NBC Learn.

Case Studies

Grand Rapids Community College

Grand Rapids Community College in Grand Rapids, Michigan explains how its faculty achieved success by using the resources of NBC Learn in the classroom.
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Clear Creek Independent School

Clear Creek Independent School District (CCISD) in Texas is one of the leading school districts in the United States for integrating technology in the classroom. In early 2010, CCISD began using NBC Learn as a pilot program. After teachers found success using the product, NBC Learn was implemented district wide.
Read the Case Study (PDF)

 

Capella University

This fully online university puts a high premium on timely, trustworthy multimedia content that can fit seamlessly into its robust online learning environment. See how Capella instructors and course developers work with NBC Learn and Blackboard Learn to bring real-world events to life for their learners.
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