Description:

Blackboard is an online software system designed to facilitate teachers in the management of courses for their students, especially by helping teachers and learners, in facilitation of discussion, collaboration and  course administration by using a virtual interface. Blackboard is Bethel's official Learning management system, officially supported and maintained by the University.

Guidelines and Request Form

Blackboard support page

Description:

A blog is a website where entries are made in journal type format and displayed in a reverse chronological order. Blogs can provide commentary or news on a particular subject, such as biology, politics, or local events; some function as more personal online diaries or contribute to social networking.

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Description:

Silva is Bethel's official content management system.  Silva is used to manage a majority of Bethel's online content.  In the past web content was developed by a number of different tools such as dreamweaver, frontpage, and contribute. These programs though great at developing web content didn't allow for management of all of Bethel's websites.  The past two years many pages have been converted into silva allowing Bethel much more control of what is publish to the web. 

Guidelines and request form

Silva support page

Description:

Adobe Acrobat Connect is a contracted online classroom space for 50 users.  The classroom can be used for synchronous online learning and training in a webinar format with online audio (VoIP), chat, presentation, screen sharing, and more.

Bethel Connect Support Page
Online Classroom Reservation Form

Reservation Calendar

Description:

Blink is Bethel Universities Portal system.  Blink is an electronic commons that provides seamless access to all of the information, people, and processes necessary to support the work of Bethel faculty, staff, and students. It is  customizable and secure.

Guidelines and request form

BLink support page

Description:

Group Studio is colabrative software included with BLink that  gives students, faculty, and staff the ability to create and manage group homepages for clubs
and other affiliations and interests.

Guidelines and request form

Group Studio support page

Description:

iTunes U is a hosted service by Apple,  for colleges and universities that allows each institution the ability to publish mutlimedia content. Lectures, interviews, or video can be placed within iTunes U and be made accessible to a chosen group or the public.

Guidelines and request form

iTunes U support page

Turnitin Description:

TurnItIn is a web application that assists instructors in identifying plagiarized material.  You can also use "SafeAssign" available in Blackboard.

Bethel Turnitin Information

Safe Assign Description:

Safe Assign is a Blackboard plug in that functions to detect plagiarism like Turnitin.
Safe Assign Information

Description:

Flashlight is a web-based survey tool.

Information and to request a Flashlight account

Flashlight Link

Description:

Web forms are used to submit or enter data online.  Bethel currently supports three different online forms.  The first available web form is a regular silva form. The second is a online payment form and the third is a PDF form.

Guidelines and request form