Why Do People Hate Blackboard? 92% People Do (5,014 opinions)

Is throwing erroneously throwing errors.
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Blackboard is full of bugs. I am logged in. I go to try to download the student submission files and I get a red box telling me I need to ... read all

by Queen of Star Wars on 06 May - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
Blackboard is slow and clunky. It is counter
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Blackboard is slow and clunky. It is counter intuitive and difficult to navigate. The communication methods are terrible and outdated. read all

by Colin B on 27 Mar - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
the lack of support for modern browsers, the
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the lack of support for modern browsers, the inexplicable errors, and how backwards it seems to be designed. No back button support, really? Why cant you set up external email ... read all

by Justin on 08 Mar - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
First, it is bloatware. Feature-stuffed. Tons of
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First, it is bloatware. Feature-stuffed. Tons of features, mostly not needed, none properly implemented. F.e. I cannot search for a student knowing his/her name, I cannot isolate a record of ... read all

by Victor I on 06 Mar - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
As a lecturer, I adopted it as soon as possible
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As a lecturer, I adopted it as soon as possible and put in an effort to learn it, including reading online guides, searching the web for suggestions and tips, taking ... read all

by Bob W on 04 Mar - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
It is poorly coded, costs way more than it should.
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It is poorly coded, costs way more than it should. And is put up on a pedestal by administrators because it is 'revolutionary'. read all

by Patrick H on 23 Feb - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
Accessibility? They don't think we need it.
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The teacher gave us one opportunity to take the exam online. It froze, I refreshed the page, could no longer access the exam. Also can't seem to find a browser ... read all

by Jayde D on 08 Feb - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
It's slow (I mean really slow). Usually I have to
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It's slow (I mean really slow). Usually I have to refresh/reload each page 2-3 times to finally see the content. To send assignment - usually 3-4 trials (I don't remember ... read all

by Filip W on 29 Jan - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
Gradebook does not work with iPad 2 or iPhone (can
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also the Gradebook does not work with iPad 2 or iPhone (can't scroll) read all

by John C on 19 Dec - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag

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Blackboard : when programmers design the UX
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If a group of 6 year olds could program and create an interface they'd create Blackboard (maybe they did ; ). Blackboard is what happens when techies do design ... read all

by John C on 19 Dec - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
Profs can't even use it right...
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It's bloated, slow, and costly to the school. Half my professors don't use it and of those that do, 80% of them make poor use of it. That leaves about ... read all

by Jacob J on 06 Dec - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
Can't do simple grade calculations!
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I gave three quizzes as part of the overall workload (mind you I gave them on scantrons in class and manually posted the grades in Bb) and now that I ... read all

by Phedd Upp on 04 Dec - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
I just barely use it for the one class I
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I just barely use it for the one class I teach (I teach face to face, not online) and the place I teach is switching over to 9.1. Supposedly, I ... read all

by Gloria D on 26 Nov - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
It is very, very, very, very slow.
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It is very, very, very, very slow. read all

by Nick-58339f85 on 14 Nov - 1 reply - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
iframes, tacky graphics
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it uses iframes which are obsolete and not completely supported by many browsers. if you zoom in or out everything gets distorted, and you can't scroll though iframes on iphones/ipads. ... read all

by Alexander T on 11 Nov - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
I HATE BLACKBOARDDDDDDDDDDDD GET RID OF IT
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I HATE BLACKBOARDDDDDDDDDDDD GET RID OF IT read all

by Barbara P on 28 Oct - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
GRRRRR! BLACKBOARD!!
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it almost never seems to work on my Mac and it sometimes decides to work on my PC except for the times it kicks me out when I am working ... read all

by Tj L on 20 Oct - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
It reminds me of my first web page I made
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It reminds me of my first web page I made in middle school hosted on geocities or tripod or something like that. It was just a collection of animated gifs ... read all

by Shawney G on 04 Oct - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
I started my exam, only to find the interface
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I started my exam, only to find the interface completely unresponsive on the first question. Really, when I clicked the arrow to advance to the second question, nothing would happen!!! ... read all

by alpha106 on 26 Sep - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
30 minutes? Seriously?
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I've been trying to post to my class discussion for the past 30 minutes. This is redonkulous, and it makes me fearful of what I will experience when it comes ... read all

by Melissa W on 31 Aug - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag