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CUNY Cloud Systems' Feature Guide for Faculty

CUNY Cloud Systems’ Feature Guide for Faculty

* - recommended solution.

 

 

Blackboard and BB Collaborate

MS Teams

Dropbox

App integrations

Office 365
Dropbox
WebEx

Dropbox
WebEx

-

Existing course container

yes

no

no

Import course set-up

yes

no

no

Grading center

yes

no

no

Course Materials

     

Upload SCORM content

yes

no

no

Sharing course materials (Word, PDF, etc.)

yes*

yes

yes

Sharing large course materials (videos, PPTs, etc.)

Via Dropbox integration

Not recommended

yes*

Record screen capture

yes*

yes

no

Tracking views and progress

yes

no

no

Date/time restrictions

yes

no

no

Communication

 

 

 

Post announcements

yes*

yes

no

One-on-one meetings

yes

yes*

no

Office hours

yes

yes

no

Student Management

     

Plagiarism prevention

yes

no

no

Create and manage groups

yes*

yes

no

Course Activities

 

 

 

Forums/discussion board

yes*

Channels can be used

no

Submit assignments

yes

Not recommended

yes*

Submit group assignments

yes

no

no

Collaboration on a document in real-time

no

yes

Available via Dropbox Paper

Live Sessions

     

Live lecture

yes

Not recommended

no

Take attendance during live sessions

yes

yes

no

Record live sessions

yes

yes

no

Download live session recordings

yes

yes

no

Student presentation

yes

yes

no

Ability to mute everyone

yes

no

no

Use a whiteboard

yes

no

no

Share screen

yes

yes

no

Assessments

     

Self-paced surveys and polls

yes

yes

no

Creating and delivering self-paced quizzes

yes

yes

no

Creating and delivering tests

yes

no

no

Live surveys and polls

no

yes

no

Additional Features

     

Additional features

Achievements

Blogs

Badges

Certificates

Library of app integrations