About myCourses

myCourses (Blackboard Learning System) is SFA's supported online course delivery software. It is an integrated set of web course tools that can be used to enhance face-to-face instruction or deliver instruction completely online. myCourses provides an interface in which faculty create and present courses or components of courses to students online. The elements of the learning environment include:

• Educational tools to assist students in communicating and collaborating with fellow students and faculty,
• Continuity and uniformity in the look and feel of online courses, which provides students ease in navigating through courses,
• and online testing.

Aside from facilitating the organization of course material on the Web, myCourses also provides a wide variety of course management tools, communications tools, course design tools, and features all in one package that can be added to a course. Some of these include:

• assignments
• assessments
• chat/whiteboard
• discussion board
• gradebook
• internal class mail
• syllabus
• tracking student progress