one of the simplest things that blackboard manages to screw up is the message board. each class should have a board generated for it for that specific semester

one of the simplest things that blackboard manages to screw up is the message board. each class should have a board generated for it for that specific semester with a message area, a collaborative blackboard (auto generated for each thread and saved!), and assignments posted all on one page. I suppose you need a widescreen monitor to really get it all laid out nicely.