Also worth mentioning that, last time I used it, Blackboard was an unusable, bloated, expensive web application. If I'm not mistaken, it included a quaint forum

Also worth mentioning that, last time I used it, Blackboard was an unusable, bloated, expensive web application. If I'm not mistaken, it included a quaint forum application that used Java Applets. I'd really like to meet the guy who thought that was a good idea. I would challenge anyone to get good use out of Blackboard on any platform.