Reaction Paper on Digital Session

(ECE70)
Sheryll Diane T. Abot
School of Electrical, Electronics, and Computer Engineering
Mapa Institute of Technology
Intramuros, Manila Philippines
Email: sdtabot@gmail.com

The Blackboard Collaboration has some nice

features like the pointer, pencil, clear button, the ability
to share files and applications, use whiteboard, record
the session, and more. The pointer and pencil are very
useful to point and emphasize something. The clear
button is good but it is preferrable to have also an eraser
that may erase only a portion and not everything. It is
nice that we are able to share powerpoint files, as well
as the fact that writing or drawing using the pencil
feature on the shared files doesnt overwrite them.
Another thing, the idea to be able to record a session is
great; but when I checked the history of the recorded
sessions, none of them appears to be useful in any way.
This is because the Blackboard Collaboration failed to
save the recorded session; the video files only amount to
few seconds and none of what has been presented has
been captured. It is implied that recording the session
will automatically save the session since there is no save
button or feature. So, the users cannot be held
responsible for that.

The raise hand feature is another good thing. It

provides the opportunity for everyone to participate.
Moreover, one can easily tell who raises hand first.
Muting the audio and activating the microphone only
when needed to speak is a good way to avoid
overlapping of voices. However, others prefer to simply
type. Speaking of that, chat feature is very useful for
those whose microphones are not working properly.
The digital session almost went well if all of us in the
class could join without experiencing connection
difficulties. Moreover, some of us who already joined
had been disconnected from time to time. There has
been some problems with the audio which couldnt be
clearly identified whether it is the systems fault or the
usersinternet connection. Sometimes, the audio is
choppy and one of the speakers cannot be heard. It also
appears that Blackboard has a congestion problem and
cannot work properly with all of the students accesing it
at the same time.