Organization Web sites are structured and managed in the same way as Course Web sites. While they function the same way, Organizations and Courses do not share the same purpose. Organization Web sites hold content and tools for institutional communities outside the scope of academic learning or training. Clubs, sports teams, and service organizations are all examples of communities that benefit from their own Organization Web site.
Organizations are accessible through the Community common area. This common area includes a catalog of Organizations and listing of the Organizations a user participates in—similar to the Courses Common area. In addition, the Community common area includes institution-wide Discussion Boards.
Note: The Community Common area, Organizations, and the Organizations section of the System Control Panel are only available with Blackboard Portal System.
Administrators looking for assistance with the tools and functions used to manage Organization Web sites should consult the Courses section of this manual. The Courses tools and functions work exactly the same as the Organization Management tools and functions. In fact, to find a particular page, simply replace the word “Course” with the word “Organization” in the navigation instructions!
The Organizations of the System Control Panel does include an additional feature for managing the Discussion Boards that appear on the Community common area. Discussion Board management is documented in the following topics.