Introducing NBC Learn for Blackboard!

What is NBC Learn?: NBC Learn is a rich, dynamic, and innovative resource that provides thousands of historic news reports, current events stories, original content, primary source documents, and other digital media specifically designed to help teach and engage students of all levels and abilities.

Features: 

• Over 10,000 resources - short 2 to 5 minute videos are engaging, relevant and inspiring, help connect real-world applications to course materials.
• In class and online use - great for research, in-class debate or discussion, or embed into Learning Management Systems for Distance Learning.
• Aligned to 28 Higher Ed courses - topics range from Biology, Chemistry, Physics, U.S. History, Global Studies, Health & Nursing, Psychology, Business, Marketing, Journalism, Sociology, and more.
• Personal playlists - keep resources organized or share them with others.
• Reliable and trustworthy - each resource is selected to be educationally appropriate, and held to the highest NBC News Standards and Practices.
• Interactive CueCard - patent pending media player makes downloading, annotating, citing and embedding resources fun and easy.
• Emmy award-winning original video - NBC Learn series including "Science of NFL Football," "Science of the Olympic Winter Games," "Chemistry NOW!" and "Finishing the Dream: Learning from the Civil Rights Era."
• Search by topic, keyword, or date - advanced search technology enables a variety of compound searches.

How can I get access to NBC Learn?: NBC Learn is already integrated into Sacred Heart's Blackboard Platform.  

Why should I use NBC Learn?: NBC Learn allows you to put live news clips and current event segments into your blackboard course. This can be used to engage your students in current event discussions.


For help setting up NBC LEARN in your Blackboard Course, call or email our office to set up an appointment.