Library Intelligencer

A new Blackboard tool lets campuses connect the company’s course-management system to Google’s free e-mail and document-sharing services.

The connecting tool, which was developed by Northwestern University, is now available to other campuses as a “Building Block” plug-in for Blackboard. It allows students to access Google Apps within the Blackboard platform, meaning they don’t have to sign into the two platforms separately….

source: Chronicle of Higher Education