Student’s Perspectives Vis-à-Vis Instructor-Provided Feedback on Blackboard in an Online Course

In this researcher’s experience, online students very often ask questions about returned assignments, the answers to which are clearly articulated on Blackboard Learn (the learning management system (LMS) utilized at the site of this study). This raised the question of how much time and effort online students actually put into reading the assignment feedback provided in an online learning environment. The research question asked, “Is the instructor-provided assignment feedback on Blackboard of value to the learning experience?” This study examined college students’ perspectives concerning assignment feedback provided in their LMS. Participants included 71 undergraduate and graduate students in a program in the College of Education at a Midwest university. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the responses to a 10-question researcher-developed survey. The findings indicated that the majority of online students find the assignment feedback provided by their instructors very valuable.