Blackboard allows students to take quizzes on the go.

Abstract New Web-based technologies offer innovative opportunities in nursing courses. Blackboard is one such program that allows faculty to interact with students in new ways. Experimentally, this software's online quizzes were substituted for traditional in-class quizzes in a master's level advanced pharmacology course. The author discusses concerns, benefits, and pitfalls of the online assessment features of Blackboard.