This paper describes a university German teacher's experience using the file transfer capabilities of the Blackboard Internet tool. The introduction highlights some of the features and advantages of Blackboard. The first section discusses teacher empowerment, noting that the Internet empowers the teacher by providing the wealth of the worlds knowledge, and Blackboard empowers the teacher by providing a portal through which to narrow the breadth of information. The second section addresses ways that Blackboard supports organization. The third section looks at how Blackboard addresses issues of accessibility. (MES)