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The study to determine integration Blackboard features and social constructivism theory in the college of Engineering in King Saud University. It used quantitative method that includes mean scores and standard deviation, which are part of descriptive analysis. Man-Whitney was used to know the differences between departments of electrical engineering and civil engineering based on students interaction using Blackboard features to implement course activities and faculty member assistance to enhance learning and teaching. The result of descriptive analysis indicates that there are identical responses between the two sections in two departments towards faculty members who used Blackboard features in exams. In general, the participants mean scores for the most statements in the first dependent variable were higher than the participants mean scores of civil engineering section. Moreover, the most mean scores of the electrical engineering participants for the second dependent variable were higher than that of the civil engineering section participants. The result of hypothesis test indicated that (P =0.041< 0.05), at the P= 0.05 level of significance; the electrical engineering group Infusing Blackboard in College of Engineering Based on Social Constructivism Theory Principles Saleh Mohammed Aloteawi, Ph. D. King Saud University, College of Education, Instructional Technology Department e-mail: saloteawi@ksu.edu.sa, saeh2k@hotmail.com Key words: Learning management Systems, Scaffolding, Interaction, Proximal Zone of Development Research Abstract 20 The Saudi Journal of Higher Education - Issue No.13 - May 2015 sum of ranks was 444.00, and civil engineering group sum of ranks was 376.00. In fact, there is enough evidence to conclude that there is a difference in the means of the two groups in favor of the electrical engineering. This means that electrical engineering participants maintain more interaction by using Blackboard communication tools than civil engineering participants. The faculty member of electrical engineering provides scaffolding in order to maintain learning and teaching rather than the faculty of civil engineering; the reason goes back to the fact that electrical engineering participants and faculty member use information technology better than those of civil engineering. Keywords: Learning management Systems, Scaffolding, Interaction, Proximal Zone of Development. (Published Abstract)