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- Adding a Calendar Entry in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn to add entries to the Blackboard Calendar
- Adding a Custom Syllabus Item in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn to add a Custom item to the Syllabus tool’s built-in course syllabus. The process described is similar to that for other item types, but not identical. Custom items are used to include information that does not fall within the other categories of syllabus items (Goals, Course Requirements, Policies, Lessons, and so on).
- Adding a Document to a Learning Module in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn to add file items to the table of contents of a learning module. For general information regarding the characteristics and features of learning modules, please see the “Introduction to the Learning Modules Tool” tutorial.
- Adding a General Syllabus Item in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn to add items to the Syllabus tool’s built-in syllabus. While you’ll discover how to add a Course Requirements item to your course syllabus, the process described also applies to adding either the Goals or the Policies type of item . The other three types (Custom, Lesson and Resources) each work differently and are covered in separate tutorials.
- Adding a Heading to a Learning Module's Table of Contents in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn to create heading items for the table of contents of a learning module. For general information regarding the characteristics and features of learning modules, please see the “Introduction to the Learning Modules Tool” tutorial.
- Adding a Lesson Syllabus Item in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to add a Lesson item to the Syllabus tool’s built-in syllabus option. The process described is similar to that for other item types, but not identical. The Lesson item can be used to list specific details on each lesson in the course syllabus.
- Adding a Resources Syllabus Item in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to add a Resources item to the Syllabus tool’s built-in course syllabus.
- Adding Content Links to a Learning Module in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn to add a content link to the table of contents of a learning module. For general information regarding the characteristics and features of learning modules, please see the “Introduction to the Learning Modules Tool” tutorial.
- Adding Links to Items to an Action Menu in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn to add Links to Items icons and collections to a learning module’s Action Menu. For general information regarding the characteristics and features of learning modules, please see the “Introduction to the Learning Modules Tool” tutorial. For general information about the Action Menu, please see the “Working with Action Menus” tutorial.
- Adding Questions to an Existing Assessment in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to add questions that already exist in the Question Database to an existing assessment.
- Adding Tools to Your Course in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn to add one or more tools to a Blackboard course shell. The process works whether the course already has content and tools or not.
- Adjusting Dates of Course Items in Blackboard CE
- describes the use of the Date Rollover tool
- Assessment Parts Explained in Blackboard
- This tutorial explains “Parts” within Blackboard assessments.
The questions in an existing quiz can be organized into parts or sections. For example, you could group all questions related to a chapter or section together.
Parts are first created and then questions can be moved into the appropriate parts. The Part menu option will only be available after you have added at least one question to the assessment.
- Assigning Grades in the Discussions Tool in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to assign grades in the Discussions tool for student contributions under a specific topic.
- Basic File and Folder Management in Blackboard
- In this tutorial you’ll learn to complete basic file management tasks using the Blackboard File Manager. You’ll find out how to get and download files , as well as how to copy, move, and delete files and folders.
- Blackboard: What If We Change, What If We Don't
- Review of ETC plans whether JCCC moves to another LMS (other than Blackboard) or not.
- Building a New Course Using the Quick Start Page in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll start with an empty course shell and then begin to add some basic tools. The tools you choose to add to your course may be different, but the process of adding tools to a new course shell is the same.
- Building Calculated Questions in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to build a Calculated question from within the Assessments tool.
- Copying & Deleting Topics in the Discussions Tool in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to copy and delete topics within the Discussions tool. You can move or copy topics to another category or simply shuffle the order of topics within a category. In either case you use the Click to view move options icon and then from the pop-up menu you select an option to either copy or move the topic.
- Copying Course Content from One Course Shell to Another in Blackboard
- In the following tutorial, you’ll copy content from one Blackboard course shell into an empty new course shell.
- Creating a Blackboard Course Backup
- In the following tutorial, you’ll create a backup of your Blackboard course.
- Creating a Chat or Whiteboard Room in Blackboard
- The Chat tool can be used to have a real-time conversation with one or more students in the class. A Whiteboard allows participants to draw or paint in real-time using simple tools. An instructor can set up one room or multiple rooms for chat and/or whiteboard activities.
In this tutorial, you’ll learn to create Chat or Whiteboard Rooms in Blackboard
- Creating a Learning Module in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn to create learning modules with the Learning Modules tool. For general information regarding the characteristics and features of learning modules, please see the “Introduction to the Learning Modules Tool” tutorial.
- Creating a Recurring Calendar Event in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a calendar entry that recurs on a daily or weekly basis or recurs until a specified end date.
- Creating and Editing Documents in Blackboard
- In this tutorial you’ll discover how to create HTML files (web pages) within Blackboard. When creating web pages, you can type the text and HTML tags (referred to as hand coding) or you can use Blackboard’s HTML Creator. HTML Creator offers an easy, graphical interface for applying formatting, such as bold type, and for inserting images and links
- Creating and Editing Files and Folders in Blackboard
- In this tutorial we’ll show you how you can create folders, rename files, and edit the file properties. These File Manager tasks are important because they enable you to organize and edit both documents and folders in which you’ll store content for your Blackboard course.
- Creating Assessments in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn to create an assessment using the Assessments tool.
- Creating Categories for Discussions in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn to create a Category inside the Discussions tool. When you create a Category, you organize the Discussions tool so students can better understand how the tool will be used. For instance, you could create a Category called “Graded Assignments” and students would then know that all postings within all topics in that Category would be evaluated and graded. Then you can place other non-graded topics (Uncategorized or Non-graded Topics) where students can post off-topic messages (e.g. in a Student Lounge) or questions (e.g. I Need Help!).
- Creating Topics in the Discussions Tool in Blackboard
- In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create topics within a Discussions tool category.
- Creating Video for the Classroom
- This SIDLIT session explored the use of video in distance learning – and when NOT to use it! Low budget solutions for simple video acquisition and editing are explored, including Windows Movie Maker, Apple’s iLife Suite, Quicktime Pro, and capturing video with a digital camera. We’ll also touch on how to get your movies into Blackboard.
- Customizing a Link Label in a Learning Module in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn to modify the labels of items in the table of contents of a learning module.
- Deactivating Action Menu Tools in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn to deactivate a learning module’s Action Menu Tools. These icons on the Action Menu are active by default, but may be deactivated if their use in a given module or Table of Contents item is inappropriate. The procedure to activate these icons is essentially the same as to deactivate them. For general information regarding the characteristics and features of learning modules, please see the “Introduction to the Learning Modules Tool” tutorial. For general information about the Action Menu, please see the “Working with Action Menus” tutorial.
- Deleting Calendar Entries in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn to delete a single calendar entry, delete a recurring entry, and delete all entries within a date range.
If you do not see a delete option for an entry, you cannot delete the entry. This occurs when you didn’t create the calendar entry. Only the person who created the date entry can delete it (with the exception of public student entries, which may be deleted and edited by instructors).
- Editing and Deleting Categories in the Discussions Tool in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to Edit Categories inside the Discussions tool. You’ll also see how you can delete categories if you decide they’re no longer needed. Just be cautious: deleting a category deletes all topics and messages in that category and removes all related items from the Course Content tool you’ve linked the category and topics to that tool.
- Editing Topics in the Discussions Tool in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to edit topics inside the Discussions Tool. You can change the title, description, and properties for an existing topic.
- Enrolling Members in Blackboard
- In this tutorial you’ll learn how to enroll members (teaching assistants, auditors and section designers) in your course.
- Establish the Settings for a Blackboard Assessment
- In this tutorial, you’ll explore how to set and edit the properties of an assessment in Blackboard using the Edit Assessment Properties screen.
- Exploring the Assignments Tool in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn to create assignments and edit their settings. You’ll also learn to manage the appearance of the assignment list and add links to Learning Modules or the Course Content Home page.
- Exploring the Blackboard Interface
- This tutorial will introduce you to the new Blackboard designer and instructor interface. We will look at the Build, Teach and Student View tabs as well as the Course Menu and Course Content tool.
- Exporting from WebCT 4.1 and Importing into Blackboard After You Start Editing A New Course
- In the following tutorial you’ll export a course from the WebCT 4.1 server and import the course into Blackboard. This method can be used at any time after you’ve started editing a Blackboard course shell. However, the process wipes out all content that may already be in the course.
- Exporting from WebCT 4.1 and Importing into Blackboard Before You Start Editing a New Course.
- In the following tutorial you’ll export a course from the WebCT 4.1 server and import the course into a Blackboard course shell. This method can only be used when you access a new, unedited Blackboard course shell and the Assign Course Content screen appears.
- Has the Dust Settled: a Blackboard Update
- Includes the schedule of Blackboard bug hot fixes, service packs and application packs scheduled for release from Blackboard as of March 29, 2006
- How Safari & WebCT Work Together
- Covers problems Safari users encounter when working with WebCT Campus Edition 6
- Importing and Exporting Blackboard Assessments
- In this tutorial, you’ll explore how to bring an existing assessment into a course and how to make a copy of an assessment for use in another Blackboard course.
- Importing Questions into Respondus for use with Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to import questions into Respondus. This is useful when you already have quizzes or tests in a MS Word document format and you want to get them into Blackboard quickly.
- Indenting Table of Contents Entries in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn to organize the table of contents of a learning module hierarchically.
- Installing Java on Your Computer for Blackboard
- To run Blackboard you must have the most recent version of Java installed. This document tells you how to install Java on a Windows XP or Macintosh system.
- Introduction to the Learning Modules Tool in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, we’ll be exploring the options available to learning modules by examining the behavior of some completed ones in the Blackboard Student view. The creation and construction of learning modules are covered in separate tutorials.
- Introduction to the Syllabus Tool in Blackboard
- n this tutorial, you’ll explore the Syllabus tool options available that determine which of the two methods you’ll use to build a course syllabus. Then, you’ll construct the course syllabus using a file.
- Linking from the Calendar Tool in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a calendar entry that recurs on a daily or weekly basis or recurs until a specified end date.
- Linking Producer Files in Blackboard
- Microsoft Producer files must be linked in a different manner for the files to play in Blackboard. The procedure is outlined in this document (tutorial movie).
- Logging into Blackboard
- In the following tutorial you’ll login to Blackboard and setup the channels you want on your My Blackboard page.
- Managing Students and Records Using the Blackboard Grade Book
- The Grade Book is not only a tool for viewing and adjusting grades. It also gives details about student activity and tool usage.
- Moving Categories in the Discussions Tool in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to move a category within the Discussion tool. This is a valuable skill as you organize your discussions by reordering the sequence of categories.
- Navigating Files and Folders in Blackboard
- This tutorial will introduce you to the new Blackboard File Manager. You’ll explore the Tree View and List View sections as well as the Course Files area. You’ll also learn how to navigate folders, sort items, filtering files by type, previewing files, and viewing file information.
- Navigating the Calendar Tool in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn about the Calendar tool interface, personal and course views and how to view entries by the different views (day, week, and month). You’ll also discover how to create a printable view and adjust Calendar tool settings.
- Publishing Respondus Assessments to Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to publish Respondus quizzes and tests to Blackboard.
- Publishing StudyMate Files Using SCORM in Blackboard
- This tutorial demonstrates how to publish StudyMate created games to Blackboard using the SCORM tool
- Randomizing Questions with Question Sets in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn to create question sets in the Assessments tool. The creation of question sets enables Blackboard to randomly select questions from the set for inclusion in an assessment.
- Reading and Replying to Mail Messages in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to read, reply to, forward, and delete email using the Blackboard Mail tool.
- Sending a Mail Message in Blackboard
- In this tutorial you’ll be introduced to the Blackboard Mail Tool interface and learn how to send an email message to your students.
- Setting the Default Home Page in MyJCCC (Formerly) Pipeline: An Overview
- This document shows how to set the Default Home Page in MyJCCC (Formerly Pipeline) to WebCT instead of the default MyJCCC home page.
- The Basics of Using the Discussions Tool in Blackboard
- The Discussions tool is used for communication between instructors, teaching assistants, and students, but typically not in real time. The Discussions tool has 3 elements: Discussion Categories, Discussion Topics, and Discussion Messages. By default, Discussion Messages are displayed in threads, which are a series of replies to the same subject, allowing users to follow the discussion.
- Trusting Pop-ups in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn to adjust Internet Explorer’s settings so it will allow Web sites in the college’s domain to perform certain restricted operations, such as the opening of “pop-up” windows.
- Using a Chat Room in Blackboard
- The Chat tool can be used to have a real-time conversation with one or more students in the class. Every Blackboard course has a Chat and Whiteboard Room created by default. It’s called the Common Room. You can add additional Chat rooms to your course or just use the Common Room. See the “Creating a Chat or Whiteboard Room” tutorial for more information on adding additional Chat rooms to your course.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to participate in a Chat Room.
- Using Mail Folders to Organize Your Mail in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create and use folders to organize your email in the Blackboard Mail tool.
- Using Respondus to Create Assessments for Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a simple quiz or test from scratch using Respondus 3.02 or later software.
- Using the Announcements Tool in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn about the Announcements tool and how to create and edit announcements in Blackboard.
- Using the Blackboard Assignment Dropbox
- The Assignment Dropbox is accessible from the Instructor Tools area on the Teach tab. It is used to view, manage and evaluate assignments.
In this tutorial, you’ll learn to navigate within the Assignment Dropbox and to view, grade and publish student submissions.
- Using the Content Manager in Blackboard
- In earlier tutorials, you learned how to use the File Manager to add course content to your Blackboard courses. In this tutorial, you’ll discover a second method. You can use the Blackboard Content Manager to create folders and files, as well as upload, delete and modify files associated with your Blackboard courses. All of the files accessed using either the Content Manager or the File Manager tool are available for use in any of your Blackboard courses.
- Using the Equation Editor in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you will learn how to build an equation and insert it into an assessment. The process is the same for inserting an equation into an e-mail or discussion message.
- Using the HTML Creator Tool in Blackboard
- The HTML Creator tool is used throughout Blackboard to create web pages or formatted content using HTML tags.
- Using the iTeach Tutorial Movies
- Shows how to use the Flash tutorial movies created in Captivate for iTeach
- Using the Whiteboard in Blackboard
- The Blackboard Whiteboard allows participants to draw or paint in real-time using simple tools. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use the Whiteboard in the Chat Common Room. All Blackboard courses come with a built in Common Room.
- Using Whiteboard Slide Shows in Blackboard
- A Whiteboard Slide Show can be used to play a slide show for the students in the whiteboard room. In this tutorial, you will learn how to create, edit, delete, preview, load and play a Whiteboard Slide Show
- Viewing and Editing Assessment Results in Blackboard
- Student assessment results can be viewed, changed or erased altogether (reset) by using the Blackboard Assessment Manager.
- Why Angel Learning?
- The University of Kansas Medical Center recently switched from Blackboard to ANGEL Learning to better support learning initiatives within the schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health. This session explores the planning and design process, the politics, and the technology used to support this exciting enterprise level project. The presenter will discuss strategies to obtain faculty buy-in, explore course conversion issues, and discuss faculty training strategies. How to implement ANGEL as an enterprise level solution for collaboration and resource sharing among departments and researchers will also be discussed. In addition, using ANGEL components to support the design, and delivery of online instruction will be covered. The presentation will: - share how the instructional designers and faculty use collaboration groups to help facilitate in the design of online instruction and instructional programs; - explore how researchers and departments use ANGEL to support initiatives and accreditation processes; - demonstrate how templates are used to design learning components; - demonstrate how an Object Repository is used to manage curriculum, lectures, and course components; and - discuss how Modules are created with linked content from an Object Repository to provide students access to teaching resources in a large lecture format with limited support resources.
- Workaround when Exporting an Assessment (with Embedded Images) from Blackboard.x and Importing into another Blackboard.x Course Shell
- When exporting assessments (from one CE 6.1.1 course) and importing them into another (6.1.1 course) the image folder does not get copied which means the images in assessments are broken. There is a workaround for this problem (e.g. doing the assessment import/export process and then using the File Manager to copy the image folder to its proper location in the course folder structure. Details follow:
- Working with Action Menus in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, we’ll be exploring the options available to a learning module’s Action Menu by examining the behavior of a completed one in the Blackboard Student view. The configuration of the Action Menu is covered in separate tutorials.
- Working with Collections in the Media Library in Blackboard
- In this tutorial you’ll learn about Media Library collections and how you can use the tool to build a database of media to enhance your course.
- Working with Media Library Entries in Blackboard
- In this tutorial, you’ll learn about the Media Library and how you can use it to build a database of media to enhance your course.
- Zipping and Unzipping Files and Folders in Blackboard
- In this tutorial you’ll learn to compress (zip) and uncompress (unzip) , files and folders in Blackboard.
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