Learning by Purpose
Are you new to Blackboard or want to learn more about the different features of Blackboard? The following links offer you both the Instructional Use and How-to use of Blackboard tools based on what you would like to add to your course.
Communication and Collaboration in an Online Course - top
- Creating a Group and Group Sets
- Deploying and Grading Group Assignments (Movie)
- Introduction to Blogs and Journals and ideas for use
- Creating and Using a Blog - / -Movie
- Creating and Using a Journal - / -Movie
- Assessing Student Performance and Grading a Blog or Journal
- Creating and Using a Wiki - / -Movie
- Grading a Wiki (Movie)
Using Discussion Boards - top
- Introduction and Ideas for Use
- Using Discussions
- Creating and Grading Discussions
- Subscribing to a Discussion Board
Creating Tests and Surveys - top
- Introduction and Ideas for Use
- Creating Test, Surveys and Pools
- Deploying a Test and Test Options
- Viewing Test Statistics
Monitoring Students - top
- Introduction and alternatives for tracking student performance
- Performance Dashboard
- Performance Dashboard - (Movie)
Posting Student Grades in Blackboard - top
- Introduction and Features of the Grade Center
- Navigation and Basic Operation
- Organizing the Grade Center (Sort, Hiding and Rearranging Columns) - (Movie)
- Needs Grading Feature
- Downloading and Grading Assignments
- Downloading Grades (Movie)
- Creating Smart Views (Movie)
- Weighting Grades
- Control the Display with Smart Views
- Transferring Grades to Banner
- Using Rubrics in Grading - / -Movie
- Viewing Grade Details (Movie)
Getting Started
- What is Blackboard and how do courses get created in Blackboard?
- Logging In
- Basic Blackboard Navigation and Instructor Functions
- Control Panel
Customizing the Course - top
- Standard Course Menu
- Modifying the Course Menu Selections
- Hiding and Showing Course Tools
- Customizing the Menu (buttons, colors)
- Adding a Banner to a Course
Communication with Students - top
- Introduction and use of Announcements
- Creating and Editing Announcements
- Sending email (pdf)
- Sending email (tutorial)
- Posting Contact Information
Adding Content to a Course - top
- Content Definition and Best Practices
- Saving a Document or PPT as a PDF
- Creating a Content Item
- Adding a Graphic to a Course Content Item
- Adding a link
- Adding a Learning Module
- Adding a Lesson Plan
- Adding a YouTube to Your Course
File Management In and Out of Blackboard
- File Management (pdf)
Collecting Papers from Students (Assignment and Safe Assignment) - top