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Blackboard Tutorials

For Faculty

Getting Started

Guide on Enabling Blackboard (Creating a Course Shell) for your new Course
Course Copy while Preserving Menus, Template, and Settings
Customizing Course Navigation and Menu

Assessments

Adding and Grading Panopto Student Video Submissions
Adding Panopto Quizzes to Blackboard
Guide on Creating Assignments
Set Extended Time Test for Students with Disabilities
Guide on Using Safe Assign to Detect Plagiarism
Tests and Surveys Overivew of Process

  • Guide on Creating, Editing, and Deploying Tests and Surveys
  • Guide on Uploading Test Questions to Blackboard
  • Recommended Settings for Deploying Tests in Blackboard
  • Guide on Test Results and Feedback Options

Using Question Pools

  • Demo on Building a Question Pool
  • Use Random Blocks to Draw all Questions from Pools
  • Use Question Sets for Added Control over Questions Selection
Collaboration & Student Engagement Tools

Interactive Tools in Action
Guide on Creating Blogs
Guide on Creating Discussion Boards
Guide on Creating Journals
Guide on Creating and Managing Groups
Guide on Creating Wikis
Create and Manage Achievements

Communication Tools

Adding Announcements to your course
Sending Emails from Blackboard
Creating an “Email Instructor” tool for the course menu
Guide on Embedding Zoom for Class Meeting or Office Hours

Embedding Videos

Embedding YouTube Videos in Blackboard
Embedding and Linking Panopto Videos in Blackboard

Grading

Adding and Grading Panopto Student Video Submissions
Guide on Using Blackboard Annotate for Inline Grading feedback
Guide on Grading Discussions
Navigate the Grade Center
Guide on Using the Grade Center
Guide on Using, Managing, and Grading with Rubrics

  • Create Rubrics
  • Associate a Rubric to an Assignment
  • Grade Using a Rubric
Productivity and Performance Tools

Guide on Using Date Management to Adjust Dates from one Location

  • Automatically Adjust Dates in a Copied Course

Use Performance Dashboard for Student Logins and Progress
Guide on Using the Retention Center to Track Performance and Notify Students

  • Retention Center Demo

For Students

Getting Started

Supported Browsers in Blackboard: Tutorial Video | PDF Guide
Introduction to Blackboard: Tutorial Video | PDF Guide
What Happened to My Course Menu? Tutorial Video | PDF Guide
The Blackboard User Interface: PDF Guide

Blackboard Features

Blackboard Assignments Overview: Tutorial Video | PDF Guide
Discussions Boards in Blackboard: Tutorial Video | PDF Guide
Blackboard Ally: Tutorial Video | Online Guide
Respondus Lockdown Browser: Tutorial Video | PDF Guide

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