Reference Sheets for Instructors Using Blackboard 6

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Section 1: Getting Started in Blackboard	Section 6: Managing Assignments
Section 2: Customizing your Course	Section 7: Using the Gradebook
Section 3: Communicating with Students	Section 8: Creating Quizzes and Surveys
Section 4: Organizing and Managing Students	Section 9: Student Help Files
Section 5: Adding and Managing Content	Section 10: Other Information

 

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Section 1: Getting Started in Blackboard

Course Planning

Using Blackboard to Support Teaching and Learning
Planning your Course
Organizing your Course
Ideas for Using Blackboard

Blackboard Overview

Getting Started with Blackboard
Navigating in Blackboard
Navigating in a Course

General Blackboard (Provided by Blackboard.com)

Building a course in Blackboard (PDF) 2.5MB zipped supporting files
Checklist for Building a Blackboard Course Web Site (PDF) 25KB
10 Easy Steps to Creating Your Online Course (PDF) 23KB;
Recommendation for the Best Use of Blackboard (PDF) 28KB;
Copyright, Fair Use, & Educational Multimedia (PDF) 33KB;

Section 2: Customizing your Course

Changing the Look

Personalizing the colors and buttons in my course
Adding a banner to my course

Section 3: Communication with Students

Announcements

Adding an announcement

Course Calendar

Adding important dates to your course

Send E-mail

E-mailing Students from Your Blackboard Course

Discussion Board

Participating in a discussion
Adding a new discussion topic
Adding a new discussion topic (Viewlet provided by Blackboard.com)
Archiving a discussion forum
Archiving a discussion forum (Viewlet provided by Blackboard.com)
Eight Ways to Get Students More Engaged with Online Forums (PDF) 25KB;
Working with Blackboard Collaborative Tools (PDF) 6.2MB

Section 4: Organizing and Managing Students

Listing Students

Printing your Student List in Blackboard

Add Users

Enrolling Registered Students into your course

Manage Groups

Setting up Student Groups
Setting up Student Groups (Viewlet provided by Blackboard.com)

Combining Sections

Copying Students into another course

Section 5: Adding and Managing Content

Announcements

Adding an announcement

Staff Information

Adding information about myself as the instructor

Files

Adding a File (e.g.: PowerPoint, Word, Excel)
Changing PowerPoint Files to Text Only (watch the viewlet, no audio)
Adding a syllabus

Text
Basic HTML & Blackboard (PDF)
Changing PowerPoint Files to Text Only (watch the viewlet, no audio)

Section 6: Managing Assignments

Trackable Assignments

Adding an Assignment that is Trackable (Viewlet provided by Blackboard.com)
Downloading and Grading Trackable Assignments (Viewlet provided by Blackboard.com)

Section 7: Using the Grade book

Adding Assignments

Adding Assignments to your On-line Grade book
Adding New Categories to the Grade book
Weighting Grades in the Online Grade book

Marking Assignments

Marking Assignments in the Grade book
Downloading Trackable Assignments
Downloading and Grading Trackable Assignments (Viewlet provided by Blackboard.com)

Managing the Grade book

The Meaning of the Symbols in the Grade book (Provided By Blackboard.com)

Section 8: Creating Quizzes and Surveys

Creating a Test

Creating a Test in Blackboard
Types of Questions
Creating Assessments (quizzes) and Managing Grades with Blackboard (PDF) 2MB

Creating a Survey

Creating a Survey in Blackboard
Types of Questions
Advanced Test/Survey Creation Settings (Adding images/files/feedback)

Pool Manager

Working with Blackboard Question Pools (PDF) 3MB
Import a Pool of Questions (Exporting Feature of Some Test Banks)

Testing Availability

Making a Test Available to Students
Making a Survey Available to Students

Managing the Quizzes/Surveys in the Grade book

Resetting Quiz/Survey (Clearing an attempt by a learner)
Viewing the Class results for a Quiz or Survey

Section 9: Student Help Files

Student Help

Open Lab

(225) 216-8049

Orientation Documents

How Students navigate in Blackboard (Introduction to Blackboard)

Student Tip Sheets

How to complete and submit a trackable assignment (Viewlet provided by Blackboard.com)

Problems and Solutions

A simple page you can place in your course site that locates plug-ins and players for students

Section 10: Other Information

Student Help

Open Lab

(225) 216-8049

 

Blackboard Training

Electronic Learning Center
216-6906
Email: Electronic Learning@mybrcc.edu

 

Technical Issues

Help Desk
(225) 216-6824
mailto:helpdesk@mybrcc.edu

http://helpdesk/