Blackboard Learning System
As part of our commitment to encourage faculty use of the Blackboard e-Education Suite, Blackboard's Learning Services team continually develops free self-study materials to supplement the official Instructor Manual and Administrator User's Guide. If you have suggestions for additional materials, please email us at learningservices@blackboard.com.
About Animated Tutorials.
Our Animated Tutorials take you through each step of a specific course-building task. To watch the tutorial now, click on the HTML link. To save the animated tutorial to your computer, right-click (Windows) or control-click (Mac) the SWF link and select the appropriate command to save the file. Please note that the SWF file requires the use of Flash Player.
About Tip Sheets.
Tip sheets cover a variety of topics, from best practices advice to quick reference guides for specific tasks. Tip sheets are available in PDF (download Reader), or PDF format. To save the file to your computer, right-click (Windows) or control-click (Mac) the link on the page below and select the appropriate command to save the file.
Creating an Announcement
In this animated
tutorial, you will learn how to create an announcement in a Blackboard
Learning System (Release 6), course Web site.
[HTML / Right-click to save SWF]
Using the Question Pool Upload Feature
In
this tip sheet, you will learn how to format a text file of your questions
using the format specified. Once created, you can upload the questions
into the Blackboard Learning System. Please note this feature is
available in the Blackboard Learning System (Release 6)
[PDF -
179KB] Posted
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Creating an Assignment Tip Sheet
Ways on creating creating,
reviewing, and grading assignments are all available in this tip
sheet.
[PDF
- 174KB] Posted (
Creating an Assignment
In this animated
tutorial, you will learn how to create an Assignment in a Blackboard
Learning System (Release 6) course Web site.
[HTML / Right-click to save SWF]
Completing and Submitting an Assignment
In this animated
tutorial, you will learn students complete and submit an Assignment in a
Blackboard Learning System (Release 6) course Web site.
[HTML / Right-click to save SWF]
Grading an Assignment
In this animated
tutorial, you will learn how to retrieve and grade an Assignment in a
Blackboard Learning System (Release 6) course Web site.
[HTML / Right-click to save SWF]
Course Development [Back to top]
What's New and Different in Release 6
A quick overview
for instructors, covering the major differences between Blackboard 5 and
Blackboard Learning System (Release 6).
[PDF - 21KB]
Getting Started in Your Release 6 Course
This tip sheet
was designed for students who have never used Blackboard
before.
[PDF - 147 KB]
Modifying your Course Design
In this animated
tutorial, you will learn how add a course banner and customize your Course
Menu.
[HTML / Right-click to save SWF]
Course Roles
This tip sheet defines the privileges associated with each Course Role in Blackboard. Familiarity with these privileges is useful for Instructors who have TAs, Graders, or student assistants.
[PDF - 232KB]
Building a Learning Unit
In this animated
tutorial, you will learn how to build a Learning Unit, which encourages
your students to view content in a specific, predetermined
order.
[HTML / Right-click to save SWF]
Field Lengths
This tip sheet
lists all of the text fields in Blackboard, and the number of characters
you can input into each one.
[PDF - 20KB]
Communication and Collaboration Tools [Back to top]
Creating and Managing Groups
In this
tutorial, you will learn how to create and manage a collaborative group in
a Blackboard Learning System (Release 6) course Web site.
[HTML / Right-click to save SWF]
Creating a Discussion Forum
In this animated
tutorial, you will learn how to create a Discussion Forum, and modify
Forum and User Settings in a Blackboard Learning System (Release 6),
course Web site.
[HTML / Right-click to save SWF]
Archiving Discussion Board Threads
In this animated
tutorial, you will learn how to create an archive, move threads to an
archive, release threads and remove archives in a Blackboard Learning
System (Release 6) course Web site.
[HTML / Right-click to save SWF]
Working with Discussion Board Options
In this animated
tutorial, you will learn how to access and utilize the Discussion Board
options.
[HTML / Right-click to save SWF]
Digital Drop Box
Provides the ins and outs of the Digital Drop Box. You and your students will find this tip sheet to be a valuable resource.
[PDF - 56KB] Posted
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Digital Drop Box vs. Assignments
In this tip
sheet, you will learn how the Assignment content type varies from the
Digital Drop Box, and review some scenarios where one tool is more
appropriate than another.
[PDF - 69KB] Posted
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Creating Quarterly Grades
Modify your Gradebook in Blackboard Release 6 and create grades by the Quarter. This tip sheet shows you how!
[PDF - 125KB] Posted
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Gradebook Icons and Definitions
This tip sheet will teach you how to interpret the Gradebook Icons to ensure an easy grading process in Blackboard 6.
[PDF - 147KB]
Weighting Grades by Category or Item
The Release 6 Gradebook contains a grade weighting feature that allows an instructor to determine how the software calculates the final grade for a student. There are two options: Weight by Item and Weight by Category...
[PDF - 165KB]
Gradebook Weighting by Category
This tip sheet walks you through considerations and tasks for implementing accurate grade weighting.
[PDF - 144KB]
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