Blackboard Features
The features listed below are not required for using
Blackboard. The information is provided so that you can learn more about the
features of Blackboard should you decide to integrate different learning methods
into your Blackboard course.
Note: If you do not yet have a Blackboard account, please visit http://www.chabotcollege.edu/cws/Blackboard/help/ to request a Blackboard
account or http://www.chabotcollege.edu/cws/Blackboard/RequestSite/ for the directions
to request a site within CLASS Web. (The information and forms provided are
for Chabot College faculty use only).
Quick Edit: Display View/ Edit View
Announcements
Discussion Board
Email & Messages
Groups
The Assignments Tool (courtesy of LPC)
Assessments (Quizzes, Tests, Surveys)
The Blackboard Gradebook
Review Status & Adaptive Release
Course Statistics
Performance Dashboard
The Early
Warning System
Glossary Manager
SafeAssign
Respondus
Quick Edit: Display View / Edit View
This feature allows you to edit a page you are browsing without going through
the Control Panel.
To use it, click into the content area you want to edit (in the course menu on
the left). You will see "Edit View" in the upper right corner. Clicking on Edit
View will give you the same editing options as when you go through the Control
Panel. Once in the Edit View, you can go back to the Display View by clicking
"Display View in the upper right corner. The Display View is the view that
students will see (it leaves out items that are not available).
Email & Messages
Blackboard email options: Messages vs. Email
Synchronizing Blackboard email with GroupWise
This tutorial will give you directions
on how to set up rules, or filters, to automatically route student emails into a
specific folder.
Messages
Messages tutorial
Course Statistics
You can track when your students log into your
course, as well as what areas of the course they access by clicking Course
Statistics in your Control Panel (Control Panel > Course Statistics). One thing worth noting here: each time a
Blackboard support person accesses your course, it gets recorded in the
statistics for Guest. Therefore, don't be alarmed if guest access is disabled,
and you see a bunch of hits recorded.
The Glossary Manager
The Glossary Manager allows you to add terms
and accompanying definitions to your class.
You can turn this feature off by going into Control Panel, clicking Manage
Tools, clicking Tool Availability, then un-checking the Available box for
Glossary. You can always enable it later by checking the box.
Glossary Tutorial
