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Step-by-Step Guides and Videos

Blackboard Help: A COMPLETE guide for faculty as provided by Blackboard. Includes both frequently asked questions (FAQ's) and 'How To's' for Blackboard 9.1. You can type a word or phrase in the search box, or browse through the table of contents.

Looking for step-by-step demonstrations? Check out these videos.

 

Basic Content Building:

• Step-by-step instructions for basic content building
• Blackboard 9 Quick Start Guide (a brief .pdf guide to getting started with Blackboard 9).
•  Blackboard Help for Instructors: A complete reference and step-by-step guide

Grade Center:

• Blackboard Grade Center Guide
• QuickStart Guide: Using the Grade Center (HWS Colleges)
• Weighting Grades (GVS University)

Assignments Tool:

• Getting Started with Assignments  
• Assignment Tool overview (USC)

Groups:

• Getting Started with Groups

Tests/Quizzes:

• Getting Started with Building Tests (PDF)
• Do you need to import your tests into Blackboard? Learn about about Respondus
• How to Create a Test of Randomly-Generated Questions from a TestGen Pool (PDF)
• Considerations & Recommendations When Giving Tests in Blackboard

Course Management:

• Copying over the content from one site to another.
• How to Make your Blackboard site Available/Unavailable to students

 

Step-by-Step Videos

Videos Please note: All videos require that you have the Flash player installed. Most videos include an opportunity for instructors to practice the steps, but you can skip the interaction sections.

Creating a Lesson Plan (4:41) Adding Textbook Information to Your Course (2:21) Creating a Blank Page (2:14) Creating a Mashup (3:15) Attaching Course Files to a Content Item (2:03) Tour the Course Files Feature (7:10) Adding Your Own Web Content Through Course Files (2:40) Creating a Wiki (2:01) Editing a Wiki Page (1:51) Grading a Wiki (1:58) Building a Learning Module (3:00) Grading a Discussion Board Forum (2:15) Grading a Discussion Board Thread (3:24) Creating Smart Views in the Grade Center (3:27) Anonymous Grading (2:07) Creating a Grading Rubric (3:00) Grading Assessments Question by Question (2:13) Color Code the Grade Center (2:49) Tour the Question Finder Feature (5:06) Tagging Quiz Questions for Reuse (3:08) Video: Creating a grading rubric Video: Associating a rubric with a gradeable item Video: Grading with rubrics