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Getting Started with Blackboard

Blackboard is a suite of learning tools which provides instructors a means to reach and gauge their students in a number of ways.

Instructors

Content Areas – Add your syllabus, course documents such as readings, handouts, weblinks, and other materials.

Course Tools – Find tools such as announcements, discussion boards, Collaborate Ultra, and email to communicate with your students. Or, create assignments, online tests, and surveys to assess student learning.  To learn more about these tools, visit the Instructional Design Tools page.

Grade Center – Manage student grades.  To learn more about grade center, visit the Instructional Design Tools page.

Evaluation – View course statistics from tracking reports. To learn more about evaluation, visit the Instructional Design Tools page.

Students

Blackboard Basics

Viewing and Adding Course Content

Assignments

Exams (Blackboard and Respondus Lockdown Browser)

Grades

Bb Discussion Board

Zoom 

Yellowdig

VoiceThread

  • Submitting a VoiceThread Assignment (video)
  • How to create a VoiceThread reply to another VT post (video)

University Helpdesk

Call Us: 610-519-7777
M-Th 8am-10pm
F 8am-5pm
Sa-Su 12pm-8pm

Walk-ins: Falvey Library, First Floor
M-Th 9am-7pm
F 9am-5pm

Walk-ins: 
TechZone @ The Commons
Dobbin Hall
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F 8am-5pm
Sa-Su 12pm-8pm

School of Law Helpdesk

Call Us: 610-519-7700
Walk-ins: Law Library Rm 104
M-F 9am-5pm

Classroom Technologies Hotline

610-519-5631