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.
- Using Blackboard for the first time? Here's how to navigate your Blackboard course (website and video)
- How upload files to Blackboard and share it with your students
- Complete Guide to Adding Content to your course
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
- Navigating Your Course
- Setting up Notifications (website and video)
Viewing and Adding Course Content
Assignments
- Common Questions & Overview (website and video)
- Submit Assignment (website and video)
- Check if Assignment was submitted
- Supported File Types
- Resubmitting assignment
- Viewing Assignment Grades (website and video)
Exams
- Overview (website and video)
- Tips for taking Exam
- Taking Exam
- Understanding Exam Presentation Options
- Viewing Exam Results (grades)
- Respondus Lockdown Browser (If enabled by your instructor in Bb)
- LockDown Browser is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment within a learning management system
- Overview (website and video)
- View System Requirements
Grades
- Overview (video)
- Where are your grades?
Blackboard Collaborate Ultra or Zoom
Discussion Board
- Common Questions & Overview (webpage and video)
- Reply to Discussion Board Posts
- Forums
- Create Threads
- View Discussion Grades
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