Blackboard How-To
Blackboard Guide for Instructors (Link)
Video Tutorials for Instructors (Link)
Blackboard Access
- How to Login to Blackboard (PDF)
- How to Make Your Course Available to Students (PDF)
- How to Setup Your Name Pronunciation (Video)
Main Course Interface and Course Content
- Course Navigation Guide (Video) (Link)
- How to Preview Your Course as a Student (Video) (Link)
- Copy Course Content (PDF)
- Check Course Size (PDF)
- Managing Course Dates (Link)
- Extending Course Shell End Date (PDF)
- End of Semester Tasks for Courses (PDF)
- Changing Course Start and End Dates (PDF)
Course Content
- How to Organize Files in the Content Collection (PDF)
- Create Content Items and Files (PDF) (Video)
- Deleting Course Files (PDF)
- Adding Course Menu Items (PDF)
Ally Accessibility Checker
- Short Video Overview (Video)
- Ally Help for Instructors (Link)
- Ally QuickStart Guide for Instructors (Link)
- Course Accessibility Report Guide (Link)
- How to Find the Course Accessibility Report (PDF)
- How to Fix Contrast Issues (Video) (PDF)
- How to Add Image Descriptions to a Document (Video) (PDF)
Communication Tools
- How to Send a Course Announcement (Video) (Link)
- How to Send Course Messages (Video) (Link)
- How to Send an Email from Your Course (Link)
Discussion Boards
- How to Set Up and Interact within a Discussion Board (Video) (Link)
- How to Grade Discussions (Link)
- Collecting and Printing Discussion Board Posts (PDF)
Assignments
- How to Create an Assignment (Video) (Link)
- How to Grade an Assignment (Video) (Link)
- Managing Due Dates for All Assignments (Link)
- Downloading Assignment Files (PDF)
- SafeAssign
Tests and Quizzes
- How to Deploy a Test (PDF)
- Setting Test Options (PDF)
- Setting Test Availability Exceptions (PDF)
- Showing Test Results and Feedback to Students (PDF)
Respondus 4.0
- Respondus 4.0 Complete Guide (Link)
- How to Download and License Respondus 4.0 (PDF)
- How to Connect Respondus 4.0 to Your Blackboard Course (PDF)
- Formatting Questions to Import to Respondus (PDF)
- Exporting Respondus Exams Locally (PDF)
- Publishing Respondus Files to Blackboard (PDF)
- Retrieving and Printing Exams Using Respondus (PDF)
- Respondus Lockdown Browser
- How to Set Up a Proctored Exam: Respondus Lockdown Browser Plus Additional Resources (PDF) (Video) (Link)
- How to Set Up a Proctored Exam: Respondus Monitor Plus Additional Resources (PDF) (Video) (Link)
Grade Center
- How to Access the Grade Center (Link)
- How to Grade Discussions (Link)
- How to Grade an Assignment (Video) (Link)
- How to Grade a Test (Link)
- Downloading Grades to a Spreadsheet (PDF)
- Creating Manual Grade Columns (PDF)
- Creating a Calculated Weighted Grade Column (PDF)
- Creating a Calculated Total Grade Column (PDF)
- How to Set an External Grade Column (PDF)
Organizations
- Enroll a Single User into an Organization (PDF)
- Batch Enrolls Users into an Organization (PDF)
- Organization Request Form (Link)
Collaborate Ultra: How To
- Features and Benefits (PDF)
- Collaborate Ultra: Important Things You Should Know (PDF) (Video)
- How to Add a Tool Link for Collaborate Ultra in Your Course Menu (PDF) (Video)
- How to Set Up a Session (PDF)
- How to Share Content (PDF)
- How to Locate a Recording Link (PDF) (Video)
- How to Download a Recording (PDF)
- How to View a Session Report (PDF) (Video)
- Transferring Collaborate Ultra Recordings to a New Course (PDF)
- How to Enable Recording in Groups Using Collaborate Ultra (PDF)
- How to Create Group Sets (PDF)
- Introduction to Breakout Groups in Collaborate Ultra (Video)
- Introduction to Breakout Groups with Group Sets in Collaborate Ultra (Video)
Enterprise Survey
- How to Create a Survey (PDF)
- How to Deploy a Survey (PDF)
- How to Analyze Survey Results (PDF)
- Naming Convention Guide (PDF)
Grade Import
Group Sets
- How to Create Group Sets (PDF)