This article gives instructions to instructors on making their Blackboard course available and unavailable.
Quick tips for getting a course up and running.
Downloading discussion posts so they can be read outside the learning management system.
Saving assignments to view outside of the learning managements system.
Downloading test results in a format that can be read outside of a learning management system. Not a printable submissions, can only read the questions and the answers given (with the grade for each question).
Student instructions on how to download and use Respondus Lockdown Browser
In discussions, you can share thoughts and ideas about class materials, course members can have the thoughtful discussions that take place in the traditional classroom.
Blackboard ORGS allow leaders to add campus community members. Batch enrollment allows for a large number to be added at one time.
Announcements are an ideal way to post time-sensitive information critical to course success. Add announcements for these types of course activities, such as due dates for assignments and projects, changes to your syllabus, corrections/clarifications of materials, exam schedules.
It is possible to copy tests or surveys created in Blackboard from one course to another, one organization to another, or between courses and organizations. Although the following instructions address copying from course to course, they can also be used for the other two methods mentioned above.
This guide goes over creating assignments with and without the SafeAssign Features. An assignment can be thought of as a place where students can submit original work.
When your instructor posts a test online in Blackboard you’ll need to access your test from your course, enter your answers, and submit your tests for a grade. This guide will help you.
You can import your class list to make tracking student participation in polls easier.
Your professor may hold Virtual Office Hours in Webex that you can access through your Blackboard course. This article walks you through step by step, the Webex link in Blackboard may vary based on the instructor.
Student guide on submitting an assignment in Blackboard.
A Webex meeting is an online meeting that allows you to virtually meet with other people, without leaving your home or office. You will need a built in microphone and camera or an external webcam with both to use the full features of this tool.
A student guide for checking grades on Blackboard.
Proper archiving of the course ensures that it can be restored within Blackboard should content be needed at a later time.
Now that you have used the Bb Quiz Builder you need to upload the resulting ZIP file into Blackboard.
Microsoft has created an application that allows instructors to create a Teams meeting and share that with their students.
Test Availability exceptions allow instructors to make special exceptions to the time limit or test availability for students who need additional time, or need to take a makeup exam. This process replaces the need to create a duplicate exam and use Adaptive Release to release the exam to students.
When you are finished with a course and no longer wish to view it in your course list, you can remove it from the My Courses section on the My Institution tab or the Courses tab in Blackboard.
Even if you schedule your class meetings in Blackboard, you can invite a guest speaker or colleagues to participate.