| Blackboard v7 - Guides for Faculty
Note: Some features mentioned in these tutorials will not apply or may be different in the TCC/VCCS Bb 6 Enterprise System.
What's New in Blackboard v6 & Instructor Manual
Animated Tutorials and helpsheets
Blackboard's Animated Tutorials take you through each step of a specific course-building task. Please note that these files may require the use of the Macromedia Flash Player or the
- ***NEW*** Blackboard Training at TCC [avi, swf]
Training videos created by TCC faculty
- Getting Started in Your Release 6 Course [pdf]
Before you begin creating courses, learn how the system works from a student perspective. Great document to give your students.
- Supported File Types List of the supported file types that can be used with Blackboard
- Copyright, Fair Use, and Educational Multimedia
- Field Lengths [pdf] This tip sheet lists all of the text fields in Blackboard, and the number of characters you can input into each one.
- Modifying your Course Design [swf] In this animated tutorial, you will learn how add a course banner and customize your Course Menu.
- Course Roles [pdf] This tip sheet defines the privileges associated with each Course Role in Blackboard. Familiarity with these privileges is useful for Instructors who have TAs, Graders, or student assistants.
- Creating an Announcement [swf] In this animated tutorial, you will learn how to create an announcement.
- Building a Learning Unit [swf] In this animated tutorial, you will learn how to build a Learning Unit, which encourages your students to view content in a specific, predetermined order.
- Creating a Discussion Forum [swf] In this animated tutorial, you will learn how to create a Discussion Forum, and modify Forum and User Settings.
- Working with Discussion Board Options [swf] In this animated tutorial, you will learn how to access and utilize the Discussion Board options.
- Archiving Discussion Board Threads [swf] In this animated tutorial, you will learn how to create an archive, move threads to an archive, release threads and remove archives.
- Creating and Managing Groups [swf] In this tutorial, you will learn how to create and manage a collaborative group in Blackboard 6.
- Using the Question Pool Upload Feature [pdf] In this tip sheet, you will learn how to format a text file of your questions using the format specified. Once created, you can upload the questions into Blackboard 6.
- Assessing Online Learners
Overview of assessment tools in Blackboard 6.
- Gradebook Icons and Definitions [pdf]
This tip sheet will teach you how to interpret the Gradebook Icons to ensure an easy grading process in Blackboard 6!
- Weighting Grades by Category or Item [pdf]
The gradebook contains a grade weighting feature that allows an instructor to determine how the software calculates the final grade for a student. There are two options: Weight by Item and Weight by Category...
- Gradebook Weighting by Category [pdf]
This tip sheet or job aid is designed to ensure accurate Weighting by Category.
- Creating an Assignment Tip Sheet [pdf]
Ways on creating creating, reviewing, and grading assignments are all available in this tipsheet.
- Creating an Assignment [pdf]
In this animated tutorial, you will learn how to create an Assignment in Blackboard 6.
- Completing and Submitting an Assignment [swf]
In this animated tutorial, you will learn students complete and submit an Assignment in Blackboard 6.
- Digital Drop Box vs. Assignments [pdf]
This tip sheet highlights best practices for working with the Digital Drop Box and the new Assignment content type.
- Grading an Assignment[swf]
In this animated tutorial, you will learn how to retrieve and grade an Assignment in Blackboard 6.
General Tips (Bb 5 and Bb 6)
Tutorials developed by various Institutions
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