Blackboard Tutorials

Blackboard offers quick tutorials (mini-movie tutorials).  Viewing these tutorials requires Macromedia Flash 5TM or higher installed on the computer.  Click here to check out tutorials.

Blackboard 7.3 Instructor Manuals

Access to the Instructor Manual for Blackboard 7.3 created by Blackboard is possible.  This manual provides detailed information about creating and managing courses on the Blackboard Learning System.  Click here to access the online Blackboard manual. 

Blackboard Tutorials

LOG ONTO BLACKBOARD

Internet Browser Requirements for Blackboard

Logging onto Blackboard

Changing Password

BLACKBOARD HOMEPAGE

Overview of the Blackboard Homepage

Customizing the Blackboard Homepage

Customizing the "My Courses" Module 

COMMUNICATIONS

Announcements

• Creating Announcement in Blackboard

Calendar

• Adding Calendar Event

Collaboration

• Accessing and Joining Collaboration Sessions
• Creating New Collaboration Sessions
• Group-Level Collaboration Session
• Managing Collaboration Sessions
• Moderating Chat Sessions
• Posting Messages in Lightweight Chat
• Posting Messages in Virtual Classroom
• Recording Collaboration Sessions
• Retrieving Collaboration Session Recordings
• Virtual Classroom Tools

Digital Drop Box

• Accessing the Digital Drop Box (Adding and Sending Files) 
• Retrieving Files from the Digital Drop Box

Discussion Board

• Adding a Forum in the Discussion Board
• Searching in the Discussion Board
• User Management and Moderation
• Using the Performance Dashboard in the Discussion Board

E-mails

• Sending an E-mail

ASSESSMENT AND GRADEBOOK

Gradebook

• Overview of Blackboard's Gradebook
• Adding and/or Modifying Gradebook Item(s)
• Customizing the Spreadsheet Settings
• Downloading a Gradebook
• Managing Gradebook Item(s)
• Uploading a Gradebook
• Weighting Gradebook Entries
• Using the Blackboard Grade Submission Module

Assignments

• Grading Assignment(s)

Discussion Board

• Grading Forum(s) and Thread(s)

Test (or Quizzes) 

• Adding Test Questions (General Information)
• Adding Calculated Formula Questions
• Adding Calculated Numeric Questions
• Adding Either/ Or Questions
• Adding Essay Questions
• Adding File Response Questions
• Adding Fill In Multiple Blanks Questions
• Adding Hot Spot Questions
• Adding Jumbled Sentence Questions
• Adding Multiple Questions
• Adding Short Answer Questions
• Disable Printing of Blackboard Questions
• Grading File Response Questions
• Making a Test Available
• Question Pools
• Test Creation Settings

COURSE MANAGEMENT

Archiving Courses

Creating and Managing Groups

Customizing the Course Home Page: Design and Settings

Exporting Courses

Features of Blackboard's Control Panel

Importing Courses

Making the Course Available/Unavailable

Managing the Course Menu

 COURSE CONTENT 

 Adaptive Release

• General Information of Adaptive Release
• Adding Advanced Adaptive Release Rule
• Adding Basic Adaptive Release Rule
• Copying Adaptive Release Rule
• Modifying Adaptive Release Rule
• Removing Adaptive Release Rule
• Review Status

Adding Assignments

Adding Course Link

Adding External Link

Adding Folders in the Content Area

Adding Items in the Content Area

Choosing a Content Area

Copy Course Materials into a New Course

Copy Course Materials into an Existing Course

Copying and/ or Moving Course Content

Creating Learning Unit

Syllabus

• Adding a Syllabus
• Creating a New Syllabus

Task

• Adding Task
• Tracking Students' Progress on a Task

MISCELLANEOUS

Access to the FAQs

Adding Staff Information