Animated Tutorials

The animated tutorials are available in HTML and SWF format. To watch the tutorial click on the HTML link. To save the animated tutorial to your computer, right-click (Windows) or control-click (Mac) the SWF link on the page below and select the appropriate command to save the file. Please note that the SWF file requires the use of the Flash Player.

• Settings for a Blackboard course
  In this tutorial, you will learn where the course settings are located and how to use them.
  [HTML]

• Adding content to a Blackboard course
  In this tutorial, you will learn how to add your content to a Blackboard course, including a word file, pdf file and many other file types.
  [HTML]

• Archive a course
  In this tutorial, you will learn how to archive a course and to save the achived file on your computers harddrive.
  [HTML]

• Enrollment for a Blackboard course
  In this tutorial, you will learn how to enroll yourself in a blackboard course.
  [HTML]

• Creating an Announcement
  In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an announcement in a Blackboard Learning System (Release 6), course Web site.
  [HTML / SWF]

• Modifying your Course Design
  In this tutorial, you will learn how add a course banner and customize your course menu settings in a Blackboard Learning System (Release 6) course Web site.
  [HTML / SWF]

• Creating an Assignment
  In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an Assignment in a Blackboard Learning System (Release 6) course Web site.
  [HTML / SWF]

• Completing and Submitting an Assignment
  In this tutorial, you will learn how to complete and submit an assignment from the student's point of view in a Blackboard Learning System (Release 6) course Web site.
  [HTML / SWF]

• Grading an Assignment
  In this tutorial, you will learn how to retrieve and grade an assignment in a Blackboard Learning System (Release 6) course Web site.
  [HTML / SWF]

• Building a Learning Unit
  In this tutorial, you will learn how to build a Learning Unit in a Blackboard Learning System (Release 6) course Web site.
  [HTML / SWF]

• Creating and Managing Groups
  In this tutorial, you will learn how to create and manage a collaborative group in a Blackboard Learning System (Release 6) course Web site.
  [HTML / SWF]

• Setting up Blackboard scholar for an individual
  This screencast in flash, for students, staff and instructors, covers how to quickly and easily bring any resource on the the internet into Scholar, edit a resource in Scholar, navigate around and find resources in Scholar, how to search Scholar and save continually running searches to your Scholar account (Streams), create and setup your own Scholar account, and other tips.
  [SWF]
  
  
• Setting up Blackboard Scholar in a course
  This screencast in flash, for instructors only, covers how to quickly and easily register a course with Scholar, setup a newly registered course with initial bookmarks, setup a newly registered course with reviewed Scholar Course streams, and other tips.
  [SWF]

Tip Sheets

The following documents are available in PDF (download Reader), or PDF format. To save the file to your computer, right-click (Windows) or control-click (Mac) the link on the page below and select the appropriate command to save the file.

• Digital Drop Box vs. Assignments
  This tip sheet highlights best practices for working with the Digital Drop Box and the new Assignment content type.
  [PDF - 258KB]

• Field Lengths
  This tip sheet lists all of the text fields in Blackboard, and the amount of text you can input into each one.
  [PDF - 20KB]

• Gradebook Icons and Definitions
  This tip sheet will teach you how to interpret the Gradebook Icons to ensure an easy grading process in Blackboard 6!
  [PDF - 147KB]

• Weighting Grades by Category or by Item
  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.
  [PDF - 165KB]

• Gradebook Weighting by Category
  This tip sheet or job aid is designed to ensure accurate Weighting by Category.
  [PDF - 144KB]

• Podcasts for Faculty
  This tip sheet will help Faculty setup and use podcasting in Blackboard.
  [PDF - 144KB]
  
  
• Podcasts for Students
  This tip sheet will help students setup and use podcasting in Blackboard.
  [PDF - 144KB]
  
  
• Assessments in Blackboard
  How-to tutorial for quizzes, surveys, assignments and safeassignments on Blackboard.
  [PDF - 176KB]
  

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