Blackboard Tutorials

Section 1 – Navigation and Customization

This section will cover the bare-essentials and help you get oriented to the Blackboard Course Environment.

• Welcome to Blackboard 9 (2 minutes)
• Introduction to Your Blackboard 9 Course (3 minutes)
• Course to Course Navigation (New for Service Pack 8!)
• Introduction to the Control Panel (3 minutes)

Section 2 – Course Management Tools

This section will help familiarize you with the basic course management options available to you.

• Creating Contact Information (2 minutes)
• Creating Announcements (2 minutes)
• Sending Blackboard Emails (2 minutes)
• Turning On Statistics Tracking for a Content Item (2 minutes)
• Running and Saving a Course Report (New for Service Pack 8!)
• Accessibility Options (3 minutes) (**Blackboard is already fully compatible with assistive devices. This video focuses on techniques in design that you can do to make it easier on students with disabilities.)

Section 3 – Organization and Management

This sections focuses on all tools related to organizing, managing, and presenting content. It also includes adding learning modules and YouTube videos, among other content items.

• Your Course Environment (3 minutes)
• Creating Learning Modules (3 minutes)
• Creating a URL (2 minutes)
• Add Multimedia Using Mashups (3 minutes)

Section 4 – Interaction Tools

This sections covers several Blackboard tools for for incorporating collaboration in the online learning environment.

• Creating a Discussion Board Forum (4 minutes)
• Grading a Discussion Board Forum (3 minutes)
• Creating a Blog (2 minutes)
• Creating and Editing Blog Entries (2 minutes)
• Creating a Wiki (3 minutes)
• Grading a Wiki (2 minutes)
• Creating a Journal (2 minutes)
• Creating a Group (4 minutes)
• Creating Group Sets (3 minutes)

Section 5 – Assessment Tools

This section addresses how to use Blackboard assessment tools and how to create and grade with rubrics.

• Creating a Test (4 minutes)
• Using SafeAssign (3 minutes)
• Creating a Grading Rubric (3 minutes)
• Associating a Rubric with a Gradable Item (3 minutes)
• Grading with Rubrics (3 minutes)

Section 6 – Grade Center Tools

This section addresses how to use various tools in the Grade Center and other grading options.

• Using the Grade Center (3 minutes)
• Customizing the Grade Center View (2 minutes)
• Weighting Grades (2 minutes)
• Automatic Regrading (New for Service Pack 8!)
• Grading Interactive Tools (2 minutes)
• Using Early Warning System (2 minutes)

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