Blackboard NG Tutorials

The following tutorials were developed by Blackboard and available on the Blackboard Learn, Release 9.1 On Demand Learning Center

Working in the Course Environment

• Adding a Banner to Your Course Entry Point
• Creating a Blank Page (for displaying content) on the Course Menu

Building Course Content

• Using the Text Editor
• Building a Learning Module
• Creating a Lesson Plan
• Adding a Glossary Term
• Creating a Blank Page
• Creating a Tool Link
• Creating a Mashup
• Attaching Course Files to a Content Item
• Tour the Course Files Feature
• Adding Your Own Web Content Through Course Files
• Creating Multiple Rules to Release a Content Item

Setting Permissions

• Turning Tool Availability On and Off
• Making Tools Available to Students
• Changing the Course Language Pack
• Changing the User Language Pack

Reporting and Course Utilities

• Turning on Statistics Tracking for a Content Item
• Running a Report of All User Activity
• Running a Report of User Activity by Forum
• Running a Report of User Activity by Content Area
• Running a Report of User Activity by Group
• Saving a Course Report
• Importing a Course Package

Using the Discussion Board

• Grading a Discussion Board Forum
• Grading a Discussion Board Thread

Managing Group Work

• Creating a Group
• Creating Group Sets

Blogs and Journals

• Creating a Journal
• Commenting on a Journal Entry
• Creating a Blog
• Creating and Editing Blog Entries
• Commenting on a Blog Entry

Wikis

• Creating a Wiki
• Grading a Wiki

Announcements and Scheduling

• Creating Announcements
• Creating a Course Task
• Creating a Course Contact
• Sending Email

Grade Center

• Customizing the Grade Center View
• Creating Smart Views
• Creating a Grade Rule
• Viewing Grade Details
• Anonymous Grading
• Creating Grading Notes
• Creating a Grade Center Report
• Creating a Grading Rubric
• Grading Assessments Question by Question
• Viewing and Downloading Grade History
• Color Code the Grade Center

Test, Surveys, and Pools

• Tour the Question Finder Feature
• Exporting and Importing a Test or Survey
• Uploading Test Questions from Microsoft Excel
• Creating a Fill in the Blank Question
• Creating a Short Answer Question
• Creating a Matching Question
• Creating a True or False Question
• Adding an Existing Question to a Test
• Creating a Calculated Formula Question
• Creating a Calculated Numeric Question
• Creating an Essay Question
• Creating a Fill in Multiple Blanks Question
• Creating a Hot Spot Question
• Creating a Jumbled Question
• Creating a Likert Question
• Creating a Multiple Answer Question
• Creating a Multiple Choice Question
• Creating an Ordering Question
• Creating a Quiz Bowl Question
• Tagging Questions for Reuse
• Building a Pool
• Creating a Random Block and Adding it to a Test

Assignments

• Downloading Assignments

Student Performance

• Performance Dashboard

Additional manuals and quick guides developed by Blackboard are also available in addition to workshops and podcasts from the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center.

Last Updated: 1/27/2011