Blackboard Tutorials
This page includes links to short tutorials highlighting various features of Blackboard and including tips and best practices in teaching. Some tutorials are developed by NIU, while others have either been developed by other institutions and linked to with permission or made available by Blackboard.
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Getting Started
- Accessing and Logging Into Blackboard
- The Blackboard Interface
- The Course Interface
- Overview of the Course Home Page
- Making Your Course Available
- Requesting a New Course
- Requesting a New Shell
- Requesting a Master Course When the Sections Have Not Yet Been Requested
- Requesting a Master Course by Combining Two or More Course Sections
- Global Navigation and My Blackboard
- How to Make Your Course Available to Students
- Adding Someone to Your Course
- Blackboard Instructor Mobile App Tour
Building Your Course
- Adding Content to Your Course
- Adding Files from Course File in Blackboard
- Adding a Link to a Website
- Adding Glossary Term
- Adding Textbook Infomation to Your Course
- Automatically Adjusting Dates in a Copied Course
- Creating a Great First Experience in Your Course
- Creating a Journal
- Creating a Mashup
- Creating a Wiki
- Customizing Your Course Menu
- How to Create Discussion Board Forums
- Importing Your Course
- MEDIAL - Instructor Workflow
- MEDIAL - Student Workflow
- MEDIAL - Grading an Assignment
- Organizing Your Course
- Previewing Your Course as a Student
Assessing Learners
- Accessing and Using the Retention Center
- Anonymous and Delegated Grading
- Assessment Tools
- Attaching Rubrics to Assessment
- Color Coding the Grade Center
- Creating a Test
- Creating a Random Block of Test Questions
- Creating a Rubric for Grading Student Work
- Creating a Smart View of Grade Center Data
- Downloading and Uploading Grades from Grade Center
- Grading Assignments with the Inline Grading View
- Grading Using Interactive Rubrics
- How to Customize the Grade Center
- Mark Attendance in Blackboard
- SafeAssign Integration with Assignments
- Submitting Final Grades to MyNIU
- Uploading Test Questions from Microsoft Excel
- Using Item Analysis
- Using Grade Details to See Attempts and Assign Grades
For Students
Self-paced workshop: Blackboard I
Communicating and Collaborating
- Blackboard Collaborate with the Ultra Experience User Interface Tour
- Blackboard Collaborate Attendee Management
- Blackboard Collaborate Closed Captioning
- Blackboard Collaborate Breakout Groups
- Blackboard Collaborate Polls
- Blackboard Collaborate Private Chat
- Blackboard Collaborate Session Settings
- Communicating with Students
- Creating and Editing a Blog Entry
- Customizing Your Group Home Page
- Deciding on Which Communication Tools to Use
- Exploring the Content Editor
- How to Create Announcements in Blackboard
- How to Create a Blank Page in Blackboard
- How to Create and Edit Wiki Pages
- How to Send and Receive Course Message in Blackboard
- Interacting in Discussions
- Using the Blackboard Calendar
Portfolios
- Getting Started with Portfolios
- Building the Structure of a Portfolio
- Adding Text to a Section of a Portfolio
- Adding Artifacts to Portfolios
- Adding Photos to Portfolios
- Customizing the Look of a Portfolio
- Sharing a Portfolio with an NIU User
- Sharing a Portfolio with External Users
- Downloading Your Portfolio
** = New feature not yet available, coming in future update, release date still to be determined
Last updated: 7/6/2018
