User Guides - Faculty
- Accessing Blackboard
- Transition to Blackboard 9.1
- Getting Started
- Course Management
- Course Materials
- Communication and Collaboration
- Assignments, Tests, and Grades
Introduction to Blackboard 9.1 Faculty Guide and On Demand Movies <pdf>
Blackboard 9.1 Frequently Asked Questions <pdf>
Working in the Course Environment
Exporting Your Blackboard Course <pdf>
Using the Section Merge Tool <pdf>
Customizing the My Courses Box <pdf>
Getting Started in Your Course Environment <pdf>
Your Course Environment <video>
Creating a Course Menu Divider <video>
Customizing the Navigation Menu <pdf>
Creating a My Grades Course Link <video>
Select the Page Where Users Enter Your Course <video>
Modifying the Tools Area <video>
Adding a Banner to Your Course Entry Point <video>
Creating a Blank Page (for displaying content) on the Course Menu <video>
Adding Instructors, Teaching Assistants or Course Builders to Your Course <pdf>
Uploading Your Syllabus <video>
Uploading One or More File to Your Course <video>
Building Course Content
Getting Started with Course Content <pdf>
Making Backups of Your Course Materials <pdf>
Copying Course Materials <pdf>
Copy and Move Content to Another Folder <video>
Editing the Course Home Page <video>
Building a Learning Module <video>
Creating a Lesson Plan <video>
Adding a Glossary Term <video>
Adding Textbook Information to Your Course <video>
Attaching Course Files to a Content Item <video>
Tour the Course Files Feature <video>
Using the Discussion Board
Creating a Discussion Board Forum <pdf>
Creating a Discussion Board Forum <video>
Reading and Posting on the Discussion Board <pdf>
Grading a Discussion Board Forum <video>
Creating a Discussion Board Thread <video>
Replying to a Discussion Board Thread <video>
Grading Discussion Board Threads <video>
Searching the Discussion Board and Collecting Posts <video>
Tagging Discussion Board Posts <video>
Rating Discussion Board Threads <video>
Managing Discussion Board Roles <video>
Changing Discussion Board Forum Settings <video>
Moderating Discussion Board Forums <video>
Blogs
(Please note that these instructions are for the Blackboard versions of blogs. Learning Objects Campus Pack blogs are similar but not the same.)
Creating and Editing Journal Entries <video>
Commenting on a Journal Entry <video>
Creating and Editing Blog Entries <video>
Commenting on a Blog Entry <video>
Wikis
(Please note that these instructions are for the Blackboard versions of wikis. Learning Objects Campus Pack wikis are similar but not the same.)
Adding Rich Content to a Wiki <video>
Viewing a Wiki Page History <video>
Managing Group Work
Getting Started with Groups <pdf>
Announcement and Scheduling
Creating Announcements <video>
Creating a Course Task <video>
Providing Contact Information <pdf>
Creating a Course Contact <video>
Assignments
Getting Started with Assignments <pdf>
Creating Blackboard Assignments <pdf>
Create an Assignment on Blackboard 9.1 <video>
Retrieving and Grading Assignments <pdf>
Downloading Assignments <video>
Clean Out Graded Assignment Files <video>
Tests, Surveys, and Pools
Setting Test Options (includes setting the timer for a test) <video>
Reading Survey Results <video>
Getting Started with Building a Test <pdf>
Tour the Question Finder Feature <video>
Reading Survey Submissions <video>
Exporting and Importing a Test or Survey <video>
Uploading Test Questions from Microsoft® Excel <video>
Creating a Fill in the Blank Question <video>
Creating a Short Answer Question <video>
Creating a Matching Question <video>
Creating a True or False Question <video>
Adding an Existing Question to a Test <video>
Creating a Calculated Formula Question <video>
Creating a Calculated Numeric Question <video>
Creating an Essay Question <video>
Creating a Fill in Multiple Blanks Question <video>
Creating a Hot Spot Question <video>
Creating a Jumbled Question <video>
Creating a Likert Question <video>
Creating a Multiple Answer Question <video>
Creating a Multiple Choice Question <video>
Creating an Ordering Question <video>
Creating a Quiz Bowl Question <video>
Tagging Questions for Reuse <video>
Creating a Random Block and Adding It to a Test <video>
Grade Center
Getting Started with the Grade Center <pdf>
Adding a Column to the Grade Center <pdf>
Customizing the Grade Center View <video>
Creating Grading Notes <video>
Creating a Grade Center Report <video>
Creating a Grading Rubric <video>
Associating a Rubric with a Gradable Item <video>
Grading Assessments Question by Question <video>
Viewing and Downloading Grade History <video>
Color Code the Grade Center <video>
Working Offline with the Grade Center <video>