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Blackboard 9.1 Tutorials for Faculty

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Get Started | Build Your Course | Communication and Collaboration | Assessing Learners | Managing Group Work | Reporting and Course Utilities | Packages and Utilities | Content Reuse

Get Started

 Blackboard 9.1 Faculty Overview (TCC Video)
 The Blackboard 9.1 course environment (Video)

Build Your Course

  Add an image (PDF (pdf 355.13 kB) )
  Capture a screen in Windows XP (PDF (pdf 66.78 kB) )
  Configure a shell (PDF (pdf 48.48 kB) )
  Create a blank page (PDF (pdf 268.31 kB)  | Video)
  Create a content folder (PDF (pdf 194.60 kB) )
  Create a course link (PDF (pdf 402.73 kB) )
  Create a file (PDF (pdf 202.80 kB) )
  Create an item (PDF (pdf 193.55 kB) )
  Create a learning module (PDF (pdf 429.04 kB) )
  Create a lesson plan (PDF (pdf 370.51 kB)  | Video)
  Create a module page (PDF (pdf 247.54 kB) )
  Create multiple rules to release a content item (PDF (pdf 209.09 kB) )
  Create syllabus (PDF (pdf 329.94 kB) )
  Create tool link (PDF (pdf 278.86 kB) )
  Create an URL (PDF (pdf 315.00 kB)  | Video)
  Manage the Course Menu (PDF (pdf 168.11 kB)  | Video)
  Mashups - Pasting from Word (PDF (pdf 74.52 kB) )
  Mashups - Using Flickr (PDF (pdf 318.35 kB)  | Video)
  Mashups - Using Slideshare (PDF (pdf 372.19 kB)  | Video)
  Mashups - Using YouTube (PDF (pdf 339.42 kB)  | Video)

Communication and Collaboration

Announcements and Scheduling  
  Create an announcement (PDF (pdf 311.49 kB)  | Video)
  Create a course contact (PDF (pdf 294.16 kB)  | Video)
  Create a course task (PDF (pdf 360.69 kB)  | Video)
  Create email (PDF (pdf 253.47 kB)  | Video)
Blogs  
  Create and edit blogs (PDF (pdf 619.87 kB)  | Video)
  Manage and grade blogs (PDF (pdf 313.48 kB) )
  Work with group blogs (PDF (pdf 313.52 kB) )
Chat  
  Create and manage chat (PDF (pdf 172.54 kB) )
Discussion Board  
  Create and edit discussion board (PDF (pdf 531.05 kB) )
  Manage and grade discussion board and forums (PDF (pdf 265.45 kB)  | Video)
  Work with the group discussion board (PDF (pdf 332.85 kB) )
Journals  
  Create and edit journals (PDF (pdf 338.88 kB)  | Video)
  Manage and grade journals (PDF (pdf 373.60 kB) )
  Work with group journals (PDF (pdf 316.85 kB) )
Virtual Classroom  
  Create and manage a virtual classroom (PDF (pdf 605.53 kB) )
Web 2.0  
  Integrate Web 2.0 in your Blackboard course (PDF)
Wikis  
  Create and edit wikis (PDF (pdf 433.71 kB)  | Video)
  Manage and grade wikis (PDF (pdf 368.88 kB)  | Video)
  Work with group wikis (PDF (pdf 338.42 kB) )

Assessing Learners

Assignments  
  Create a SafeAssignment (PDF (pdf 249.03 kB)  | Video)
Grade Center  
  The Grade Center (PDF (pdf 1.19 MB)  | Video)
  Create a grade rule (PDF (pdf 135.34 kB)  | Video)
  Enable review status (PDF (pdf 142.10 kB) ) 
  Create a simple adaptive release rule (PDF (pdf 331.85 kB)  | Video)
Student Performance  
  Check on students with the Performance Dashboard (PDF (pdf 153.94 kB)  | Video)
  Early Warning System (PDF (pdf 221.56 kB) )
  Send notifications (PDF (pdf 169.49 kB)  | Video)
  Edit notifications (PDF (pdf 374.77 kB) )
  Create rules for notifications and alerts (PDF (pdf 187.29 kB) )
Tests and surveys  
  Create a survey (PDF (pdf 376.05 kB) )
  Create a test (PDF (pdf 673.48 kB)  | Video)
  Import a test from Excel (PDF (pdf 361.93 kB)  | Video)
  Create test pools (PDF (pdf 329.78 kB)  | Video)
  Test question types (PDF (pdf 180.79 kB) )
  Create a Self and Peer Assessment (PDF (pdf 459.12 kB) )

 Managing Group Work

  Create a group (PDF (pdf 515.83 kB)  | Video)
  Create group sets (PDF (pdf 667.55 kB)  | Video)

 Reporting and Course Utilities

  Run a report of user activity by content area (PDF (pdf 215.52 kB) )
  Run a report of user activity by forum (PDF (pdf 206.27 kB) )
  Run a report of user activity by group (PDF (pdf 205.97 kB) )
  Run a report of all user activity (PDF (pdf 195.25 kB)  | Video)
  Save a course report (PDF (pdf 251.21 kB)  | Video)
  Turn on statistics tracking for a content item (PDF (pdf 152.71 kB)  | Video)

Packages and Utilities

  Check course links (PDF (pdf 72.27 kB) )

Content Reuse

  Copy a course (PDF (pdf 190.66 kB) )
  Copy content (PDF (pdf 89.56 kB) )
  Export and archive courses (PDF (pdf 152.32 kB)  | Video)
  Import a course package (PDF (pdf 206.31 kB)  | Video)

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