Blackboard Learn Original

Introduction 13

• What is Blackboard Learn?
• Logging into Blackboard
• Accessing your Blackboard Courses
• Blackboard Template (Original Course View)
• Navigating your Blackboard Course
• Modifying the Course Settings
• Uploading a Profile Picture to Blackboard
• What is a Merged Course?
• Using the Student Preview
• How to Show/Hide the Course Menu and Dynamic Web Page Information
• Clearing a Web Browser's Cookies, History, and Cache
• Modifying Notification Settings
• Logging into Blackboard with non-UTAD/SSO credentials

Blackboard Ultra Base Navigation (UBN) Faculty 8

• What is Blackboard Ultra Base Navigation (UBN)
• Institution Page
• Profile
• Activity Stream
• Courses
• Calendar
• Messages
• Grades

Customizing the Main Course Menu & Course News Page 21

• Selecting a Course Structure
• Adding or Editing Items in the Main Course Menu: Video Tutorial
• Creating a Content Area
• Adding a Tool Link
• Reordering the Course Menu Links
• Adding a Web Link to the Course Menu
• Hiding and Showing Course Menu Links
• Renaming Links in the Course Menu
• Adding the Course News Page (Adding a Module Page)
• Deleting a Link from the Course Menu
• Changing the Course Menu Appearance
• Adding the My Grades Tool
• Changing the Course Entry Page
• Adding A Custom Page Banner to the Course News Page
• Adding Additional Course Modules to the Course News Page
• About the To Do Module
• Customizing the Course News Page
• Adding a Blank Page to the Course Menu
• Adding a Subheader to the Course Menu
• Adding a Divider to the Course Menu
• Adding A Course Link to The Course Menu

Creating Content in Blackboard 3

• Adding Content to Your Blackboard Course: Video Demonstration
• The New Blackboard Content Editor
• Adding a File and Echo360 Video

Adding Files 19

• Adding a Start Here Document
• Adding a Syllabus Document
• Adding a Schedule File
• Creating a Content Item
• Adding a Content File
• Adding an Image to a Content Area
• Adding an Image Into the Text Box
• Adding Video in Blackboard
• Adding A YouTube Video to Blackboard
• Embedding a YouTube Video
• Creating a Link to an External Site in Blackboard
• Creating a Content Folder
• Creating a Learning Module
• Moving an Item or Folder
• Copying an Item or Folder
• Organizing Content Items on a Page
• Removing Content from Content Areas
• Adding an About the Instructor Item
• Adding Images in the Content Editor

Creating Assignments in Blackboard 7

• Creating an Assignment in Blackboard
• Editing an Assignment in Blackboard
• Creating a SafeAssign Assignment in Blackboard
• Using DirectSubmit to check submitted papers for plagiarism
• Downloading Safe Assign Reports
• Adding Assignments to Modules and a Link in Course Menu
• Downloading Reports from Direct Submit

Creating Interactive Rubrics 6

• Creating an Interactive Rubric in Blackboard
• Adding an Interactive Rubric to a Grade Column
• Grading a Blackboard Assignment Using a Rubric
• Adding a Rubric to an Assignment
• Exporting a Rubric
• Importing a Rubric

Creating Tests and Surveys in Blackboard 20

• About Tests
• Creating a Test from a Content Area
• Creating a Test with Essay Questions from a Content Area
• Reusing Individual Questions in a New Test
• Creating a Test With Question Sets
• Create Random Block in Tests
• Editing Test Questions
• Changing the Point Value of a Question
• Deploying a Test
• Deploying a Survey
• Editing the Test Settings
• Setting up Test Availability Exceptions
• Making Tests Available to Specific Students
• Copying a Test
• Editing the Test Header Information
• Exporting a Test, Survey or Pool
• Importing a Test, Survey or Pool
• Creating a Survey from a Content Area
• Creating a Pool
• Editing Survey Options

Creating Test Questions 19

• Question Types Available in Blackboard Learn
• Creating a Calculated Formula Question
• Creating a Calculated Numeric Question
• Creating an Either/Or Question
• Creating an Essay Question
• Creating a File Response Question
• Creating a Fill in Multiple Blanks Question
• Creating a Fill in the Blank Question
• Creating a Hot Spot Question
• Creating a Jumbled Sentence Question
• Creating a Matching Question
• Creating a Multiple Answer Question
• Creating a Multiple Choice Question
• Creating an Opinion Scale/Likert Question
• Creating an Ordering Question
• Creating a Quiz Bowl Question
• Creating a Short Answer Question
• Creating a True/False Question
• Modifying Question Settings

Creating Adaptive Release Rules 8

• What is Adaptive Release?
• Setting Up and Editing Simple Adaptive Release Rules
• Setting Up Advanced Adaptive Release Rules
• Editing Advanced Adaptive Release Rules
• Using Adaptive Release to Release an Item Based on a Previous Grade
• Removing Adaptive Release Rules
• Setting Up Review Status
• Checking User Progress and Content Visibility

Creating Self and Peer Assessments 9

• Creating a Self and Peer Assessment
• Editing a Self and Peer Assessment
• Adding Questions to a Self and Peer Assessment
• Editing Evaluation Questions
• Adding Question Criteria
• Editing Question Criteria
• Exporting a Self and Peer Assessment
• Importing a Self and Peer Assessment
• Sending Student Scores to Grade Center

Using Achievements 5

• What Are Achievements?
• Creating a Link to Course Achievements
• Creating Achievements
• Deleting Achievements
• Viewing Achievements and Recipients

Using The Blackboard Calendar 3

• Accessing and Viewing the Blackboard Calendar
• Creating a Calendar Event
• Modifying or Deleting a Calendar Event

Communication: Announcements 4

• Sending an Announcement
• Changing Announcement Display Preferences
• Editing an Announcement
• Deleting an Announcement

Communication: Discussion Boards 17

• Discussion Board Introduction
• Navigating the Discussion Board
• Adding a Course Discussion Board Link
• Creating a Discussion Board Forum
• Editing Discussion Forum Settings
• Creating a Discussion Board Thread
• Navigating Between Discussion Threads
• Replying to a Discussion Board Post
• Enabling Discussion Board Grading
• Grading Discussion Forum Posts
• Collecting Discussion Forum Posts
• Creating Group Discussion Forums
• Copying Group Discussion Forums
• Changing Users' Roles in a Discussion Forum
• Setting Author of Anonymous Posts
• Deleting Discussion Threads
• Accessing Discussion Grading Information

Communication: Messages and Email 6

• Course Messages and Email
• Adding the Email Tool
• Sending an Email in Blackboard
• Adding the Messages Tool
• Viewing and Sending Messages
• Enabling Course Message Notifications

Communication: Blogs 9

• Introduction about Blogs
• Adding a Blog Link
• Creating a New Blog
• Editing Blog Settings
• Creating a Blog Entry
• Editing a Blog Entry
• Commenting on a Blog
• Grading a Blog
• Activity Stream: Blogs

Communication: Journals 8

• Journals Introduction
• Adding a Journal Link
• Creating a New Journal
• Editing Journal Settings
• Creating a Journal Entry
• Commenting on a Journal Entry
• Grading a Journal
• Activity Stream Settings: Journals

Communication: Wikis 7

• Wiki Introduction
• Adding a Wiki link
• Creating a Course Wiki
• Creating and Editing Wiki Content
• Editing Wiki Settings
• Evaluating and Grading Students' Wiki Participation
• Activity Stream: Wikis

Communication: Tasks 4

• Accessing Tasks
• Create or Edit Tasks
• Edit or Delete Tasks
• View Task Progress

Managing Course Enrollments 5

• Adding Users to your Blackboard Learn Course
• Changing a User's Course Role
• Changing a User's Course Availability
• Changing a Course Site's Duration and Availability
• Allowing Guest and Observer Access

Managing Course Groups 17

• Adding a Link to Course Groups
• Creating Self-Enrolled Group Sets
• Creating Group Sets with Manual Enrollments
• Creating Group Sets with Random Enrollments
• Editing the Membership of a Single Group
• Viewing Users' Group Enrollments at a Glance
• Creating a Single Self-Enrolled Group
• Creating a Single Manual-Enrolled Group
• Accessing Group Homepages and Tools
• Editing Group Set Options
• Editing Individual Group Options
• Editing Group Set Memberships
• Changing Course-wide Group Settings
• Exporting Groups
• Importing Groups
• Creating a Smart View for a Group
• Deleting Groups

Running Course Reports and Monitoring Student Progress 8

• Enabling Statistics Tracking on an Item
• Running Statistics Reports on an Item
• Creating Course Reports
• Enabling Review Status
• Viewing Student Progress
• Viewing the Performance Dashboard
• Accessing the Retention Center
• Creating Retention Center Rules

Viewing and Downloading Course Evaluation Results 7

• Enterprise Survey Information for Instructors
• Accessing Enterprise Survey Results for Instructors
• View and Print Survey Results to PDF
• Downloading Raw Data from BB9.1 to Excel
• Sort and Filter Data Using Excel
• Download SPSS via myUT and Install it on your computer
• Produce Descriptive Statistics Using SPSS

Grade Center: Introduction 4

• What is the Blackboard Grade Center?
• Accessing the Full Grade Center
• Overview of the Full Grade Center Function Buttons and Features
• Changing Scroll Bar Settings on Mac to View Scroll Bars

Grade Center: Setting up Grade Columns 4

• Creating a Grade Column
• Creating a Calculated Column
• Adding an Interactive Rubric to a Grade Column
• Editing Grade Column Information

Grade Center: Organizing the Grade Center 11

• Organizing/Rearranging and "Freezing" Grade Center Columns
• Hiding/Showing a Column in the Grade Center
• Hiding/Showing a Grade Center Column from Students
• Hiding/Showing Students in the Grade Center
• Creating and Managing Grade Center Smart Views
• Creating Smart Views for Merged Sections
• Deleting a Column from the Grade Center
• Creating and Assigning Grade Center Categories
• Creating or Modifying a Grading Schema and Applying it to a Grade Column
• Managing Grade Center Color Codes
• Hiding Grade Center Color Codes

Grade Center: General Grading Information 7

• Manually Adding or Modifying Grades in a Grade Column
• Grading Items Anonymously
• Viewing a Student's Grade Details
• Clearing All Student Submissions
• Using the Needs Grading Link
• Sending Reminders
• Filtering Grade Center Displays

Grade Center: Viewing Assignment Results 9

• Downloading All Assignment Files
• Viewing and Grading a Single Student's Submission
• Viewing and Grading a SafeAssign Submission
• Viewing and Grading a Group Submission
• Clearing, Ignoring or Allowing an Additional Assignment Attempt
• Grading a Blackboard Assignment Using a Rubric
• Reconciling Grades for Items with Delegated Grading Enabled
• Using the BB Annotate Tool
• Download Assignment with Annotations and Comments

Grade Center: Create recording for feedbacks 4

• About Feedback recording
• How to record a feedback
• Editing and posting the feedback recording
• What do students see for the feedback recording?

Grade Center: Viewing Test Results 13

• Viewing and Grading a Student's Test Attempt
• Viewing a Student's Grade Details
• Ignoring a Student's Test Attempt
• Clearing a Student's Test Attempt
• Viewing Test Access Logs
• Grading by Question in Blackboard
• Grading by Question on Tests with Question Sets
• Viewing Attempts Statistics for Tests/Surveys
• Viewing Item Statistics
• Running Item Analysis
• Downloading Test and Survey Results
• Regrading a Test Question
• Overriding the Total Point Values for a Test

Grade Center: Managing Grade Center Data 6

• Working Offline - Downloading Grade Center Data
• Working Offline - Uploading Grade Center Data
• Creating Grade Center Reports
• Viewing Grade History
• Viewing Submission Receipts
• Course Activity Stream Related to Grades

Adding Third Party Tools and Content 12

• Enabling Third Party Building Blocks
• Enabling TurningPoint in Your Course
• Adding TurningPoint Access in Your Course
• Adding the UTMOST: Curriculum Builder Tool to Your Course
• Adding the MyLabsPlus Single Sign On Tool
• Enabling the Content Market to Access Publisher Content
• Integrating Pearson REVEL with your Blackboard Course
• Linking Your Course to Your TurningPoint Account
• Barnes and Noble College Textbook Research and Selection Tool Blackboard Integration
• Barnes and Noble College Textbook Purchase Tool
• Linking to McGraw Hill Connect LTI Advantage
• Linking to McGraw Hill SimNet LTI Advantage

Managing the Content Collection 14

• What is the Content Collection?
• Adding Files to the Content Collection
• Uploading a .zip Package
• Creating Folders
• Moving Items
• Copying Items
• Editing Item Settings
• Modifying Items In Blackboard
• Deleting Items
• Overwriting Files
• Moving Items Between Courses
• Copying Items Between Courses
• Exporting Files
• Managing Course File Permissions

Importing/Archiving/Copying a Course 9

• Creating and Downloading a Course Archive
• Creating a Course Export File
• Copying a Course
• Date Management
• Importing an Archive Package
• Importing/Installing a Course Cartridge
• What To Do After a Course Copy
• Importing Content to a Blackboard Organization
• Bulk Delete Course Content

Managing Goals 3

• Adding Goals to Your Course
• Aligning Goals to Content
• Using the Goals Dashboard

Taking Attendance 7

• About the Attendance Tool
• Accessing the Attendance Tool
• Creating an Attendance Session
• Taking Attendance
• Modifying Attendance Settings
• Modifying Attendance Gradebook Settings (including Points)
• Exporting Attendance Data

Microsoft Teams Integration 2

• Setting up Microsoft Teams Meeting Original Course View
• Join Teams Meeting for Instructors