Faculty Guides and Documentation
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Topics
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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
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Blackboard Ultra Base Navigation (UBN) Faculty 8
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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
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Creating Content in Blackboard 3
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Using The Blackboard Calendar 3
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Communication: Announcements 4
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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
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Communication: Tasks 4
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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
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Running Course Reports and Monitoring Student Progress 8
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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
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Grade Center: Setting up Grade Columns 4
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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
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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
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Grade Center: Create recording for feedbacks 4
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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
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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
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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
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Importing/Archiving/Copying a Course 9
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Microsoft Teams Integration 2
Other Resources
Faculty Guides and Documentation
- Blackboard Learn Original
- Blackboard Learn Ultra Course View (UCV)
- Class Collaborate Ultra
- Echo360 EchoVideo
- Respondus Lockdown Browser, Monitor and Live Proctoring
- Respondus 4.x Test Authoring
- UToledo Online Faculty Handbook
- Remote Delivery Quick Reference Guide
- Blackboard Ally
- Kramer Connect
- StudyMate
- Microsoft Teams in Blackboard Learn