Course Content
Uploading a Syllabus
By uploading your syllabus, students will know what to expect from the class.
Adding an Item to Blackboard
Instructors can add documents and files to Blackboard as items.
Adding a Link to Blackboard
Instructors can post links which refer students to Blackboard internal items, or external websites.
Creating Folders in Blackboard
Instructors can create folders to organize their courses and improve navigation.
Editing/Deleting Items
Instructors can remove or change items once they have been posted.
Media on Blackboard
Adding Youtube, Flicker and SlideShare to Blackboard
Blackboard allows instructors to add videos to your courses, which can enhance students' learning experience.
Adding Echo360 content into Blackboard
Instructors can add Echo360 videos, such as recordings of lectures to a Blackboard page.
Creating a VoiceThread in Blackboard
With VoiceThread, instructors and/or students can create, share, and comment on images, Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, videos, audio files, documents, and PDFs, using microphone, webcam, text, phone, and audio-file upload.
Discussion Board
Creating a Forum
A forum is an area of the discussion board where participants discuss a topic or a group of related topics.
Creating Threads
A thread is a conversation within a forum that includes the initial post and all replies to it.
Replying to Discussions
You can reply to your students' posts to give feedback and encourage interaction.
Emailing in Blackboard
Sending Email to your Students Through Blackboard
Emailing through Blackboard is another lane of communication between instructors and students.
Setting your Email Options in Blackboard
Grade Center
Uploading OPSCAN results
You can upload OPSCAN results directly to the grade center.
Create and Manage Columns
Columns are the way Grade Center organizes your students' grades.
Additional Resources
Files & Links
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