Faculty Resources for Blackboard

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Getting Started

Login Help - Logging into Blackboard.
Software and Hardware Recommendations - Is your computer as ready as you are?
Lost your course menu? Students report seeing only Announcements? Don't panic! The navigation menu may be simply hidden or collapsed. Watch the Course Menu: Hidden or Collapsed video.
Blackboard 9.1 Instructor's Guide
COD Faculty Assignment of Classes
What's New with Blackboard 9.1?

Attaching a Syllabus - Post your syllabus in Blackboard. Students will never lose their syllabus again. (3:30 minutes)
Rosters and Email (6:47 minutes)
Entering Instructor Information (4:07 minutes)
Course Availability - Shows the steps for making a course available to students. no audio (1:30 minutes - COD)
Making Your Course Available - Shows the steps for making a course available to students. (1:30 minutes - Blackboard, Inc.)
Introduction to Blackboard (for COD Students) - Use this outline to give your students a general introduction to Blackboard. Includes links to several video tutorials.
On-Demand Videos: For Students (Blackboard, Inc.)
Blackboard Student Quick Start Guide - Student guide to getting started with the Blackboard Course Management System.

On-Demand Videos: Assignments (Blackboard, Inc.)
Managing Group Work (Blackboard, Inc.)
Blackboard Assignment Tool -12 minute video presentation shows how an assignment is created, submitted, and graded.
Managing Group Work (Blackboard, Inc.)

On-Demand Videos: Tests, Surveys, and Pools (Blackboard, Inc.)
Creating a Test (Blackboard, Inc.)
Blackboard Test Options - View this 18 minute video which explains the different test options available for exams in Blackboard.
Deploying a Test (Texas Woman's University)
Blackboard Random Block - Create an exam that presents each student with a different set of questions
Blackboard Test Feedback - Feedback options explained
Blackboard Test Generators
Using Blackboard Timed Tests
Exam Setting Recommendations - Force Completion and Timed Tests
Extra Credit Test Questions - Set up extra credit questions on a test.

Podcasting
How to Podcast in Blackboard - 13 minute video presentation covers the basics.
Wikis (TeamsLX) in Blackboard
Using the Discussion Board (Blackboard, Inc.)
Blogs and Journals (Blackboard, Inc.)
Blackboard Wiki - the built-in wiki tool (Blackboard, Inc.)
Announcements and Scheduling (Blackboard, Inc.)
Blogs, Journal, or Discussion Board? - Choose the right communication using strategies from University of Central Missouri
Early Warning System (Blackboard, Inc.)

Invalid HTML - Found a strange error message in bright red in Blackboard? Learn what it is and what to do about it.
Allowing Pop-up Windows - How to manage pop-up blocker in Microsoft Internet Explorer.
NBC Learn - Add NBC videos to your course. 4 minute instruction video created by Blackboard.
McGraw-Hill Connect
- McGraw-Hill Connect and Create Instructor Manual
- McGraw-Hill Learning Site - self-directed learning site which serves as a reference for instructors who are getting started, need a refresher, or need to understand how their course can work within Blackboard.
- McGraw-Hill Customer Experience for help or troubleshooting: 1-800-331-5094.
Blackboard Technical Support for Faculty - Technical support contact information.
COD Library - Resources for online students and faculty.
Attendance - Blackboard does not offer a built-in attendance function. However, you may want to consider one of these suggestions:
- Download a roster from Blackboard step-by-step and use the roster to keep your attendance.
- Comfortable with Excel? Use Blackboard's Grade Center to obtain a roster to use with the Attendance Tracking Excel file
- Use one column in the Grade Center to track absences following NIU's suggestions.