Faculty FAQ's

Helpful Blackboard 9.1 videos:

• Video Introduction of new look (a 3 minute video)
• Course to course navigation (a 1.5 minute video)

Top Questions asked by Faculty

 Follow the links below for further assistance 

Setup and Customization of Course 

 Tip Sheets

• Getting Started with the Course Environment
• Customizing- Making course available to all students
• Customizing - Making course unavailable to a particular student
• Customizing the course entry point
• Adding/changing the Course Menu
• How to modify the My Announcments Module
• Turning off unecessary tools
• Copying Your Course Method 1
  
• Copying Your Course Method 2
• How to merge multiple sections or cross listed sections
• How to resize the Virtual Text Box Editor (VTBE)
• How do I use WebAssign?
   

 Interactive Videos

• Making Tools Available to Student
• Turning Tool Availability On and Off
• Adding a Banner to Your Course Entry Point

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User Management

 Tip Sheets

• Viewing Your Roster
• Enrolling Students
• Removing Students
• Getting Started with Groups
  

 Interactive Videos

• Creating a Group
• Creating Group Sets

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 Course Content Management

 Tip Sheets

• Getting Started with Course Content
• Creating Your Contact Information
• Uploading Course Syllabus
• Adding content using Paste from Word
• Adding my files to Siena's iTunesU

 Interactive Videos

• A Tour of the New Course Files Feature
• Attaching Course Files to a Content Item
• Adding your Own Web Content Through Course Files
• Creating a Blank Page for Displaying Content on the Course Menu
• Using the Text Editor
• Building a Learning Module
• Adding a Glossary
• Adding Textbook Information
• Creating a Blank Page
• Creating a Tool Link
• Creating a Mash-Up
• Creating Multiple Rules to Release a Content Item

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Communication and Interactive Tools

 Tip Sheets

• Interactive Tools Overview
• Posting an Announcement
• Virtual Classroom and Chat (Office Hours)
• Setting up a Discussion Board
• Journals
• Blogs
• Wikis
• Sending Email

 Interactive Videos

• Creating Announcements
• Sending E-mail
• Creating a Course Contact
• Grade a Discussion Board Forum
• Grade a Discussion Board Thread
• Creating a Blog
• Commenting on a Blog
• Creating a Journal
• Commenting on a Journal Entry
• Creating a wiki
• Grading a wiki

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Evaluation/Assignment Tools

 Tip Sheets

• Getting Started with Assignments
• Evaluation Tools Overview
• Enabling Review Status
• Tracking Detailed Usage Statistics
• Accessing Course Reports
• Performance Dashboard
• Early Warning System
• Getting Started with Building a Test
• Creating Test/Survey in Blackboard 9.1
• Rubrics
• Self and Peer Assessments
• Self and Peer Assessments from Blackboard
• Blackboard 2012 Exemplary Course Rubrics  (download this file and then upload it into your course)

 Interactive Videos

• Downloading Assignments
• Creating a True or False Question
• Creating a Multiple Choice Question
• Creating a Multiple Answer Question
• Creating a Matching Question
• Creating a Fill in the Blank Question
• Creating a Fill in Multiple Blanks Question
• Creating a Short Answer Question
• Creating an Essay Question
• Creating a Calculated Formula Question
• Creating a Calculated Numeric Question
• Exporting and Importing a Test or Survey
• Adding an Existing Question to a Test
• Building a Pool
• Tagging Questions for Reuse
• Running a Report of User Activity
• Importing a Course Package

Plagiarism Detection

• How to display Turnitin in Course Tools
• How to create a Turnitin assignment through Blackboard
• How to view a Turnitin Assignment
• How to Sync your Roster in Turnitin
• Turnitin Instructor Guide

  Interactive Videos

• Turnitin Traning website

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Grade Management Tools (Grade Center)

 Tip Sheets

• Getting started with the Grade Center
• How to create a grade center category
  
• How to create a grade center column
  
• How to create a total column
  
• How to create a weighted column
  
• How to to edit Letter Grade Schema
• How to grade using GradeMark (Turnitin)

 Interactive Videos

• Customizing the Grade Center
• Creating Smart Views
• Early Warning System - Creating a Grade Rule
• Viewing Grade Details
• Anonymous Grading
• Creating Grading Notes
• Creating a Grade Center Reports
• Grading Assessments Question by Question
• Viewing and Downloading Grade History
• Color Coding the Grade Center
• Work Offline in the Grade Center

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