In this section you will find information related to the using Blackboard

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Creating a Class from an Existing Course or Template

Basic Skills and Orientation

• What is Blackboard and why would I use it?
• A wee bit 'o Instructional Design
• Getting into "Edit Mode"
• Content Folders, Learning Modules, and Module Pages
• Posting Documents and File Organization
• Adding "stuff" to the Menu Section
• Adding "stuff" to the Content Section
• Moving/copying things to different locations in your course (and between courses)

Basic Tools in Blackboard

• Messages and Email
• Discussions
  • Changing Student Access (Role) in Discussions
  • Grading Discussions
• Announcements
• Tests and Quizzes
• Assignments
• Calendar

Course Management and Grading

• Grading in the Grade Center
• Managing the Grade Center (in this page you will find more links to tutorials specific to managing individual compents of the Grade Center)
• Clearing out an Attempt by a Student
• Using the Grade Center to Calculate Weighted Grades
• Tracking Students
  • Data on Student Access to Blackboard (i.e. reporting "attendance" in online classes)
• Customization

Additional Tools

• Lesson Plans
• Tasks
• Groups
• Chats
• Rosters
• Surveys
• Blogs
• Journals
• Wikis

Special Topics

• Using Respondus
• Using Publisher Content
• Using the Virtual Classroom (Collaborate)
• Reports
  • Using Reports to determine online "attendance" by selecting Graded Columns

Working with Tests

• Item Analysis

Working with Blackboard Collaborate

• Collaborate Basics for Faculty

Resources for Students

• Checking Grades and Comments
• Collaborate Basics for Students
• WebEx (Collaborate Alternative) Basics for Students