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Creating Accessible Materials
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Fix Missing Grade Center Scroll Bars
My Blackboard
Manage and Modify your My Courses module
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Navigate Inside a Course
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Student Preview
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Turn Edit Mode ON - To see instructor links and tools
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Getting Started
About Blackboard
Blackboard Learn: For Instructors - YouTube Playlist
Blackboard Terms
Create a Course from Available Structures
Create Content
Add Files, Images, Video, Audio
Modules
Videos from Blackboard
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Add or Delete Names Manually - Roster
Course Availability - Show/Hide course link to students, with Term Settings
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Announcements - Create and Reorder
Assignments - Create and Edit
Faculty Info (Contacts)
Course Content - Create
Course Content - Edit and Manage
Course Design - Structure, Entry Point,Themes, Banner (1:56)
Course Environment - Orientation
Course Menu - Modify
Course Menu - Hide and Show
Course-to-Course Navigation - Jump from One Course to Another Quickly (1:17)
Blackboard Instructor FAQs
Assignments
Course
Email
Grades
Tests
Where Do I Start?
Working with Text
Beyond Basics
Add an Avatar - a profile image (2:38)
Add Content from External Sources (e.g., Cengage, McGraw-Hill, Pearson, Wiley)
Add an Image to the Bb Course Home Page
Blank Page on Course Menu - Create (1:10)
Content Collection
Copy and Move Content
Organize and Manage Content
Course Files - About
Add Files to Course Files
Files Added Automatically to Course Files
Link to Files and Folders in Course Files
Course Home Page - Edit (2:17)
Course Style Options - Structure, Entry Point, Themes, Menu Style, View
Date Management
File Attachments - FAQ
Formatting HTML Content
Glossary
Learning Module - Create
Learning Module - Add Content (2:39)
Lesson Plan - Create - with video (2:47)
Mashup - Create (2:12)
Tool Link - Create (3:05)
Tool Link Availability - Manage
Work with Text
Course Utilities
Copy Course
Copy Course to an Existing Course (with Attendance Tool notes)
Copy Course with Video Packages and Camtasia Files
Export Course
Import Course Package (1:33)
Import Course Package
Course Reports
Statistics Tracking Report - Create (2:33)
eBooks
CSU - Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$)
- Faculty Page
- Student Page
StanState Bookstore
- FacultyEnlight - Research, adopt, and share
- Connection in Bb (Build Content > FacultyEnlight)
- YUZU - Barnes & Noble
Other Management
Add a Test Student
Archive-Export-Import a Course
Content Collection - Overview
Copy or Move Items Within or Between Courses
Course Contact - Create, Faculty Information
Student Preview
Task - Create and Manage
Social Media Mashups: Flickr®, SlideShare, YouTube
Blackboard Information
Blackboard 9 Instructor Help Page
Blackboard 9 Student Page
My CSUStan
MyCSUStan Entry Page
Campus Training & Personal Development
- Faculty
- Staff
Bb Best Practices
Accessibility
Analyze Course Effectiveness
Attaching Files
Captioning Video Content
Commenting on Reflective Writing
Copyright
Course Content
CSU Chico Exemplary Online Instruction
Effective Discussion Questions
Exemplary Course Rubric (Blackboard)
Formatting Accessible Documents
Groups
Help Students Succeed
Increase Student Retention
Interact
Intro Video - Add an engaging intro video for your students
Online Teaching Strategies
Performance
Plagiarism: Safe Assign - TurnItIn
Reuse and Save Content
Teaching Strategies for Bb
Communication & Collaboration
Notifications
Notifications
- Settings
- Types
- Dashboard
Communication
Announcements
Calendar
E-Mail
Faculty Information - Contacts
Blog
Blogs, Create, Edit & Manage
Grade
Discussion Board
Discussions
- About Discussions, Forums, and Threads
- Create Discussions
- Create Forums
- Create Threads
- Manage Discussions
- Moderate Discussions
- Reply to Discussion Posts
- Search and Collect Discussions
- Grade Discussions
- View Discussion Statistics
- Group Discussions
Delete Posts after Course Copy
Journal
Journals - Use, Create, View, Edit/Manage
Grade Journals
Best Practice: Grading Reflective Writing
Wiki
Wikis - Benefits, Create, Comment, Edit/Manage
Grade Wikis
Best Practice: Interactive Tools in Action
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Portfolios
Portfolios
See also:
Stan State Portfolium
Stan Sync
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Groups
Groups
Create and Manage Groups
Create Self-Enroll Sign-Up Sheet
Groups Page
Group Tools
Create Group Links
Send Email to a Group
Import and Export Groups
Create Group Assignment
Grade Group Assignment
Best Practices: Groups - Collaboration, Presenting, Membership, Assessment
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Tasks
Tasks
- Create, Edit, Delete
- View
- Add to Course Menu
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Blackboard Collaborate
Blackboard Collaborate
Blackboard Collaborate Sessions
Blackboard Collaborate Handbook
Blackboard Collaborate Launcher - Windows, Mac, Troubleshoot
Using Jaws with Blackboard Collaborate
Keyboard Navigation in Blackboard Collaborate
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Camtasia
About the Screen Recording and Video Editing Software
Tutorials - Mac and Windows - TechSmith.com
Mediasite
Content Streaming
Add Mediasite Link to Bb Content Page
Mediasite Viewing Requirements
View Mediasite
- Computer
- Mobile Device
VoiceThread
Introduction to VoiceThread
Blackboard Integration - Instructors
Blackboard Integration - Students
Create VoiceThread
Zoom
Web Conferencing
Download and Setup
Stan State Pro Account
Unlimited meeting duration
50 participants per meeting
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Bb Mobile Apps
Blackboard Mobile Apps
Bb Grader - Instructors - iPad
Blackboard App for Students - iOS, Android, Windows
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NOTE: Advise students not to take tests on Mobile Devices or using WiFi on computers.
- see Test Taking Tips
Assessment
Bb Assignment Link
Assignments
- Create and Edit
- Grade Settings
- Multiple Attempts
- Grade
- Download
- SafeAssign
- Self and Peer Assessment
- Portfolio
Assignment Inline Grading
- Workflow
- Supported Files
- Video about Inline Grading
SafeAssign - Integrated Plagiarism tool, an alternative to TurnItIn
SafeAssign Originality Reports
TurnItIn Feedback Studio Assignment
Feedback Studio Guide for Instructors
File Types and Size
Help Center
System Requirements
Teaching Tools - Rubrics, Lesson Plans
Feedback Studio for iPad Guide
Error 423 - Contact TII Helpdesk
- or Call (866) 816-5046, ext. 214.
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Stan State Feedback Studio Information Page
Tests, Surveys, and Pools
Tests, Pools, and Surveys
- Create
- Question Settings
- Question Types
- Edit Tests and Questions
- Question Metadata
- Reuse Questions
- Grade Tests
- Test and Survey Results
- Resolve Issues
- Item Analysis
Test and Survey Options
- Multiple Attempts
- Force Completion, Timer, Password
- Test Availability Exceptions
- Due Date
- Self-Assessment Options
- Results and Feedback Options
- One-time View for Results and Feedback
- Test/Survey Presentation
Test Creation Tips
Test Availability Exceptions
Create Test with Special Scoring
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Test Questions Videos
Create a Test Question (2:36)
Build a Pool of Test Questions (1:41)
Create a Random Block of Test Questions (3:08)
Upload Test Questions from Microsoft Excel (2:24)
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Grade Center
Grading
- Navigate
- Grade Columns
- Customizing the Interface
- Grading Tests
- Rubrics
- Grade History
- Grade Reports and Statistics
- Share and Reuse Grade Data
Working Offline with Grade Data - Download/Upload
Date Management
Bb YouTube Videos
Grade Discussions, Blogs, Journals, Wikis (2:32)
Use Grade Details to see Attempts and Assign Grades (1:28)
Download and Upload Grades (2:39)
Create a Smart View (2:06)
Color Code (1:44)
Anonymous Grading (2:35)
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Additional Information
Download and Print the Bb Grade Center as a Spreadsheet
Set Safari Preferences to Keep a File Zipped
Unzip Files from the Bb Grade Center
Upload Test Questions
Student Performance and Retention
Track Performance
- Course Reports
- Tasks
- Performance Dashboard
- Retention Center
Student Preview
Third Party Tools
Respondus - Test creation, management, and publishing software for Windows
Student Response System - Clicker Pedagogy & Resources
TurnItIn - Plagiarism Prevention - Resources for Educators
Test Question Generators
Other Assessment Tool Videos
Automatically Adjust Dates in a Copied Course (3:12)
Create Item Statistics Report (2:33)
Item Analysis (5:00)