Blackboard R7 - Faculty Perspective

Getting Started

Logging in and Using Blackboard
Get a good overview of the Blackboard system and learn how to access it.

Adding Courses to Blackboard
Instructors can add their courses to Blackboard using the Blackboard Toolbox.

Creating a Development Course in Blackboard
Development courses are used to store content for courses that will be taught in the future.

 

Customize Blackboard

Set the Course Menu Option
Learn how instructors can select the default "Course Menu" view for their course.  They can choose between Detail View or Quick View.

Customize Your Course List
Bb users can determine what courses are listed under the "My Courses" section on the main Bb screen.

 

Editing a Blackboard Course

Add an Announcement to a Blackboard Course
Communicate easily and effectively with your students by adding an announcement to a Blackboard course.

Add a Button to the Course Menu
Instructors can customize the course menu of a Blackboard course. This TechClip shows how to add a button to the course menu.

Make a Course Unavailable
An instructor can make a course unavailable to students.  This allows the course to be available to the faculty member to update without students having access to it.

Granting Guest Access
An instructor can grant guest access to a Blackboard course.   

Logging in as a Guest
Learn how a guest can access a Blackboard course.  Before a guest can log into a Bb course, the course instructor must grant permission to that guest.

Add a Secondary Instructor or a Non-Enrolled Student to a Course
Instructors can use the Blackboard Toolbox to add a secondary instructor or non-enrolled student to a Blackboard course.

Delete a Course
Learn how to delete an existing Blackboard course.

 

Course Management

Using the Review Status Tool
Instructors can be notified when students have reviewed a particular content item.  Learn to manage review status of content items (User Progress Page and Performance Dashboard.)

Adaptive Release
Control the release of content to students based on a set of rules.

Performance Dashboard
Get an overall view of a student's progress in your course by using the Performance Dashboard.

Hide and Unhide a Student
Instructors of a course have the option of making a course unavailable to a particular student using the Hide option.  If an individual student is not able to access a course, the instructor should double check to make sure the student has not been hidden from the course.

Chat

Chat Management
Manage your chat session, active and passive roles, session archives 

Create a Collaboration Session
Setup a new chat or virtual classroom session. 

Set a Course Link
Define a direct link from the course menu to your chat session. 

 

Discussion Board

Discussion Board Basics
Read and reply to a discussion forum using the Tree View display option.
  
Create a Discussion Forum
Learn how to create a Discussion Board Forum.   

Discussion Board Access Options
Setup direct links to discussion board forums to make them more easier to access.

Discussion Board View Options
Experience the difference between Tree and List views.  Both allow you to read and reply to posts, but they have their own look and feel.  

Thread Status
There are five status options for a thread.  Learn about these five options and how to use them. 

Forum Grading
Grade discussion forums at the forum level.

Thread Grading
Learn to grade discussions forums at the thread level. 

Peer Review
Enable Peer Review for a forum.  This allows students to review and rate the work of other students.  Reviewers can also leave comments about the post. 

Archive a Forum
An instructor can archive an entire forum or just certain threads.   

 

Early Warning System

Early Warning System Basics
Use the Early Warning System to proactively monitor a student's performance.   

Blackboard Gradebook

Using the Blackboard Gradebook - Faculty Version
Blackboard includes a gradebook that faculty can use to post grades so that students can view them from within Blackboard. (This is a different program than the BSU Gradebook.) This TechClip explains how faculty can use the Blackboard Gradebook.

Working with Blackboard Communities

Create a Blackboard Community
There are several types of Blackboard communities that can be created. Learn about the different types and how to create them.

 

Getting Help with Blackboard

Blackboard Help Resources
There are some great electronic Help Resources for Blackboard.   Learn what resources are available and how to access them.

Blackboard  R7 - Student Perspective

Getting Started

Logging in and Using Blackboard
Get a good overview of the Blackboard system and learn how to access it.

Logging in as a Guest
Learn how a guest can access a Blackboard course.  Before a guest can log into a Bb course, the course instructor must grant permission to that guest.

 

Customize Blackboard

Using the Course Menu
Learn about the new "Detail View" course menu option.

Customize Your Course List
Bb users can determine what courses are listed under the "My Courses" seciton on the main Bb screen.

 

Chat

Using the Blackboard Chat
Use Blackboard's text-based chat to communicate within a course.  Learn how to communicate within a group Chat or how to have a private message with a single member of the Chat. 

Using Chat - Controlling Who Talks
Learn about "Active" and "Passive" roles in the Chat environment.

 

Digital Dropbox

Digital Dropbox Basics
Use the "send file" option to exchange files with your instructor.

Add a File to the Digital Dropbox
Upload a file into the Digital Dropbox in Blackboard.

 

Discussion Board

Discussion Board Basics
Read and reply to a discussion forum using the Tree View display option.

Discussion Board View Options
Experience the difference between Tree and List views.  Both allow you to read and reply to posts, but they have their own look and feel.  

Blackboard Gradebook

Using the Blackboard Gradebook - Student Version
Students can view grades posted in the Blackboard gradebook. (This is a different program than the BSU Gradebook.) This TechClip explains how students can use the Blackboard Gradebook.

 

Getting Help with Blackboard

Blackboard Help Resources
There are some great electronic Help Resources for Blackboard.   Learn what resources are available and how to access them.