 In Summer 2008, St. Edward's upgraded to Blackboard 8, a new version of Blackboard with substantial changes to the grade book feature and several other key tools. Faculty who use Blackboard i are strongly encouraged to attend a training session. Your life will be much easier if you figure out the changes before you start trying to use Bb this semester! Instructional
Computing provides training both in a classroom setting
and one-on-one in the use of Blackboard.
Upcoming Faculty Trainings on Blackboard:
| Date |
Time |
Training |
Location |
| Dec. 10 |
10:00 - 11:00 am |
Overview of Blackboard new technologies: Wikis, Blogs, Respondus, Elluminate |
Moody Hall 309 |
| Dec. 11 |
2:00 - 3:00 pm |
Blackboard Grade Center |
Moody Hall 309 |
| Dec. 11 |
3:00 - 4:00 pm |
Elluminate Training - Hands on experience using this web conferencing tool. |
Moody Hall 309 |
| Jan. 6 |
2:00 pm |
Introduction to Blackboard |
Moody Hall 309 |
| Jan. 14 |
4:30 pm |
Introduction to Blackboard |
PEC 101 |
Access
Blackboard at http://blackboard.stedwards.edu |
Note that some of the tutorials labled HTML
are animated tutorials. The SWF version should
be chosen by Macintosh users. The SWF version also
requires use of the Flash Player. PDF files require Adobe
Acrobat Reader.
Overview of Blackboard 8 for Faculty(Word)
Setting Up Your Class
Making Your Course Available (HTML)
Course Creation (HTML)
Copying Course Content (HTML)
Course Cartridges (HTML)
Building a Learning Unit (HTML/SWF)
Field Lengths (PDF)
Enrollment
Blackboard Accounts (HTML)
Course Enrollment (HTML)
Adding a TA or Additional Instructors (HTML)
Web Browser Support
File Naming Conventions (HTML)
Technical Requirements (HTML)
Course Maintenance
Archiving or Saving a Course (HTML)
Course Deletion (HTML)
Exporting or Saving Course Content (HTML)
How Do I?
Faculty Frequently Asked Questions (HTML)
Student Frequently Asked Questions (HTML)
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Tools and Content Areas
Announcements
Creating Announcements (HTML)
Assessments
Clearing an Assessment Attempt (HTML)
New Question Types (PDF, WORD)
Assignments
Creating an Assignment (Word)
Grading an Assignment (Word)
Blogs
Using the Blog Tool (HTML, PDF)
Making the Blog Tool Available in a Class (PDF)
Copying Blogs & Wikis (PDF, Word)
Discussion Boards
Discussion Board Intro (PDF)
Tree and List View (PDF)
Elluminate
Using Elluminate (HTML)
Glossary
Using the Glossary (PDF)
Grade Center - New for Blackboard 8
Getting Started with Grade Center (PDF)
Grade Center Icons (PDF)
Letter Grades (PDF)
Groups
Creating and Managing Groups (HTML/SWF)
Podcasts
Using the Podcast Tool (HTML)
Turnitin Assignments in
Blackboard
Using Turnitin through Blackboard (PDF)
Wikis
Using the Wiki Tool (HTML)
Copying Blogs & Wikis (PDF, Word)
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