On this page you will find a variety of resources to help you get started or solve problems in Blackboard. If you have additional questions not answered here, don't hesitate to contact the Help Desk (see left sidebar).
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What's new in Blackboard 9: Migration Guide
This short guide and presentation will explain the differences between Blackboard 8 and Blackboard 9. |
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Getting Started with Blackboard
This short video provides you with an overview of Blackboard 9. |
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Course Coordinator List
In order to get a course shell created in Blackboard, your course needs to be flagged in ISIS. This PDF lists the department coordinator contacts. (Updated October 2011) |
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How to do a Course Copy
This resource describes how to do a course copy of content from a previous course to a current course. |
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Request a Course Copy or Multiple Section Merge
Use this online form to request a course copy or request to have several sections merged. Note: You may choose to complete course copies yourself by following the guide above. |
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Course Checklist
Use this checklist to guide your planning of your new course. |
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| Blackboard 9 Basics |
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Make Your Course Available
This resource describes how to make your course available to students. |
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Editing Your Course Menu
This resource describes how to edit your course menu. |
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Adding a Course Banner
This resource describes how to add a course banner to the announcement page. |
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Adding Your Course Syllabus
This video describes how to add a course syllabus to Blackboard.? |
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Adding Basic Content
This resource describes how to add basic content to your course including links, files and blank content pages. |
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Organizing, Copying, Moving and Deleting Content Items
This resource describes how to manage content items. |
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Embeding YouTube Videos and other Web Content
This resource provides directions for embeding content using the mashup features as well as basic HTML. |
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Using the "Paste from Word" Mashup Tool
If you plan on copying and pasting content from Microsoft Word into the Blackboard text editor, it is important to use the "Paste from Word" mashup tool to avoid formatting issues and HTML errors. This guide describes how to use the tool. |
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Importing a Course Cartridge
If your publisher provides course cartridges to be used with Blackboard, the following guide provides step-by-step directions on how to install zipped course cartridges. |
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| Grade Center |
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General Grade Center Overview
This video walks users through a general overview of the grade center. It is great as a refresher and for those just getting started. |
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Adding, Hiding, or Removing Grade Columns
This resource provides directions for creating and modifying grade center columns. |
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Grade Center and Excel
This resource provides directions for downloading and uploading Excel documents in the Grade Center for offline use. |
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Performance Dashboard
This resource describes how to access the performance dashboard for monitoring class participation. |
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Blackboard's Grade Center Manual
This PDF is everything you need to know about the grade center. It has a nice table of contents for quickly finding what you need. |
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| Assignments |
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Creating an Assignment
This resource describes how to create an assignment. |
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Safe Assign (Instructors)
This resource describes how to create a safe assignment used for detecting plagiarism. |
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Safe Assign (Students)
This resources describes how students submit assignments through the Safe Assignment link. |
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| Discussion Boards |
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Using the Discussion Board
This resource describes how to make forums and threads within Blackboard. |
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Grading Discussion Boards
This resource describes how to grade discussion boards using the Blackboard Grade Center. |
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| Blogs and Journals |
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Creating a Blog
This resource describes how to create a blog within Blackboard. |
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Creating Journals
This resource describes how to create journals within Blackboard. |
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Commenting on a Blog or Journal
This resource describes how to add comments to blogs and journals in Blackboard. |
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| Wikis |
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Creating a New Wiki
This resource describes how to create a new wiki within Blackboard. |
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Creating Wiki Pages
This resource describes how to add new pages to your wiki. |
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Adding Content to a Wiki Page
This resource describes how to add content to wiki pages. |
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Using the Mashup Feature in a Wiki
This resource describes how to embed a mashup item into a wiki. |
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| Communication |
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Course Announcements
This resource describes how to create annoucements in your course. |
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Email Function within Blackboard
This resource describes how to use the email function within Blackboard. |
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| Configure Panopto For Lecture Capture in Blackboard (AMC only) |
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Adding Audio Announcements
This resource describes how to add an audio file to the announcement area of your course. This process can also be applied in almost any other area of a course as well. |
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| Assessment |
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Creating Rubrics within Blackboard
This resources describes how to use the rubric tool within Blackboard. |
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Linking a Rubric to an Assignment in Blackboard
This resource describes how to link a rubric to assignments, blogs, wikis, and journals in Blackboard. ? |
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Creating a Test
This resource describes how to create a test. Also see, Tips for Deploying Tests below. |
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Resetting Test Attempts
This resource describes how to reset a test attempt for students. |
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Tips for Deploying Tests in Blackboard
Once your test is created, this resource describes how to manage settings and deploy the test in a course.? |
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| Groups |
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Creating Self-Enroll Groups
This resource describes how to make groups that make it possible for students to self-enroll themselves into a group. |
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Creating Manual Enroll Groups
This resource describes how to create groups and manually enroll students into them. |
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Creating Group Sets
This resource describes how to create sets of groups (self-enroll, manual enroll and random) which will save time when creating many groups. |
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Student Guide to Using Self-Enroll Groups
This resource guides students through the self-enroll process. Instructors may download this guide and repost for students. |
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Viewing Groups: Students and Instructors
This resource describes how students and instructors view groups that have been set up. |
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| Maintenance / Trouble Shooting |
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Recommended Web Browsers
The following includes a list of supported web browsers and browser versions. If you are having problems with displaying content, please review this document. |
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Download Firefox
Firefox is the preferred browser for use with Blackboard. Use this link to download Firefox. |
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| Communities / Organizations |
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Make a Request for a New Organization
Use this online form to request a new organization to be created in Blackboard. |
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Managing Users in an Organization
This guide will describe how community leaders can easily manage users in their organizations.
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| Additional Resources from Blackboard |
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Blackboard Tutorials: Understanding and Building Your Course |
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| Blackboard Tutorials: Communicating and Collaborating |
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| Blackboard Tutorials: Assessing Learners |
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| Student Resources |
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Introduction to Blackboard 9
This video introduces students to the layout and general design of Blackboard 9. |
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Using SafeAssign
This resource describes how to submit a SafeAssignment. |
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Blackboard Tutorials: For Students
Blackboard provides many tutorials for students just getting started in Blackboard 9. |
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Recommended Web Browsers
This is the official support list from Blackboard. We recommend using Firefox. |
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Blackboard Learn Mobile
For information on the free Blackboard Learn Mobile app, please visit the Blackboard Mobile site. |
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