Faculty - Tips & Tricks
Whether you are a new or seasoned user of Blackboard, you are sure to find some useful tips and tricks, including best practices, among the following.
- Learning How to Use Blackboard (updated for Bb 9.1)
- Requesting a Blackboard Course (updated for Bb 9.1)
- Merged Course Sections (new for Bb 9.1)
- Customizing a Course (updated for Bb 9.1)
- Troubleshooting Problems with Blackboard (updated for Bb 9.1)
- Basic Content Collection (updated for Bb 9.1)
- Advanced Content Collection
- Adding Content to a Blackboard Course (updated for Bb 9.1)
- Basic Communications (announcements, Email, and messages) (updated for Bb 9.1)
- Discussion Boards (updated for Bb 9.1)
- Blackboard Assignments vs Turnitin Assignments (new for Bb 9.1)
- Assignments (updated for Bb 9.1)
- Turnitin Assignments (updated for Bb 9.1)
- Turnitin's GradeMark
- Turnitin's PeerMark
- Tests & Surveys (updated for Bb 9.1)
- Respondus LockDown Browser (custom browser providing a secure testing environment) (updated for Bb 9.1)
- Grade Center (updated for Bb 9.1)
- Blackboard Management (download Grade Center, archive course, export/import course content) (updated for Bb 9.1)
- Formatting PowerPoint Presentations for use in Blackboard (now with PowerPoint 2010 instructions)
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