Faculty Tutorials - Center for Teaching and Learning

Blackboard Resources

• Getting Bb Setup for the First Time
• Blackboard Basics
• Blackboard Quick Tip  Videos
• Respondus test converter (free trial)
• Blackboard Critical Thinking Assessment
• Proctorio for Faculty

Blackboard Tutorials For Faculty

Getting Started with Blackboard

• Quick Start for Blackboard Learn
• Setting Up Blackboard Courses
• Customizing the Course List
• Creating Announcements
• Creating a Course Contact
• Sending Email
• Student Preview

Course Content

• Getting Started with Course Content
• Using the Text Editor
• How to Paste Text from Microsoft Word into a Blackboard Textbox
• Creating Learning Modules
• Creating a Tool Link
• Attaching Course Files to a Content Item
• Explore the Course Files Feature
• Adding a Banner to Your Course Entry Point
• How to upload a document to Blackboard

User Managment

• Make Dropped Students Unavailable in Course

Course Managment

• Performance Dashboard
• Retention Center

Export/Archive Course Content

• Archiving your Course
• Exporting (and Archive) a Course Package

Reporting and Course Utilities

• Turning On Statistics Tracking for a Content Item
• Running Course Reports
• Student Activity Details

Discussion Board

• Creating Discussion Boards
• Grading Discussion Boards
• Removing Multiple Discussion Board Posts

Wikis, Blogs, and Journals

• Creating Journals
• Grading Journals
• Creating Blogs
• Grading Blog Entries
• Creating a Wiki
• Grading a Wiki

Group Work

• Creating a Group
• Managing Groups

Assignments

• Creating a SafeAssign Assignment
• Interpreting SafeAssign Results
• Creating Assignments
• Grading Assignments
• Downloading Assignments

Tests, Surveys, and Pools

• Creating a Test
• Test and Survey Results
• Create Tests and Surveys
  • Question Settings
  • Test and Survey Options
  • Deploying Tests
• Import or Export Tests, Surveys, and Pools
• Overview of Blackboard Test Question Types
  • Creating a Fill in the Blank Question
  • Creating a Short Answer Question
  • Creating a Matching Question
  • Creating a True or False Question
  • Adding an Existing Question to a Test
  • Creating a Calculated Formula Question
  • Creating a Calculated Numeric Question
  • Creating an Essay Question
  • Creating a Fill in Multiple Blanks Question
  • Creating a Hot Spot Question
  • Creating a Jumbled Question
  • Creating an Opinion Scale/Likert Question
  • Creating a Multiple Answer Question
  • Creating a Multiple Choice Question
  • Creating an Ordering Question
  • Creating a Quiz Bowl Question
• Uploading Test Questions (Text/Excel file)
• Editing Tests and Questions
• Reusing Test Questions
• Question Pools
• Random Blocks

Grade Center 

• Creating a Midterm Calculated Column in Blackboard
• Adding a Letter Grade to the Midterm Column in Bb
• Bb Grade Center Scrolling on the iPad (Video)
• Bb Grade Center Scrolling on the iPad (Text)
• Download Gradebook to Open Spreadsheet
• Getting Started with the Grade Center
  • Navigating the Grade Center
  • Customizing the Grade Center Interface
    • Smart Views
    • Categories
    • Color Code Grade Data
    • Grading Periods
    • Grading Schema
• Creating a Grade Center Reports
• Creating a Grading Rubric
• Using Grading Rubrics
• Deleting/Editing a Rubric (Watch in Full Screen)
• Overview of Grading Tasks
  • Assign Grades
  • Calculate Grades
  • Curve Grades
  • Extra Credit
  • Needs Grading
  • Override Grades
  • Viewing Grade Details
  • Working Offline with the Grade Center

Course Schedule Templates

• VU Blackboard Course Evaluation Rubric (rev 6-15) (PDF)
• VU Critical Thinking Rubric (PDF)
• 8 week Course schedule template (.dotx template)
• 10 week Course schedule template (.dotx template)
• 16 week Course schedule template (.dotx template) | (PDF example)