Blackboard 9.1 Documentation and Interactive Videos
Blackboard 9.1 offers significant enhancements in the functionality as well as interface design to the users. In addition to the documentation in PDF format you will find short interactive video tutorials from Blackboard.
Blackboard 9.1 Checklists
The Beginning of the Semester Checklist will assist you in customizing your course design, turning off unnecessary tools, making the course available, and initiating communication. The tasks on the checklist will help to ensure that your class if ready for student access.
The End of the Semester Checklist will help you wrap-up your course on Blackboard with end of the semester maintenance tips.
Blackboard 9.1 Quick Reference Guide
This 8-page long Blackboard 9.1 Quick Reference Guide contains almost all the information included in our Blackboard 9.1 Training Materials and Tip Sheets.
Blackboard 9.1 Quick Reference
Blackboard 9.1 Training Materials
Blackboard 9.1 Start-Up
Blackboard 9.1 Assessment (Evaluation) Tools
Blackboard 9.1 Interactive Tools
Blackboard 9.1 Grade Center
Blackboard 9.1 - Tip Sheets and Interactive Videos
Basics of Blackboard 9.1
Blackboard What, How, When, and Where?
Interface of Blackboard 9.1
Interface of Course Site
Edit Mode
Control Panel
Course Framework Customization and Design
Tip Sheets
- Getting Started with the Course Environment
- Customizing the Functional Settings (e.g. course name, course availability)
- Customizing the Framework and Design (e.g. style, banner, & course entry point)
- Checking the Course Menu and Tools
- Copying Your Course
Interactive Videos
- Making Tools Available to Student
- Turning Tool Availability On and Off
- Adding a Banner to Your Course Entry Point
User Management
Tip Sheets
- Viewing Your Roster
- Enrolling Students
- Removing Students
- Getting Started with Groups
- Setting Up Groups
Interactive Videos
Course Content Management
Tip Sheets
- Getting Started with Course Content
- Creating Your Contact Information
- Uploading Course Syllabus
- Adding a Content Area to your Course Menu
- Adding Content to Course Documents
- Uploading Files into Blackboard
- Building a Glossary
- Creating a Shortcut to Tools in the Content Area
- Moving Items in the Course Content Area
Interactive Videos
- A Tour of the New Course Files Feature
- Attaching Course Files to a Content Item
- Adding your Own Web Content Through Course Files
- Creating a Blank Page for Displaying Content on the Course Menu
- Using the Text Editor
- Building a Learning Module
- Adding a Glossary
- Adding Textbook Information
- Creating a Blank Page
- Creating a Tool Link
- Creating a Mash-Up
- Creating Multiple Rules to Release a Content Item
Communication and Interactive Tools
Tip Sheets
- Interactive Tools Overview
- Posting an Announcement
- Virtual Classroom and Chat (Office Hours)
- Setting up / grading in a Discussion Board
- Elluminate Learning Suite
- Journals
- Blogs
- Wikis
- Sending Email
- Sending Messages
- Course Calendar
Interactive Videos
- Creating Announcements
- Sending E-mail
- Creating a Course Contact
- Grade a Discussion Board Forum
- Grade a Discussion Board Thread
- Creating a Blog
- Commenting on a Blog
- Creating a Journal
- Commenting on a Journal Entry
- Creating a wiki
- Grading a wiki
Evaluation/Assignment Tools
Tip Sheets
- Getting Started with Assignments
- Evaluation Tools Overview
- Enabling Review Status
- Tracking Detailed Usage Statistics
- Accessing Course Reports
- Performance Dashboard
- Early Warning System
- Getting Started with Building a Test
- Creating Test/Survey in Blackboard 9.1
- Assignment Manager
- Rubrics
Interactive Videos
- Downloading Assignments
- Creating a True or False Question
- Creating a Multiple Choice Question
- Creating a Multiple Answer Question
- Creating a Matching Question
- Creating a Fill in the Blank Question
- Creating a Fill in Multiple Blanks Question
- Creating a Short Answer Question
- Creating an Essay Question
- Creating a Calculated Formula Question
- Creating a Calculated Numeric Question
- Exporting and Importing a Test or Survey
- Adding an Existing Question to a Test
- Building a Pool
- Tagging Questions for Reuse
- Running a Report of User Activity
- Importing a Course Package
Plagiarism Detection
- SafeAssignment through Blackboard
- SafeAssign by Blackboard Instructor Manual
- SafeAssign Instructor Guide
Grade Management Tools (Grade Center)
Tip Sheets
- Getting Started with the Grade Center
- Grade Center Overview
- Setting Up / Customizing the Grade Center
- Adding Grades
- Adding Comments to a Grade
- Adding and Calculating Extra Credit
- Weighted Grades
- Creating Categories
- Changing Grading Scale
- Creating a Certain View of the Grade Center (Filter & Smart Views)
- Sending Email through the Grade Center
Interactive Videos
- Customizing the Grade Center
- Creating Smart Views
- Early Warning System - Creating a Grade Rule
- Viewing Grade Details
- Anonymous Grading
- Creating Grading Notes
- Creating a Grade Center Reports
- Grading Assessments Question by Question
- Viewing and Downloading Grade History
- Color Coding the Grade Center
- Work Offline in the Grade Center