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The First Steps 12
- Instructor access to a course in Blackboard
- Assign TA
- How Administrators Add Instructors to Courses
- Log in to your course in Blackboard
- Post a file to share with your students
- Make your course available
- Announce your course is available
- Create announcement
- Change the background design of your course
- Create an avatar
- Review the list of participants in your course
- View the last time students logged into your course
Discussion Boards 11
- Make a discussion board a graded assignment
- Edit discussion board to make a graded assignment
- Set-up a discussion board
- Participate in a discussion board
- Grade discussion board participation
- Post link to a Discussion Board
- Subscribe to a Discussion Board forum
- Delete student's post
- Edit forum settings to allow students to delete their own post
- Edit discussion board to make it "post first"
- Collect Discussion Boards posts on one page
Blackboard Email 4
- Set up Blackboard email
- Turn off student email option
- Sending an email to your entire class in Blackboard
- Check your email address for Blackboard
Course Menu 14
- Add Faculty Information to your course menu
- Remove an area from the course menu
- Change the name of an area in the course menu
- Reorder course menu (drag and drop method)
- Reorder course menu (button method)
- Add content area to course menu
- Add blank page to course menu
- Add tool link to course menu
- Add web link to course menu
- Add course link to course menu
- Add module page to course menu
- Add a subheader to course menu
- Hide area in course menu
- Add divider to course menu
Grade Center 12
- Create a column in the Grade Center
- Grade student submitted assignment
- Reorder grade center columns
- Delete a column in the grade center
- Hide grade column from students
- Download list of students
- Bulk download of assignments from the grade center
- Create a grade center category
- Assign a category to a grade center column
- Assign weights for final grades
- Create smart view
- Send Reminder
Inline Grading in Blackboard (Using Box) 1
- New Box View Inline Grading in Blackboard
Turnitin 6
- Bulk download of Turnitin assignments through Blackboard
- Bulk upload of assignments to Turnitin
- Check for potential plagiarism with Turnitin
- Review assignment in Turnitin
- Review Originality Report on Turnitin
- Use Turnitin to check an individual student's submission
Users and Groups 4
- Create a "group set" in which instructor assigns students
- Delete group from your course
- Edit group to not allow student group members to create forum
- Make a group discussion forum a graded assignment
SafeAssign 3
- Create a SafeAssign assignment
- Review a student's SafeAssign submission through the Grade Center
- Direct submit a SafeAssign assignment
Kaltura (Streaming Video, Audio, Images) 13
- Download Kaltura Capture
- What is Kaltura Capture?
- How to Record with Kaltura Capture
- Set your Video and Audio settings in Kaltura Capture
- Upload Media to Kaltura via Blackboard
- Editing Captions
- Add Kaltura Media to Blackboard discussion board
- Add Kaltura media using Blackboard's Tool option
- Use Blackboard's Mashups Tool to link to Kaltura Media
- Create a quiz
- Request Captioning
- Use Kaltura Analytics to view media statistics
- Convert a PowerPoint presentation to an MP4
VoiceThread (VT) in Blackboard 14
- Add a VoiceThread link to your course
- Create a VoiceThread based on a PowerPoint presentation (using Blackboard integration)
- Create VoiceThread that is a graded assignment
- Add media from your computer
- Add media from media sources
- Add media using a webcam photo
- Add media using webcam video
- Add media from a URL
- Type a text comment
- Make a comment using your phone
- Record an audio comment
- Record a video comment
- Upload a comment
- Reorder your students' comments
Student Preview 4
- Turn student preview on
- Turn student preview off
- Use Student Preview to submit an assignment
- Grade assignment submitted through student preview
Course Content Area 19
- Add item to course content area
- Add file to course content area
- Add file from content collection to course content area
- Add audio to course content area
- Add blank page
- Add module page
- Add content folder
- Add image to course content area
- Add video to course content area
- Add Web Link to course content area
- Add learning module to course content area
- Add lesson plan to course content area
- Add syllabus (create syllabus in Blackboard) to course content area
- Add syllabus (use existing syllabus) to course content area
- Add course link to course content area
- Create mashup item - Flickr
- Create mashup item - Youtube
- Create mashup item - SlideShare Presentation
- Drag and Drop Files
Assignment Manager 4
- Create an assignment
- Change grading option
- Turn SafeAssign on
- Allow multiple attempts for an assignment
Journal 1
- Grade journal entry
Assessment 6
- Create a rubric
- How to Create a Test
- Make your test available
- How to Set Test Availability Exceptions
- Requiring Respondus LockDown Browser
- Requiring Respondus LockDown Browser and Monitor
Blackboard Collaborate Ultra 8
- Getting started with a Collaborate Ultra Session
- Collaborate Ultra Layout
- Editing Audio/Video Settings
- Presenting Content
- Making a Student a Presenter
- Start Breakout Groups
- Move Participants to Another Breakout Group
- End Breakout Groups
Customize Home Page 6
- Change home page theme
- Rearrange modules
- Group courses by term
- Change order of courses
- Hide courses from homepage
- Display announcements under the course name
Calendar 7
- Set up calendars
- Add all day event
- Add repeating event
- Change calendar view
- Hide calendar
- Change colors of calendar
- Sync Blackboard Calendar to Google Calendar
Miscellaneous 24
- Change the title of your course
- Spell check in Blackboard
- Move content within the same course in Blackboard
- Review statistics for Blackboard survey results
- Add an event to the calendar
- Create a folder
- Locate official Blackboard course ID and course name
- Export a course
- Archive a course
- Common Cartridge Format
- Copy course
- Add HTML code to a Blackboard item
- Embed a YouTube video into a course
- Import a course
- Retrieve exam using Respondus 4.0
- Check browser compliance
- Add a web link in a text box.
- Hide your course menu
- Add an Instagram Feed to Your Blackboard Course
- View your roster
- Post link to a Blog
- Adding Lynda Content
- Using Blackboard on Mobile Device with Browser
- Updating Your First Name in Blackboard
Course Management 8
- Manage tool availability
- Change course entry
- Change name of your course
- Schedule availability of course content
- Change duration of your course
- Customize course structure
- Customize teaching style numbers for RU colors
- Add a banner to your course
Quick Connect and Qwickly Attendance 15
- Make your course available with Quick Connect
- Send an email to students in multiple courses
- Post announcement in multiple courses
- Post content
- Needs grading
- Getting Started with Qwickly Attendance
- How do I Edit Qwickly Settings?
- Taking Attendance
- Default Styles in Qwickly?
- Setting up the Grading Options in Qwickly
- How do I Modify the Attendance Status in Qwickly?
- How to set up the Student Check In Feature in Qwickly?
- What is the Absence Email Alert Feature in Qwickly and How Do I set it up?
- How do I View my Qwickly Attendance Record?
- How do I Export my Qwickly Attendance Record?
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