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Blackboard 8 Overview

Grade Center at-a-glance

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Printable Guides

Blackboard Quickstart The basics: start here.

  1. Bb1 Add Content
  2. Bb2 Manage Users, Questions Pools and Test
  3. Bb3 Manage Email, Grades and Reports using Grade Center
  4. Bb4 Manage and Grade Discussion Board
  5. Bb5 Learning Units, Adaptive Release, Self and Peer Assessments.
  6. Adding Assignments

=>If you use online discussions, print this detailed Discussion Board Guide (20 pgs)

 

Additional Resources

Course Design & Development

Technology Resources

newBlackboard Instructor Manual

newExport/Import course materials
If you want to save materials from your old Blackboard 6 courses to be able to then use them in new Blackboard 8 courses, you will have to do the following: Instructions

Online Self-paced Tutorials

  1. Bb1 Add Content
  2. Bb2 Manage Users, Question Pools and Tests
  3. Bb3 Manage Email, Grades in Grade Center
  4. Bb4 Discussion Board
  5. Bb5 Learning Units, Adaptive Release, Self and Peer assessment

A Certificate of Completion is provided with a final Quiz score of 80% or greater and can be submitted to appropriate supervisors for Professional Development hours approval

Contact the Instructional Design Specialist on your campus for additional help.


Frequently Asked Questions FAQ's

Technical Troubleshooting

  • Is Blackboard Text Box Editor compatible with Internet Explorer 7?
  • When I add grades or change a column, the Grade Center doesn't seem to save my changes. How do I correct this?
  • I can't see the scroll bar in the Grade Center with Firefox or IE.

  • Training

    Grade Center

  • How do I reset a student's quiz attempt?
  • How do I add and remove a grade column?
  • How do I print out a roster in Excel?

    General

  • How do I add another instructor to my course?
  • How do I set the availablility of a course site?
  • How do I customize my course menu?
  • How do I remove old courses from the My Courses menu?
  • How do I add images to an assessment?
  • How do I add a course banner?
  • How do I enable guest access?
  • How do I import a course cartridge?

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