Blackboard 1: Customizing your Blackboard Coursesite

1. Read the Blackboard 1 tutorial (linked at bottom of page)
2. Login to your Blackboard Course Site
3. Refer to this final page of this tutorial where tasks are linked to explanation.
4. Complete Task 1-7
5. Click on the button at the end of the task page to to take a short assessment, complete an evaluation and be issued a certificate of completion.

Overview of Tasks for Blackboard 1:

  Task 1 : Change the background and text color from the generic green background and white text.  
   
  Task 2 : Change the name of the button from "Staff Information" to "Faculty Information"  
   
  Task 3 : Add a Content Button named "Reading List" and order it first on your menu panel  
   
  Task 4 : Add an External Link to the Testing Center Web Site (http://www.austincc.edu/testctr) and call it Testing Information.  
     
 

Task 5: Complete all information in the preformatted "Tools" sections of your Blackboard Coursesite

  • Enter your staff information
  • Add an Announcement
  • Add one entry to the Calendar
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      Task 6: Create 4 folders within Course Documents Content Area of your course  
         
      Task 7: Add an item to one of the folders for example: Type in a short paragraph representing a syllabus.  
       
     
    Click here to begin the tutorial