Employee Blackboard Resources

Blackboard® Employee Tutorials

Quick Start Guides

  • Collaboration (.PDF)
  • Creating Course Content (.PDF)
  • Early Warning System (.PDF)
  • Keeping Students Informed (.PDF)
  • Measuring Student Performance (.PDF)
  • Organizing Your Course (.PDF)
  • Presenting Content (.PDF)
  • Reusing and Reorganizing Courses (.PDF)
  • Reusing and Reorganizing Portfolios (.PDF)
  • Universal Design (.PDF)
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User Manuals

  • Faculty Release Notes (.PDF)
  • Instructor Manual (.PDF)
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Course Building

  • Modifying Course Design (.SWF)
  • Course Setup Tool Help (.HTM)
  • Saving PowerPoint Presentations as a Web Page(.SWF)
  • Importing a Website (.SWF)
  • Building a Learning Unit (.SWF)
  • Library eReserves (.HTM)
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Assignments

  • Working With Assignments (.SWF)
  • Creating An Assignment (.SWF)
  • Grading Assignments (.SWF)
  • Turnitin Instructor Manual
  • Turnitin Student Manual
  • Turnitin Originality Reporting Guide (.HTM)
  • Digital Dropbox vs. the Assignment Tool (.SWF)
  • Using the Digital Dropbox (.SWF)
  • Podcasting through Blackboard
    • PodcastLX Tutorial (.SWF)
    • Managing a Podcast (.PDF)
    • Creating a Podcast Episode (.PDF)
    • Subscribing to a Podcast (.PDF)
    • Podcast LX Online Help (.HTM)
  • Blogging through Blackboard
    • JournalLX Tutorial (.SWF)
    • Creating a Private Journal (.PDF)
    • Creating an Individual or Group Blog (.PDF)
    • Contributing to a Blog (.PDF)
    • Viewing and Adding Comments to a Blog (.PDF)
    • Searching for Blog Entries (.PDF)
    • Journal LX Online Help (.HTM)
  • Building Wikis in Blackboard
    • TeamsLX Tutorial (.SWF)
    • Creating a Wiki (.PDF)
    • Contributing to a Wiki (.PDF)
    • Viewing and Adding Comments (.PDF)
    • Viewing Wiki History (.PDF)
    • Monitoring Participation (.PDF)
    • Teams LX Online Help (.HTM)
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Assessments

  • Early Warning System (.SWF)
  • Gradebook Icons (.SWF)
  • Weighting Grades in Blackboard (.SWF)
  • Modifying Items for Grade Weighting (.SWF)
  • Respondus Test and Survey Authoring Tool (.HTM)
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Communication Tools

  • Create an Announcement (.SWF)
  • Managing and Moderating Users (.SWF)
  • Rating and Grading Discussion Boards (.SWF)
  • An Overview of the Discussion Board (.SWF)
  • Engaging Students in Discussion Boards (.SWF)
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Special topics

  • Course Roles (.SWF)
  • Create Groups (.SWF)
  • Making Content Available to Students with Disabilities (.SWF)
  • Blackboard Best Practices: Field Lengths (.SWF)
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