Blackboard®

What is Blackboard®?

Blackboard® is Clemson University’s Learning Management System that instructors can use to deliver course content, communicate with students, enable student interaction, and provide on-line assignments and assessments.  Whether the course is taught face to face, fully online, or as a hybrid, instructors can use Blackboard® to more fully engage students in learning activities while reducing some of the administrative overhead of managing a class.

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Is there a cost associated with Blackboard®?

Clemson licenses Blackboard® for use in all areas of activity–teaching, research, and public service.  There is no charge to the users.

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How do I access Blackboard®?

At Clemson, Blackboard® is also called MyCLE.  Blackboard® is accessible from the Current Student Homepage or the Faculty Homepage or the CCIT Homepage.   Blackboard® can be accessed directly at http://bb.clemson.edu. You must have a current Clemson UserID to log in.  Blackboard® will automatically provide you lists of courses, workgroups and resources that are available to you.

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How do I use Blackboard®?

Listed below are a number of tutorials, guides and manuals that can help you learn about the features of Blackboard®.

Blackboard® Resources for Employees Quick Start Guides User Manuals Course Building Assignments Assessments Communication Tools Special Topics

Blackboard® Resources for Students Getting Started User Manuals Assignments Content System

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Frequently Asked Questions

An extensive collection of FAQs is available on the Blackboard® Resources site as well as from the FAQs tab inside Blackboard®.  Blackboard® offers a support website containing reference and self-study materials. You must create a user account to gain access at http://behind.Blackboard.com.

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Do we offer Instructor-Led training for Blackboard®?

Yes. CCIT currently offers instructor-led training for employees. Please view our training calendar to register for these available classes. You can also request consultation from Blackboard® trainers and instructional designers.  Request a consultation by emailing ITHELP@clemson.edu. Click the links below to download any class handouts. 

 

Blackboard® Administration Customizing your Blackboard® Course Menus (.DOC) (.PDF) Blackboard® Course Setup Tool (.DOC) (.PDF) Saving & Reusing your Course (.PPT) (.PDF) Blackboard® Course Webspace (.DOC) (.PDF)

Blackboard® Communication Chat (.DOC) (.PDF) Email (.DOC) (.PDF) Wikis (.DOC) (.PDF) Blogs (.DOC) (.PDF) Creating an Event in the Course Calendar (.DOC) (.PDF) Creating an Announcement (.DOC) (.PDF)

Developing your Blackboard® Course Creating an Online Syllabus (.DOC) (.PDF) Staff Information (.DOC) (.PDF) Organizing Course Materials (.DOC) (.PDF) Uploading Documents & Assignments (.DOC) (.PDF) Creating & Grading Assignments (.DOC) (.PDF) Turnitin® Assignments (.DOC) (.PDF) Loading Adobe® Presenter Files into Blackboard® from PowerPoint® 2003 (.DOC) (.PDF) Loading Adobe® Presenter Files into Blackboard® from PowerPoint® 2007 (.DOC) (.PDF) Loading Camtasia Files into Blackboard® (.DOC) (.PDF) Groups in Blackboard® (.DOC) (.PDF) Blackboard® Content Collection (.DOC) (.PDF)

Blackboard® Assessment Blackboard® Assessment (.DOC) (.PDF) Creating a Random Block Test (.DOC) (.PDF) Blackboard® Question Pools (.DOC) (.PDF) Deploying a Blackboard® Test (.DOC) (.PDF) Gradebook Basics (.DOC) (.PDF) Downloading the Blackboard® Gradebook (.DOC) (.PDF) Uploading Grades to the Blackboard® Gradebook (.DOC) (.PDF)

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What are the system requirements for using Blackboard®?

Review the Blackboard® System Requirements on the Blackboard® login page to ensure that you are using a supported web browser that contains the correct Java browser plug-ins. 

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Additional Blackboard® Resources

Additional Blackboard Resources can be found by searching the internet for the topic you are interested in.  For example, if you are interested in the Blackboard Gradebook, do a Google search for "Blackboard Gradebook".

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