Getting Started
Customize Blackboard
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Customize Your Course List
Blackboard Learn (v9) users can determine what courses are listed under the "My Courses" section on the main Blackboard screen.
Hide or Show the Course Menu
When you access a course in Blackboard Learn (v9), the Course Menu appears down the left side of the screen. This menu provides links to the components of your course. You have the option to hide the Course Menu or to make it appear if it has been hidden. If you do not see the links that are normally part of the Course Menu, the menu is probably hidden.
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Editing a Course
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Turn Edit Mode On
Before you can make any changes to your course in Blackboard Learn (v9), you must make sure that Edit Mode has been turned on for that course. |
Assignments
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Create an Assignment Submission Module
In Blackboard Learn (v9), the Digital Dropbox is no longer available. To give students a way to submit assignments via Blackboard, faculty members can create an assignment that includes a Submission Module.
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Manage Your Course
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Add a Secondary Instructor
Instructors can use the Blackboard Toolbox to add a secondary instructor to a Blackboard Learn (v9) course.
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Hide and Unhide a Student
Instructors of a course have the option of making a course unavailable to a particular student using the Hide option. If an individual student is not able to access a course, the instructor should double check to make sure the student has not been hidden from the course.
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Delete a Course
Learn how to delete an existing course in Blackboard Learn (v9).
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Grade Center
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Access the Grade Center
In Blackboard Learn (v9), faculty members will enter and maintain grades using the Grade Center.
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Grade Center - Electronically Submitting Grades to the Registrar's Office
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Tool Availability
The tool that allows you to submit grades electronically to the Registrar's Office should automatically be available for each of your courses. To make sure it is or to enable it if it is not, requires you check the Tool Availability screen.
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Step 1 - Option 1: Manually Enter Letter Grades
There are two ways to get your final letter grades into the Blackboard Grade Center. One is to create a column and then manually type in the letter grades for each student. This method can be used even if you do not use the Grade Center to record grades.
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Step 1 - Option 2: Calcuate the Letter Grades
The second way you can get your final letter grades into the Blackboard Grade Center is to create a column that calculates the letter grade for you based on scores entered and stored in the Grade Center.
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Step 2: Submit Your Grades to the Registrar's Office
Once your letter grades are in the Blackboard Grade Center, you can easily submit them electronically to the Registrar's Office.
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Discussion Board
The TechClips for the Discussion Board were created using Blackboard version 7, but the instructions they provide work the same in Blackboard Learn v(9).
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Create a Discussion Forum
Learn how to create a Discussion Board Forum.
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Discussion Board Access Options
Setup direct links to discussion board forums to make them more easier to access.
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Discussion Board View Options
Experience the difference between Tree and List views. Both allow you to read and reply to posts, but they have their own look and feel.
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Thread Status
There are five status options for a thread. Learn about these five options and how to use them.
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Forum Grading
Grade discussion forums at the forum level.
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Thread Grading
Learn to grade discussions forums at the thread level.
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Peer Review
Enable Peer Review for a forum. This allows students to review and rate the work of other students. Reviewers can also leave comments about the post.
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Working with Blackboard Communities
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Create a Blackboard Community
There are several types of Blackboard communities that can be created. Learn about the different types and how to create them.
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