Job Aids and Tutorials for Faculty
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Blackboard
Setting up your Course Shell
- Setting Course Availability
- Creating Banners for your Blackboard Course
- Recycling a Shell from a Previous Semester for Reuse
Developing your Content Areas
- Adding a Folder to a Content Area (video tutorial)
- Adding an Item to a Content Area (video tutorial)
- Adding an External Link to a Content Area (video tutorial)
- Adding a Course Link to a Content Area (video tutorial)
Creating & Grading Assignments
- Creating Assignments using the Assignment Manager (job aid)
- Creating Assignments using the Assignment Manager (video tutorial)
- Grading Assignments Submitted via the Assignment Manager (job aid)
- Grading Assignments submitted via the Assignment Manager (video tutorial)
Communication Tools
Tests
Grading Discussions (New with the Enterprise Upgrade!)
Performance Dashboard (New with the Enterprise Upgrade!)
Adptive Release (New with the Enterprise Upgrade!)
Note: Adaptive release provides controls to release content to students based on a set of rules provided by the Instructor.
- Setting Basic Adaptive Release Conditions for Blackboard Elements
- Setting Advanced Adaptive Release Conditions for Blackboard Elements
- Review Status & User Progress
Early Warning System (New with the Enterprise Upgrade!)
Note: The Early Warning System gives instructors the opportunity to monitor student progress in a course and alert them to possible performance problems.
- Setting a Grade Rule
- Setting a Due Date Rule
- Setting a Last Access Rule
- Refreshing Early Warning System Rules, Reviewing Warnings, & Sending Notifications to Students
TurnItIn Integration (New with the Enterprise Upgrade!)
SoftChalk Integration(New with the Enterprise Upgrade!)
Smart Classroom
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