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Working in the Course Environment

  Getting Started with Your Course Environment

Select the Page Where Users Enter Your Course

Adding a Banner to Your Course Entry Point

Creating a Blank Page (for displaying content) on the Course Menu

Uploading One or More Files to Your Course

Adding an Avatar to Personalize Your Course Environment

Building Course Content

Best Practices for Course Content

Using the Text Editor

Building a Learning Module

Creating a Lesson Plan

Adding a Glossary Term

Creating a Tool Link

Adding a URL

Creating a Mashup

Attaching Course Files to a Content Item

Tour the Course Files Feature

Setting Permissions

Turning Tool Availability On and Off

Changing the Course Language Pack

Changing the User Language Pack

Reporting and Course Utilities (Videos)

Turning On Statistics Tracking for a Content Item

Running a Report of All User Activity

Exporting a Course Package

Archiving a Course

Importing a Course Package

Content Collection (Videos)

Creating a Folder in the Content Collection

Uploading a Zipped Package to the Content Collection

Downloading Files in a Zipped Package from the Content Collection

Using the Discussion Board

Creating a Discussion Board Forum

Grading a Discussion Board Forum

Creating a Discussion Board Thread

Replying to a Discussion Board Thread

Grading a Discussion Board Thread

Searching the Discussion Board and Collecting Posts

Managing Discussion Board Roles

Moderating Discussion Board Forums

Managing Group Work

Creating a Group

Creating Group Sets

Blogs and Journals

Creating a Journal

Creating and Editing Journal Entries

Commenting on a Journal Entry

Creating a Blog

Creating and Editing Blog Entries

Commenting on a Blog Entry

Wikis

Creating a Wiki

Editing a Wiki Page

Linking Wiki Pages

Viewing a Wiki Page History

Grading a Wiki

Announcements and Scheduling

Creating Announcements

Creating a Course Task

Creating a Course Contact

Sending Email

How to Send and Receive Blackboard Course Messages

Grade Center

  Getting Started with the Grade Center

Customizing the Grade Center View

Creating Smart Views

Viewing Grade Details

Anonymous Grading

Creating a Grade Center Report

Creating a Grading Rubric

Associating a Rubric with a Gradable Item

Grading with Rubrics

Creating Calculated Grade Center Columns

Viewing and Downloading Grade History

Color Code the Grade Center

Working Offline with the Grade Center

Tests, Surveys, and Pools

Creating a Test

Setting Test Options (includes setting the timer for a test)

Reading Survey Results

Tour the Question Finder Feature

Exporting and Importing a Test or Survey

Uploading Test Questions from Microsoft® Excel

Creating a Fill in the Blank Question

Creating a Short Answer Question

Creating a True or False Question

Adding an Existing Question to a Test

Creating a Calculated Formula Question

Creating a Calculated Numeric Question

Creating an Essay Question

Creating a Fill in Multiple Blanks Question

Creating a Hot Spot Question

Creating a Jumbled Question

Creating a Likert Question

Creating a Multiple Answer Question

Creating a Multiple Choice Question

Creating an Ordering Question

Creating a Quiz Bowl Question

Building a Pool

Creating a Random Block and Adding It to a Test

Assignments

Using SafeAssign

Getting Started with Assignments

Student Performance

Performance Dashboard

Retention Center

Best Practices

Help your students succeed

End of Semester Checklist

 

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