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FACULTY TUTORIALS FOR BLACKBOARD LEARN 9.1 ARE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BELOW.

Adaptive Release
Announcements
Attempts
Bb Collaborate Ultra
Copy (Import) Courses
Course Availability
Course Entry Point
Course Menu
Course Name
Discussion Boards

Tips:

  • To replicate the Q&A Forum in Moodle, use theÌýParticipants must create a thread in order to view other threads in this forumÌýoption under Forum Settings.
  • You can grade student participation in aÌýforumÌýas a whole, or you can grade eachÌýthread.
  • You can assign grades based onÌýstudent participation, on theÌýqualityÌýof their posts, or aÌýcombinationÌýof the two.Ìý
  • You can manuallyÌýchange the statusÌýof a post to unread.
  • You can manuallyÌýflag postsÌýto review again later or mark as important.
  • You canÌýcollectÌýposts to view them on one page and then filter or print the list.

Tutorials:

  • Ìý(text-based tutorial)
  • Ìý(video tutorial)

Email

Tips:

  • ÌýBb Learn does not keep a record of emails. Any email received from Bb Learn appears in your external email inbox.
  • If students are sending excessive email in the course or you want to turn off email for some other reason, you can disable the email tool in each course: >Course Management panel > Course Tools > Send email > Hide link.Ìý
  • Recipients of each email won't see the email addresses of other recipients.
  • Remember to include a subject line so that the email is sent successfully. If you leave the subject line blank, the message may not be delivered or could be marked as spam.

ÌýTutorials:

Global Navigation Menu

Grade Center

Student Preview

Tests and Quizzes

Tips:

  • Do not useÌýForce CompletionÌý>When the internet cuts out, even very briefly, the test ends, answers are submitted and the attempt cannot be re-opened. If a student is not done with the test when the internet glitches, he or she cannot re-start the attempt; a new attempt needs to be opened and the student has to re-answer all questions.
  • When using Auto SubmitÌý> students get no grace period to finish up and submit.
  • ChromeÌýis the preferred browser for Blackboard Learn; especially for taking tests
  • Before taking a test, students shouldÌýclear their cacheÌýand make sureÌýcookies are turned on.
  • By default, tests areÌýnot availableÌýto students when they are created.
  • Each test can be addedÌýonly onceÌýto a specific content area, learning module, or folder.Ìý
  • To access and edit all tests from one space: Control Panel > Course Tools > Tests
  • Students are notified about a test via theÌýMy Blackboard UpdatesÌýmodule.Ìý

Tutorials:

Rubrics

Tips:

Rubrics can be associated with assignments, blogs, journals, wikis, discussion board threads, and forums. Also test question types such as essays, file response and short answer.

Percentage based rubrics are more flexible that point based rubrics

Wikis

Tips:

  • Once a wiki is set forÌýgrading, it cannot be changed to no grading.
  • All pages created and edited by a specific student can be viewed underÌýParticipant's Contribution.

Tutorials:

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