Packback is a platform that helps improve students’ critical thinking through AI-powered inquiry-based learning communities and is integrated into ACC’s Blackboard Learning Management System. To add Packback to your Blackboard Course, follow the steps detailed below.
- From your Blackboard course menu, click the Add Menu Item icon (A) and from the drop-down menu, select Tool Link (B).
- In the Add Tool Link inset window, add a name for the link (“Packback”, for example, so students can easily locate the link) (A). From the Type drop-down list, select Packback (B). Check Available to Users so the link is visible to students, then click Submit (C).
- The Packback tool link is now visible in your course menu. Click on the link to launch the tool in a new browser tab.
- Review the Packback Resource Guide to follow the steps for connecting your course to a community, creating content, and setting up the gradebook. The guide also features links to other useful articles for implementing Packback within your course.
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