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Using the Content Editor

Use the controls in the Content Editor to format text as you would in a word processing program.

To learn more, view this Content Editor article.

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Downloading and Printing a Course Roster

You can download and print a course roster of your students, by following the instructions in the article and choosing “User Information Only”.

Click the article Download full or partial data from the Grade Center, to learn more

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Listing Enrolled Users

When you need to see a list of everyone enrolled in your course.

Click the article, How to create a list of enrolled users to learn more

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Student Enrollments in Blackboard

Student enrollments are loaded in Blackboard two weeks out before the first day of class. Records are then synced with Datatel twice a day to reflect the most current registration information.

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Adding Images to Questions or Answers in Blackboard Tests

Some test questions will require students to make a visual determination between images.

  1. Go to Control Panel and select Course ToolsControl Panel and Course Tools
  2. Select Tests, Surveys and Pools.
  3. Select Tests.Tests, Surveys, and Pools
  4. Choose to edit an existing test or click Build Test.
  5. If new test, enter a Name, optional Description and Instructions, then click Submit.
  6. Select question type
  7.  Click the insert photo icon
    Insert image
  8. Select photo from file location either saved to your computer or inside course. Click Insert.
  9. You have now inserted a photo into your test question. Click Submit.

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Collecting Posts in a Discussion Thread in Blackboard

If a thread contains many posts, you can reduce the list with the Collect function. After you collect posts, you can filter, sort, print, and tag them. You can also use the Collect function on the forum page to gather all the posts made to different threads.

To learn more, click this link to view the article on collecting posts in a discussion thread.

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Sending Email

You can use Blackboard’s email tool to send messages to all or selected users in your course. Any replies are sent to your ACC email address (@austincc.edu).

To learn more, view this Email article.

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Deploying Wikis in the Content Area

You must either deploy wikis to a Content Area or create a Tool Link to wikis for your students to access them.

To learn more, view the Add a wiki link to the course menu article, scroll to the bottom of the page.

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Creating a Wiki

Wikis allow course members to contribute and modify one or more pages of course-related materials and provide a means of sharing and collaboration. To get started, you need to create a wiki topic in your course. Your students and other course members can add pages to that topic.

To learn more, To learn more, view the wiki page scroll down to “Wiki topic page”.

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Sending Messages

In addition to sending email, you can send Messages to all or selected users. Messages only appear in Blackboard and are contained within each course.

To learn more, view this Send Messages article.

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