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Viewing a Wiki’s Page History

A wiki topic page is the home page where all other wiki pages are collected. The home page is automatically displayed first when a student visits the wiki, this is where you will find the wiki history.

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

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Deploying Surveys in the Content Area

You can use tests and surveys to measure student knowledge, gauge progress, and gather information from students.  Survey questions aren’t scored. After you create a survey, the next step is to deploy it.

To learn more about deploying surveys, view the Add a test or survey to a content area article.

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Subscribing to a Forum or Thread

Selecting this option enables a subscribe button in the forum or thread that allows users to choose whether or not they want email notifications of new postings.

  1. Click the action button next to the name of the forum or thread for which you would like to enable subscriptions and select Edit.Action Button Menu with Edit Option Selected
  2. Select Allow members to subscribe to forum to enable notifications for each new post in the forum; or select Allow members to subscribe to threads to enable notifications for each new post in a particular thread.Allow members to subscribe to forum option selected
  3. Click Submit. A subscribe button now appears at the top the forum or thread. Click Subscribe to receive notifications when new posts are added.
For additional information, view the Blackboard Forums article.

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Reviewing and Grading a Journal in Blackboard

When you enable grading for a journal, a column is created automatically in the Grade Center. As students submit entries, icons begin to appear in the Grade Center, on the journal topic page, and on the Needs Grading page:

  • The Needs Grading icon appears when student activity has met the threshold you chose in the journal settings. For example, if you choose to be notified after four students submit their work, this icon appears after at least four students submit their journal entries.
  • The In Progress icon appears when:
    • Student activity doesn’t meet the minimum number you set.
    • You didn’t select the Show participants in needs grading status check box.

You can grade a journal entry in the Grade Center, on the Needs Grading page, or by going to Control Panel > Course Tools > Journals within a course.

To learn more, click this link to view the article about grading entries.

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Commenting on Blog Entries

Because blogs are meant to be read by others, students can comment on one another’s blog entries in individual, course, and group blogs.

For additional information, view the Blogs article, scroll half way down to: “Create blog entries”

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Commenting on Blackboard Journal Entries

A student can make a comment after you comment on an entry to continue the conversation. Students can’t make comments on another student’s journal entry, even if you made the journal public. Students can only comment on another student’s entry when they’re members of the same group. For group journals, you and all group members are allowed to make comments on individual entries.

For additional information, view the  Comment on a journal entry article.

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Creating a Question Pool in Blackboard

  1. Go to Control Panel > Course Tools > Tests, Surveys, and Pools > Pools.
  2. Click Build Pool.Arrow pointing to "Build Pool" action button.
  3. Complete the Pool Information page (Name, Description, Instructions) and click Submit.Pool information
  4. To build a new pool, you can choose Create Question (multiple choice, true/false, essay, and more), Find Questions (in other tests, surveys, and pools), or Upload Questions (from an existing file to import). Visit the “Question Types” section of this page for details on creating different kinds of questions.three options for questions, create find or upload
  5. Once you have populated your Pool Canvas with questions, click OK to return to the Pools page.

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Searching Blackboard Discussions

In Blackboard discussions, you can search for specific text, such as a phrase, word, or part of a word.

For additional information view the article on searching discussions.

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Embedding Videos

Embedding videos allows students to view them without leaving their course. These videos are streamed from a source such as Panopto or YouTube. You can add an embedded video to an item within your course.

Here’s how:

  1. We’ll use YouTube.com for this example so let’s go there first.
  2. Search for a video, then click the thumbnail of the video you would like to embed.
  3. When the video’s page opens, click the Share button.
  4. Click the Embed option.
  5. A new window will appear with the code you need to add to your course. Click the Copy button. Now will need to paste that code in Blackboard.
  6. Select the area from your course menu where you would like the embedded video to appear. This could be the area where you placed all of your course materials, then click the Build Content menu item, then select Item.
  7. Enter a Name and description for this item.
  8. Click the HTML button on the text editor’s toolbar.
  9. We’ll paste the code we copied from YouTube earlier here, then click Update.
  10. You’ll see a yellow box appear in the text editor.  This is the placeholder for the video.
  11. Click Submit to save and view the embedded video.

 

Importing Publisher Test Banks

If you have exported a zip file test bank from a publisher such as Pearson or Cengage, you can import the contents into a new course shell.

  1. Go to the Control Panel, expand Packages and Utilities, then select Import Package/View Logs.
  2. Click Import Package.
  3. In the Select a Package section, click Browse My Computer and locate the exported course package on your computer or storage device.
  4. In the Select Course Materials section, select Tests, Surveys, and Pools.
  5. Click Submit. Blackboard sends an email when the import is complete.
  6. Once complete, imported test materials will appear in the course.

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