Copying Course Content into Blackboard
Copying course materials into a new course creates a course in the system and populates it with content from an...
Blackboard Reordering Course Menu or Content Items
Blackboard menu content appears in the order you added it, but you can change the order and customize the appearance....
Adding Files and Multimedia in Blackboard
You can add files, images, audio, and video to the content in your course which can be uploaded from your...
Enabling Statistics Tracking & Viewing Reports in Blackboard
Item statistics provide detailed usage information about your content, such as how many times students viewed an item and when...
Adding Mashups in Blackboard
Mashups allow you to add social media content from the web directly into your Blackboard course site. Wherever you can...
Enabling Statistics Tracking
Statistics tracking compiles a record of how often an item is accessed and by whom. Item statistics provide detailed usage...
Creating Course Module Pages in Blackboard
Module Pages encompass a wide range of Blackboard applications such as Calendars, Tasks, Dictionaries, and Announcements. You can only add...
Release Content in Blackboard
With basic adaptive release rules, you can add and edit one rule for a single piece of content. This single...
Pasting Content from Microsoft® Word
When you paste content from Microsoft Word into a text box in Blackboard, you often see differences in formatting. Using...
Creating a Contact in Blackboard
Use the Blackboard contacts tool to add profile information about yourself and other staff for students. You can provide information...
Blackboard Creating Learning Modules
A learning module is an organized collection of course material, including content and activities, presented with a table of contents....
Creating Content Items
Folders are a type of container that you can use to organize content. You create folders in existing content areas,...
Importing Course Content into Blackboard
You can import course content packages into Blackboard. If you have exported/archived a previous course, you can import the contents...
Exporting or Archiving a Blackboard Course
The export course feature creates a ZIP file of your course content that you can import to create a new...
Enabling Course Tools in Blackboard
You can select which tools are available in your course and determine if guests and observers can access them. For...
Editing or Deleting Blackboard Menu Items
The course menu appears on the left side of your Blackboard course window and is the cornerstone for the organization...
Editing or Deleting Content Items in Blackboard
When you access an item’s menu, you can copy, move, and delete content. To learn more about editing, view the...
Managing Dates
You can use the Date Management feature to update content dates when you copy or restore a course from a...
Creating Content Items
For Blackboard courses, you can create individual pieces of content in content containers: content areas, learning modules, lesson plans, and...
Copy and Move Content in Blackboard
You can copy and move content to organize and rearrange your course materials. If you create folders after you create...
Add Files from Cloud Storage to Blackboard
Instructors can copy files from their favorite cloud storage solutions when authoring content Items or creating assignments. Students can also...
Uploading Your Syllabus to Blackboard
Click the circle/plus symbol located in the top left corner of the course menu. Select Content Area. Name it “Syllabus,”...
Importing Publisher Test Banks
If you have exported a zip file test bank from a publisher such as Pearson or Cengage, you can import...
Managing & Creating Course Menu Links in Blackboard
Create an uncluttered course menu to maintain efficient navigation for your users by limiting the number of links included in...
Creating a New Content Area in Blackboard
You may create or place your individual pieces of content in content containers: content areas, learning modules, lesson plans, and...
Reordering Menu Items in Blackboard
You can organize and rename the menu links in your Blackboard course. To learn more, view this reorder and manage...
Show or Hide a Link in Menu – Blackboard
The course menu appears on the left side of your course window and is the cornerstone for the organization and...
Add Content to Blackboard
Create content containers and content You create your individual pieces of content in content containers: content areas, learning modules, lesson...