Blackboard Help for Instructors
Friday, June 7th 8:00PM till Saturday, June 8th 1:00 AM (Eastern) – upgraded to Blackboard Learn 9.1 Q2 2018 Cumulative Update 10 (more info at Blackboard What Is New)
Start of Term Tips for Instructors
Start of Term Tips for Students
Please note: Blackboard is continuously upgraded and we do our best to update the documentation. Some of the tutorials may reflect the previous version – please bear with us as we do our best to update the materials as quickly as possible.
The following tutorials contain detailed step-by-step instructions with screenshots. Most links are PDF documents.
Getting Started:
- Log into Blackboard
- My Institution Dashboard
- Accessing Courses
- Navigating the Course Environment
- Notifications Dashboard
- Make Your Course Available (Video Demo)
- Add JHU Users to a Course (Video Demo)
- Merge Course Sections (new)
- Edit Notification Settings
- Self Service Support
Adding Content:
- Add Items to the Course Menu
- Add a Syllabus to a Course
- Add Content to a Course
- Learning Module
- Upload .zip Files
- Drag & Drop Multiple Files into Blackboard
- Content Collection Basics
- Adaptive Release
- Add a Banner Image to the Home Page
- Copy a Content Item
- Course Copy
Miscellaneous:
- Course and Organization Roles
- Create a Guest Login
- Changing The Home Page (Point Of Entry)
- Mobile Apps
- Toolpad Shortcuts
- Creating a Blackboard Organization
- Upload an Avatar
- Course Archive
- Blackboard Enhancements
FAQ:
Communication & Collaboration Tools:
- Announcements (Video Demo)
- Blogs (Helpful Hints)
- Calendar
- Discussion Board (Helpful Hints)
- Groups
- Journals
- Messages
- Wikis (Helpful Hints)
Grades:
Assessment:
- Assignments
- Turnitin Assignments
- Tests & Surveys
- Best Practices for Blackboard Assessment Creating – Instructors
- Best Practices for Blackboard Assessment Taking – Students
- Creating & Importing a Test
- Copying a Blackboard Test/Survey from One Course to Another
- Rubrics (Helpful Hints)
- Feedback Studio (Grade Mark)
Other Tools: