Blackboard Tutorials

Basics for for Instructors: Movies | Printable Instructions

Downloading the Blackboard Grade Book

Misc. How to Instructions

How to Create Quizzes for Blackboard

How to Create Sound Files for Blackboard

Basics Movie Tutorials

How to login to Blackboard

Blackboard Basics Movie Series

The movie link above includes all the following titles. After viewing the movies, click these links below to print the steps.

Basics Printable Instructions:

• Create a Course
• Enter Staff Information
• Upload a Syllabus
• Set up a Grade Book
• Add / Remove Students
• Enter Grades
• Upload a file
• Convert a PowerPoint Presentation to HTML and Upload to BB
• Download & install CutePDF PDF converter
• Providing an easily printable outline of presentations

 

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Working with the Grade Book

Downloading the Gradebook to Excel

The link above includes the following two movie tutorials.

*Downloading the Blackboard Gradebook
*Using Excel to Calculate Percentages / Letter Grades

Print the steps to Download the gradebook

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Misc How To Instructions

Following are printable instructions for instructor tasks not covered in the training movies above:

MSCC Beginning of Semester Blackboard Procedures

MSCC End of Semester Blackboard Procedures

How to Create Announcements

How to add External Links

How to Send Email to all Students

Digital Drop-box

How to Convert Documents to PDF for Blackboard

How to download, install and use CutePDF

Simulation Tutorials (without voice) Student Perspective

The Discussion Board: How to get to it

The Discussion Board: How to read and reply

The Discussion Board: How to add a new thread

The Discussion Board: How to attach a file

The Discussion Board: How to edit a response

How to deposit assignments into the digital drop-box

How to send an email to your instructor via Blackboard

How to send an email to the entire class via Blackboard

How to send an email to selected class participants via Blackboard

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How to Create Quizzes for Blackboard

Creating Quizzes part 1 - presentation without sound

Creating Quizzes part 2 - presentation without sound

Creating Quizzes part 3 - presentation without sound

Creating Quizzes part 4 - presentation without sound

Steps to Creating Quizzes - printable handout

Quiz Template in .rtf

College of Souther Idaho Blackboard Quiz Generator

http://www.csi.edu/blackboard/bbquiz/Default.aspx

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Misc Advanced Tutorials

How to Create and Upload Sound Files to Blackbaord