Blackboard Basics

Getting Started

Posting & Organizing Content

Blackboard Collaborate Ultra

Blackboard Collaborate is an all-in-one web conferencing platform that allows instructors to hold classes online in real time or record lectures or short videos to post to your course site.

Communication & Collaboration

Testing Online

Sharing paper tests (typically given in class) with students online
- Create an Assignment and attach the test as a file for your students to download
  They can complete it and upload it to the same assignment
- Creating a Test in Blackboard
  - Test Options (Video)

Grading in Blackboard

Automatic columns
Creating and assigning Categories
Creating a manual column
Hiding columns
Grading & annotating assignments
- Pro tip: If annotating in an application outside of Blackboard, you can attach the annotated copy in the "Feedback to Learner" area while grading the assignment.
Allowing an Additional Attempt or Clearing an Attempt
Grading Tests in Blackboard
Downloading Grade Center / working offline

Blackboard (Bb) Ally

Make course materials accessible to all students and continue to provide accommodations for specific students identified by Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC). Depending on the accommodation needed, you may be able to provide the accommodation using the Blackboard Ally tool, which provides Alternative Formats (audio, Braille, ePub, HTML, etc) of your course materials. Instructor Feedback can also provide the instructor with guidance to meet accessibility standards.

Contact Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC) about a specific accommodation need.
Phone:803-777-6142
Email: sadrc@mailbox.sc.edu

Other Tips & Tricks

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