Printable Help Sheets

FRC Workshop Handouts

• Basics of Blackboard 9.1 Workshop Handout
• Introduction to the Blackboard Grade Center 9.1

Best Practices

• Copyright & Blackboard
• Mid-course Evaluation – Instructions for import into Blackboard
• Mid-course Evaluation – Blackboard import file
• Universal Design for ADA Section 508 Compliance (Quick Start Guide)

Basics

• Blackboard Information Handout for Students
• Making a Blackboard Course Available
• Uploading Course Documents to Blackboard
• Uploading Your Syllabus from an Existing File
• Creating a Discussion Forum and Thread
• Emailing Students from Blackboard
• Organizing your Course (Quick Start Guide)
• Reusing and Reorganizing Your Courses (Quick Start Guide)

Blackboard Tools

• Creating a Blog Topic
• Creating a Course Wiki
• Creating Discussion Forums and Threads
• Creating Group Links
• Creating Journal Topics
• Differences between Discussion Forums, Blogs, and Wikis

Content Creation

• Presenting Content (Quick Start Guide)
• Creating Course Content (Quick Start Guide)
• Embedding Videos in Blackboard

Assessments

• Keeping Students Informed (Quick Start Guide)
• Collaboration (Quick Start Guide)
• Measuring Student Performance (Quick Start Guide)

Grade Center

• Introduction to the Blackboard Grade Center

Productivity

• Setting Up a WebDAV Folder - Mac Instructions
• Setting Up a WebDAV Folder - Windows Instructions

Third-party tools for Blackboard

• i>clickers - Instructions for Integrating with Blackboard
• LockDown Browser for Quizzes or Exams in Blackboard