Standard Options
The Standard Options are the same on pretty much everything you add to Blackboard. If you’d like to make the content available to students, whether immediately or at a later date, click select YES on...
View ArticleCreating a Folder on Blackboard (And Putting Things Inside It)
Just like on your desktop (or laptop or even in your filing cabinet), Blackboard folders are the best way to organize content and keep similar items together. Fortunately, folders are dead-simple to...
View ArticleCopy a Test From One Course to Another
Having taken the time to create a test for one of your courses, you may want to copy that test into another course. There are a few ways to go about this. First, if you want to copy ALL the tests from...
View ArticleShare large files with OneDrive
OneDrive, the cloud-based file storage solution available to the UDM community as part of Office 365, makes it easy to share files and large documents with others, including files that would...
View ArticleCopy Content From One Course Site to Another
When teaching multiple sections of the same course, you may find that you’ve added a significant amount of content to one section that you’d also like added to the other. Fortunately, Blackboard makes...
View ArticleAdd an Image
If you’d like to add an image into an item, discussion board post, announcement, or any other space where the toolbar is available, click the INSERT / EDIT IMAGE button on the bottom row of the...
View ArticlePost Grades to TitanConnect
This video, created by Information Technology Services and the Registrar's Office, walks you through the process of posting grades to TitanConnect. IDS is sharing this video here, as we often are...
View ArticleDelete a Grade Center Column
Deleting a Grade Center Column removes it completely from both the student and instructor view. Grade data is also removed when a column is deleted, ensuring that none of the information from the...
View ArticleHide a Grade Center column from student view
Hiding a column from student view allows you to work with a column — record grades, etc — without students seeing the column or your changes on their My Grades page. Some faculty keep “scratch” columns...
View ArticleHide a Grade Center column from Instructor view
Hiding a column from Instructor View can make your Grade Center page easier to manage. Some faculty hide columns they’ve finished grading (such as old attendance columns), or columns they’re not ready...
View ArticleInstall Audacity on a PC
Audacity is free, open source software that makes it simple to record and edit audio on your computer. Installing Audacity on a PC isn’t difficult, there’s an extra step that’s often overlooked if you...
View ArticleRecord audio with Audacity
Audacity is free, open source software that makes it simple to record and edit audio on your computer. This tutorial will walk you though the basics of recording and editing with Audacity. If you need...
View ArticlePowerPoint Slides with a Semitransparent Background Image
I’ve had a few questions about how I do PowerPoint slides with these faded / semitransparent background images. It’s actually pretty easy, so I thought I’d put together a walkthrough. I’m not saying...
View ArticleDownloaded Zip Files Showing Up as Folders on Mac?
If you’re on a Mac, trying to download a zip file from Blackboard (an exported test, say), and it’s showing up as a folder instead of a zip file, a setting in Safari is likely to blame. To solve this...
View ArticleLinking to Articles in UDM Subscription Databases
To fix a link so it works both on and off campus, you’ll need to start with the article’s on-campus address. Then, add the following text to the beginning of the database link:...
View ArticleLink to an interactive tool from a content area
Are you having your students engage in online discussion, write blog or journal posts, collaborate using a wiki, or work in groups? If you’re organizing your course by topic rather than content type...
View ArticleSubscribe to a Discussion Board Forum
Want to be notified whenever someone posts to a discussion board forum? If the option has been enabled by the instructor, you can subscribe to a forum. When you’ve subscribed to a forum you’ll get an...
View ArticleDownload (and Print?) a Graded Assignment
At some point you may want to keep a copy of the feedback your professor gave you on a written assignment submitted through Blackboard, either for your own records or for a portfolio-type project....
View ArticleCreate a Survey From a Pool of Questions
If you’re using the IDS provided template, you’re probably considering providing the students with an opportunity to give you feedback on their experience of the course while the course is in progress....
View ArticleAllowing additional submissions
From time to time a student will have an issue turning in a test or assignment and you’ll want to give them another opportunity to submit their work. If you’ve set up the test or assignment for single...
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