How to put your course on Blackboard

Name: How to put your course on Blackboard
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Skip the frustration and stay organized with this step by step How-To guide

Created byNatasha Nurse-Clarke

Last updated 9/2020

English

What you'll learn

Create a course on the Blackboard platform
Customizie your Blackboard page
Upload documents to your Blackboard page
Put your assignments on the Discussion Board
Create tests in Blackboard

Course content

7 sections • 15 lectures • 53m total length

Lecture 1: Introduction1:20
This video provides an introduction to this course including how it came about and who is the target audience.
Lecture 2: Overview of this course3:25
This video provides an overview of this course including what content will be covered and how to get the most out of this course.
Lecture 3: Overview of Blackboard2:23
An overview of the Blackboard environment is presented. At the end of this lecture students will have an understanding of the basic set up of Blackboard.

Lecture 4- Blackboard Default tabs3:49
An overview of the Blackboard environment is presented including the default settings. At the end of this lecture students will have an understanding of the default settings in Blackboard.
Lecture 5- Blackboard Control Panel2:35
An overview of the Blackboard environment is presented including the control panel. At the end of this lecture, students will have a general understanding of the features of the control panel.
Lecture 6: Making your course unavailable1:17
This lecture presents and overview of how to make a course unavailable in Blackboard. By doing this, students will not have access to the course, so you don’t have to worry about them getting confused or perhaps seeing incomplete information.

At the end of this lecture students will know how to make their course unavailable to students.
Lecture 7: Style and customization3:05
This lecture will present an overview of how to style and customize the Blackboard page. At the end of this lecture, students will be able to give their Blackboard page a more personalized look.
Lecture 8: Configuring your Course Menu- Introduction7:59
This lecture will present an overview of how to customize Blackboard tabs. At the end of this lecture, students will be able to re-name, remove, add, re-order, and make tabs visible or invisible to students.

Lecture 9: Uploading documents3:42
This lecture will present an overview of how to upload documents into Blackboard. At the end of this lecture, students will be able to successfully add course documents to their Blackboard Course.
Lecture 10: Creating folders4:23
This lecture will present an overview of how to create folders Blackboard. At the end of this lecture, students will be able to successfully create folders and add course documents to their folders in Blackboard in order to keep their course organized.

Lecture 13: Making your course available1:29
This lecture will present an overview of how to make a Blackboard course available to students. At the end of this lecture, students will be able to change their settings in Blackboard in order to make their course available.
Lecture 14: Conclusion and Next Steps1:01
Conclusion of course.
Lecture 2 Quiz
Lecture 4 Quiz
Lecture 6 Quiz
Lecture 9 Quiz
Lecture 12 Quiz

Requirements

Participants must have a Blackboard or Blackboard Coursesites account

Description

Do you use the Blackboard Learning Management System to deliver hybrid or online classes? Are you new to the Blackboard platform? Then this class is for you! Make your course easier to teach and easier for students to take by learning how to put your course on Blackboard!

Here is some key information about this course:

Target audience: Educators who use the Blackboard Learning Management System

Key topics covered in this course: This course contains 14 lectures broken up into 6 Sections that teach you how to style and customize your Blackboard page, upload documents, post assignments to the Discussion Board and create tests on Blackboard

Time commitment: The time commitment on your part is very minimal! Most lectures are about 2-5 minutes, with none longer than 10 minutes

Requirements or prerequisites to take the course: Have a Blackboard course that you can follow along and practice in. If you don't have a Blackboard account, you can create one for free on CourseSites which is a platform made by Blackboard that is completely FREE for anyone to use.

How to get the most out of this course: Follow along and practice with me!!!

What will you be able to do after completing the course: Have an AWESOME Blackboard course!

Benefits of taking this course:

Learn how to put your course on Blackboard yourself!
Design your course the way you want it!

Make your Blackboard course easy for students to navigate!

No more printing or emailing documents to your students. Put all your course documents up on Blackboard!

Have Blackboard grade your tests by putting your tests on Blackboard!

Please note that there are MANY features of Blackboard that I do NOT review in this basic course. Please read the description of each section and lecture to determine if a feature you are interested in will be presented. Most additional features will be covered in my other Udemey courses.

Who this course is for:

This course is for instructors who teach using the Blackboard Learning Management System (LMS)
This course is not for students who take courses on Blackboard

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Course content

Section 1: Introduction and Overview3 lectures • 7min

Section 2: Customizing your Blackboard page5 lectures • 19min

Section 3: How to put your content on Blackboard2 lectures • 8min

Section 4: How to put your assignments on the Discussion Board1 lecture • 3min

Section 5: How to put your tests on Blackboard1 lecture • 13min

Section 6: Conclusion2 lectures • 3min

Section 7: Bonus Content1 lecture • 1min

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