Essential documents

Guides

• Blackboard Login (DOC)
• Blackboard 9.1 Manual (PDF)
• Blackboard 9.1 SP12 Interface Guide
• Blackboard 9.1 Tool Guide (PDF)
• Best Practices for Online & Blended Courses (DOC)
• Alvernia’s Seat Hour Equivalency Chart (PDF)
• Wimba Live Classroom Instructions (DOC)
• Frequently Asked Questions

Videos

• Blackboard 9 SP 11 New Features (Video)

Blackboard Course Design

Guides

• Getting Started with the Course Environment (PDF)
• Copying Your Course (PDF)

Videos

• Course to Course Navigation (Video)
• Making Tools Available to Student (Video)
• Turning Tool Availability On and Off (Video)
• Adding a Banner to Your Course Entry Point (Video)

Blackboard Student Management

Guides

• Viewing Your Roster (PDF)
• Enrolling Students (PDF)
• Removing Students (PDF)
• Getting Started with Groups (PDF)
• Setting Up Groups (PDF)

Videos

• Running and Saving a Course Report (Video)
• Creating a Group (Video)
• Creating Group Sets (Video)

Blackboard Retention Center

Videos

• Retention Center (Video)

Blackboard Course Content Management

Guides

• Getting Started with Course Content (PDF)
• Uploading Course Syllabus (PDF)
• Adding a Content Area to your Course Menu (PDF)
• Adding Content to Course Documents (PDF)
• Uploading Files into Blackboard (PDF)
• Moving Items in the Course Content Area (PDF)

Videos

• Creating a Blank Page for Displaying Content on the Course Menu (Video)
• Using the Text Editor (Video)
• Building a Learning Module (Video)
• Adding a Glossary (Video)
• Adding Textbook Information (Video)
• Creating a Blank Page (Video)
• Creating a Tool Link (Video)
• Creating a Mash-Up (Video)
• Creating Multiple Rules to Release a Content Item (Video)

Blackboard Communication and Interactive Tools

Guides

• Interactive Tools Overview (PDF)
• Posting an Announcement (PDF)
• Virtual Classroom and Chat (Office Hours) (PDF)
• Setting up / grading in a Discussion Board (PDF)
• Journals (PDF)
• Blogs (PDF)
• Wikis (PDF)
• Sending Email (PDF)
• Sending Messages (PDF)
• Course Calendar (PDF)

Videos

• Creating Announcements (Video)
• Sending E-mail (Video)
• Creating a Course Contact (Video)
• Grade a Discussion Board Forum (Video)
• Grade a Discussion Board Thread (Video)
• Creating a Blog (Video)
• Commenting on a Blog (Video)
• Creating a Journal (Video)
• Commenting on a Journal Entry (Video)
• Creating a wiki (Video)
• Grading a wiki (Video)

Blackboard Evaluation/Assignment Tools

Guides

• Getting Started with Assignments (PDF)
• Enabling Review Status (PDF)
• Tracking Detailed Usage Statistics (PDF)
• Accessing Course Reports (PDF)
• Performance Dashboard (PDF)
• Early Warning System (PDF)
• Getting Started with Building a Test (PDF)
• Creating Test/Survey in Blackboard 9.1 (PDF)
• Assignment Manager (PDF)
• Rubrics (PDF)

Videos

• Downloading Assignments (Video)
• Creating a True or False Question (Video)
• Creating a Multiple Choice Question (Video)
• Creating a Multiple Answer Question (Video)
• Creating a Matching Question (Video)
• Creating a Fill in the Blank Question (Video)
• Creating a Fill in Multiple Blanks Question (Video)
• Creating a Short Answer Question (Video)
• Creating an Essay Question (Video)
• Creating a Calculated Formula Question (Video)
• Creating a Calculated Numeric Question (Video)
• Exporting and Importing a Test or Survey (Video)
• Adding an Existing Question to a Test (Video)
• Building a Pool (Video)
• Tagging Questions for Reuse (Video)
• Running a Report of User Activity (Video)
• Importing a Course Package (Video)
• Creating a Rubric (Video)
• Associating a Rubric with a Gradable Item (Video)
• Grading with Rubrics (Video)
• Awarding Negative Points for Incorrect Answers to Test Questions (Video)

Blackboard Grade Management Tools (Grade Center)

Guides

• Getting Started with the Grade Center (PDF)
• Getting Started with the Needs Grading Page (PDF)
• Grade Center Overview (PDF)
• Setting Up / Customizing the Grade Center (PDF)
• Adding Grades (PDF)
• Adding Comments to a Grade (PDF)
• Adding and Calculating Extra Credit (PDF)
• Weighted Grades (PDF)
• Creating Categories (PDF)
• Changing Grading Scale (PDF)
• Creating a Certain View of the Grade Center (Filter & Smart Views) (PDF)
• Sending Email through the Grade Center (PDF)
• Getting Started with Automatic Regrading (PDF)

Videos

• Customizing the Grade Center (Video)
• Creating Smart Views (Video)
• Early Warning System – Creating a Grade Rule (Video)
• Viewing Grade Details (Video)
• Anonymous Grading (Video)
• Creating Grading Notes (Video)
• Creating a Grade Center Reports (Video)
• Grading Assessments Question by Question (Video)
• Viewing and Downloading Grade History (Video)
• Color Coding the Grade Center (Video)
• Work Offline in the Grade Center (Video)
• Automatic Regrading (Video)

Teaching & Designing an Online Course

Guides

• Distance Education Syllabus Template (PDF)
• Teaching an online course, best practices
• Assessing an online course, best practices
• Teaching Online by Larry Ragan (PDF)
• Understanding HTML (PDF)

Creating Online Quizzes & Tests

Guides

• Respondus Guide (PDF)
• Importing a Word test bank

Turnitin Plagiarism Prevention & GradeMark

Guides

• Turnitin Handout (PDF)
• Turnitin for Instructors

Teaching Live via the Horizon Wimba

Guides

• Wimba Classroom Guide (DOC)
• Success Tips Guide (PDF)
• Participant Guide 6.1 (PDF)
• Presenter Guide 6.1 (PDF)
• Accessibility Best Practices Guide (PDF)
• Teaching Matrix (PDF)

Wimba Quicklets

Guides

• Application Sharing (PDF)
• Application Sharing (Video)
• Content Display (PDF)
• Content Display (Video)
• Slide Annotation (PDF)
• Slide Annotation (Video)
• Using Audio (Video)
• Web Page Display (PDF)
• Web Page Display (Video)

Videos

• Adobe Photoshop (PDF)
• Adobe Illustrator (PDF)
• Final Cut Express (PDF)
• iMovie (PDF)
• Adobe Flash (PDF)
• Windows Movie Maker (PDF)
• Google Docs (PDF)
• Mac QuickStart Guide (PDF)
• Audacity Podcast (PDF)