BB1 Basic Blackboard Faculty Skills Instructional Technology Development – SAC 284

General rules 1 - Logging in to BlackboardLogging in to Blackboard 2 - Labeling with course ID and year/termLabeling with course ID and year/term 3 - Menu buttons by type and weekMenu buttons by type and week 4 - Control PanelControl Panel 5 - Home page bannerHome page banner 6 - Posting an announcementPosting an announcement 7 - Listing student names (roster)Listing student names (roster) 8 - Requesting the addition of studentsRequesting the addition of students 9 - Improving menu button readabilityImproving menu button readability 10 - Changing menu button namesChanging menu button names 11 - Hiding a menu buttonHiding a menu button 12 - Removing an unused menu buttonRemoving an unused menu button 13 - Adding a folder button (content area)Adding a folder button (content area) 14 - Resequencing menu buttonsResequencing menu buttons 15 - Adding a Tool Link menu buttonAdding a Tool Link menu button 16 - Adding a web link menu buttonAdding a web link menu button BB1 – Table of contents (first half) We’ll take a short break after we complete these topics in the first hour.

BB1 – Table of contents (second half) This course ends when we have completed these topics in the second hour Graphic page bannersGraphic page banners 18 - Posting a video introduction!Posting a video introduction! 19 - Using CutePDF to create.pdf filesUsing CutePDF to create.pdf files 20 - Putting documents into menu buttonsPutting documents into menu buttons 21 - Putting web links into menu buttonsPutting web links into menu buttons 22 - Removing documents or web linksRemoving documents or web links 23 - Copyright, fair use, e-reservesCopyright, fair use, e-reserves 24 - Creating folders in menu buttonsCreating folders in menu buttons 25 - Resequencing menu button contentsResequencing menu button contents 26 - Sending to all studentsSending to all students 27 - Sending to selected studentsSending to selected students 28 - Making a course availableMaking a course available 29 - Requesting a prior course copyRequesting a prior course copy

The FireFox browser seems to work best with Blackboard Version 8. (Internet Explorer is often much slower.) Always use the “OK” or “Cancel” or “Submit” buttons at the bottom of the Blackboard screen for navigation—NOT your browser’s “back” arrow button! General rules

1 - Log in at: OLL.DEPAUL.EDU

Enter username and password

2 - Labeling - click the yellow pencil

Selecting labeling information 1 2 3

3 - Menu button organization – by type

Menu button organization – by week

4 - Control Panel, for instructors only

Control Panel

Map Map Menu buttons Button appearance, banner Availability

5 - Home page banner

Install course banner: click Browse

Click “OK” on this type of “receipt”

Breadcrumb trail leads to home page

6 - Posting an Announcement

Select Announcements in Course Tools

Select Add Announcement Add

Select Add Announcement

New Announcement

7 - Seeing names of students in course

Search with no special criteria (Blocked out here for student privacy)

8 - Requesting TA, student, guest added

Requesting student, TA, guest adds

Request to Add form

9 - Improving menu button readability

Course Design  Course Menu Design

Click on Buttons, then Submit

10 - Changing menu button names

Manage Course Menu, change names

Change a menu button name

11 - Hiding a menu button

Hide a button: remove checkmark

Hidden button in Manage Course Menu

12 - Removing a menu button

Remove button: lose any contents!

13 - Adding folder button (content area)

Adding a folder button (“content area”)

Your new menu button appears…

14 - Changing menu button sequence

Changing menu button sequence

How the new menu button appears

15 - Adding a tool link button

Adding a tool link button

16 - Adding a web link button

Name the button and supply the URL

The new external link button

How the external link button works

BB1 – Table of contents (second half) This course ends when we have completed these topics in the second hour Graphic page bannersGraphic page banners 18 - Posting a video introduction!Posting a video introduction! 19 - Using CutePDF to create.pdf filesUsing CutePDF to create.pdf files 20 - Putting documents into menu buttonsPutting documents into menu buttons 21 - Putting web links into menu buttonsPutting web links into menu buttons 22 - Removing documents or web linksRemoving documents or web links 23 - Copyright, fair use, e-reservesCopyright, fair use, e-reserves 24 - Creating folders in menu buttonsCreating folders in menu buttons 25 - Resequencing menu button contentsResequencing menu button contents 26 - Sending to all studentsSending to all students 27 - Sending to selected studentsSending to selected students 28 - Making a course availableMaking a course available 29 - Requesting a prior course copyRequesting a prior course copy

17 - Graphic page banners

18 – Posting a Video Introduction

Embedding Video Clips The highlighted text is part of what was copied and pasted from

19 - Post.pdf documents, not Word

20 - Putting docs into menu buttons

Putting docs into menu buttons

21 - Putting web links into menu buttons

Putting web links into menu buttons

22 - Removing documents or web links

23 - Copyright, fair use, e-reserves

Copyright, fair use, e-reserves

24 - Creating folders in menu buttons

25 - Resequencing menu button content

26 - Sending to all students

Sending to all students

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27 - Sending to selected students

28 - Making a course available

Making a course available

29 - Requesting prior term course copy

Requesting student, TA, guest adds

Request to copy form Copy from your selection here… … to your selection here … this content

BB1 Basic Blackboard Faculty Skills END Instructional Technology Development – SAC 284