Instructors & Course Builders

Blackboard Help Topics & Related Resources

New Features for Spring 2013 Improved text editor Course-to-Course Navigation  Regrading a test  Awarding negative points  Global Navigation / My Blackboard  (not all features available at UM) Introduction to Blackboard Getting Started with the Course Environment How do I request a Blackboard Course?   Assessments & Surveys Tips for Successful Online Blackboard Tests Assessment Tests updated 10/18/2011 (V9.1, SP6) Assessment Statistics Video Tutorials on Tests, Surveys, and Pools     Updating Content Area Getting Started with Course Content What is Edit mode? Video Tour of Your Course Environment  Building Course Content  How to add a Content Area Renaming or Deleting Content Area Adding items, files or Learning modules to Content Area   Course and Tool availability How do I make a course available to students? Turning tools on and off  Making tools available to students    Email & Communication Sending Email from within Blackboard  Creating an Announcement  Modifying Course Announcements   Mobile Best Practices for Mobile-Friendly Courses

Updating Courses How do I change a Student View of my Course? Course Menu on left side is missing? Loading Documents & Course Availability   SafeAssign Create Safe Assignment Creating, Deploying, Downloading & Grading Assignments    Users & Groups Viewing Course Enrollments How do I see a list of users in my course? How do I find and add a user to my course? I havemultiple accounts, which should I select? Creating a User Group  Getting Started with Groups   Discussion Board, Chat & Wikis * Discussion Board Features & Tour  Blogs & Journals  Wikis   Grade Center  Getting Started with Grade Center Enhancements to Grade Center in V9.1, SP1--SP6 Creating a grade item or column How do I enter a grade manually?   Resources On Demand Learning Center Blackboard 9.1 Instructor Guide

* NOTE:  Not all schools/programs at UM are utilizing this feature of Blackboard at this time.  Please contact your local school/program Instructional Technology or Help Desk staff for usage-specific guidance.