Setting up a Section in Blackboard: The Complete Beginner's Guide

Blackboard (Campus Edition 6) is the upgraded VLE that Edge Hill University is currently switching over to.

The following screencast videos have been created to introduce staff to setting up and using their own Blackboard areas, and to act as a reference. They are available as streaming WMV (Windows Media) files.

The first section will briefly introduce you to teaching with on-line technologies at Edge Hill University, and show you the Blackboard environment. It is probably worth watching all of these if you are new to Edge Hill or to Blackboard CE 6.

The second section will demonstrate the various tools available in Blackboard, such as discussion boards, student profiles and online assignment submission. You are probably best just using the videos that relate to your needs at a particular time, rather than watching them all as there's over 90 minutes of videos.


Part One: An Introduction

01 - Introduction - 1:55 (details of contacts)
02 - Logging In - 1:53
03 - The Environment - 3:15
04 - The Home Page - 3:24
05 - Manage Course - 5:55
06 - File Manager - 2:13
07 - Instructor Tools - 3:15
08 - Adding a Student - 0.53
09 - Turnitin - Adding - 1.25
10 - Turnitin - Settings - 0.53


Part Two: The Blackboard Tools
Communication Tools

Discussion
01 - Introduction and Adding the Tool - 1:01
02 - Setting up Discussion Boards - 2:41
03 - Things to Consider - 1:54

Profile
01 - Introduction and Adding the Tool - 0:50
02 - Editing and Viewing Profiles - 1:45

Mail
01 - Introduction and Adding the Tool - 1:08
02 - Settings - 1:12
03 - Sending and Managing Messages - 2:40

Chat
01 - Introduction and Adding the Tool - 0:41
02 - Chat Rooms - 0:38
03 - Checking Java - 0:57
04 - Using a Chat Room - 4:08

Who's Online
01 - Introduction and Adding the Tool - 0:39
02 - Using in Your Section - 1:12
03 - Using Via the myBlackboard Page - 0:33
04 - Setting Your Availability to Chat - 0:44

Announcements
01 - Introduction and Adding the Tool - 0:46
02 - Navigation of the Calendar - 1:33


Content Tools

Learning Modules
01 - Introduction - 0:46
02 - Add Tool - 0:29
03 - Add Learning Modules - 1:23
04 - Add Content - Externally Created Files - 1:53
05 - Add Content - Content Links - 0:33
06 - Add Content - HTML Pages - 0:47
07 - Content Page Headings - 0:55
08 - Editing the Titles of the Links - 0:29

Web Links
01 - Introduction and Adding the Tool - 1:00
02 - Add Categories - 0:36
03 - Add Links - 1:42
04 - Linking to the Library Catalogue - 3:08
05 - Adding Links to Folders and the Home Page - 0:55
06 - Managing Links - 2:13
07 - Alternative to Web Links: RSS Feeds - 3:16
08 - Sharing Lists of Feeds with Students - 2:19

Media Library
01 - Introduction and Adding the Tool - 0:51
02 - Creating and Linking to Glossary Entries - 1:36
03 - Creating Collections of Images, Audio and Video - 1:06

SCORM
01 - Introduction and Adding the Tool - 0:39
02 - Importing the Content- 1:12


Organisational Tools
Calendar
01 - Introduction and Adding the Tool - 0:42
02 - Navigation of the Calendar - 1:02
03 - Adding Entries - 1:20
04 - Settings - Part 1 - 1:26
05 - Settings - Part 2 - 1:11

Search
01 - Introduction and Adding the Tool - 0:33
02 - Searching - 1:18

Syllabus
01 - Introduction and Adding the Tool - 0:45
02 - Adding Sections to the Syllabus - 1:41


Student Learning Activities Tools

Assignments
01 - Introduction and Adding the Tool - 1:15
02 - Add Assignments - 3:33
03 - View as a Student - 1:20
04 - Manage Assignment Dropbox - 1:31

Assessments
01 - Introduction - 0:38
02 - Adding the Tool - 1:20
03 - Creating an Assessment - 1:26
04 - Changing Assessment Settings - 2:27
05 - Creating a Question - 2:20
06 - Previewing Questions - 0:50
07 - Managing Questions - 0:57
08 - Adding Questions to Assessments - 0:35
09 - Exporting and Importing Assessments - 1:03
10 - Revealing Assessments to Students - 1:53
11 - Assessment Manager - 3:57

Goals
01 - Introduction and Adding the Tool - 0:56
02 - Creating Categories and Goals - 1:16
03 - Linking Goals to Content - 1:04


Student's Own Tools

My Grades
01 - Introduction - 1:37

My Progress
01 - Introduction - 1:16

Notes
01 - Introduction- 1:02