The Basics

 

 

 Benefits of Using Blackboard  PDF  
 Nicolet College Blackboard Template  PDF  
 Personalize the My Course List  PDF  
 Make Courses Available  PDF  
 Getting Started with the Course Environment  PDF  
 Course Announcements  PDF  Video
 Using the Textbox Editor    Video
 Create a Course Banner  PDF  
 Copy and Move Content  PDF  
 Ten Best Practices in Online Teaching  PDF  
 Semester Start-up  PDF  
 Semester Closing    
     

Course Setup

   
 Build Lessons/Add Content to a course    
Add an Item    Video
Add Multimedia    Video
Embed a YouTube Video  PDF  
Embed a MindMap  PDF  
Copy and Move Content  PDF  
     
 Create a course link    Video
 Add a Discussion Board Link to a content area  PDF  
     
     

Connections

   

Set up/Manage a Discussion Board

   
 Create and Edit Forums  PDF  Video
 Create a Thread  PDF  Video
 Add a Discussion Board Link to a Content Area  PDF  Video
 Subscribe to Discussion Board Threads  PDF  
 Discussion Board Statistics  PDF  
 View and Organize Discussion Board Content  PDF  
 Grade a Discussion Board    Video
     

Journal

   
 Create a Journal  PDF  Video
 Edit and Manage Journals  PDF  
 Create Journal Entries and Comments  PDF  Video
     

Set Up Collaborations Groups

   
  Create and Edit Groups  PDF  
  Add Students to Groups    Video
  Create Group Sets    Video
     

Advanced Communication with Students

   
 Create and Manage Blogs  PDF  
 Tips for using Chat as an Instructional Tool  PDF  
  Web Conferencing (note this link goes to Nicolet College's Adobe Connect resource page)  PDF  
     

Assessment

Assignments

 

 

 Assignment Feature  PDF  Video
 Add Audio Comments to a Word File  PDF  
 Peer and Self Evaluation  PDF  
     

Test Feature

 

 

 Create a Test  PDF  
 Make a Test Available  PDF  
 Types of Test Questions    
 True or False    Video
 Multiple Answer    Video
 Short Answer    Video
 Option/Likert Scale    Video
 Hot Spot    Video
 Quiz Bowl    Video
 Matching Question    Video
 Fill in the Blank    Video
 Ordering    Video
 Multiple Choice    Video
 Jumbled Sentence    Video
 Multiple Blanks    Video
 Essay    Video
 Calculated Numeric    Video
 Calculated Formula    Video
 Best Practice for Deploying Tests  PDF  
     

Managing the Grade Center

 

 

 Grade Center Overview  PDF  
 Manage the Grade Center  PDF  Video
 Add a Column  PDF  Video
 Grading Schemas  PDF  
 Develop Smart Views  PDF  
 Monitor Student Progress  PDF  Video
 Apply Extra Credit  PDF  

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