Blackboard: Video Tutorials for Instructors

Working in the Course Environment

• Adding a Banner to Your Course Entry Point
• Creating a Blank Page (for displaying content)
  on the Course Menu

Building Course Content

• Using the Text Editor                                 
• Building a Learning Module
• Creating a Lesson Plan
• Adding a Glossary Term
• Creating a Blank Page
• Creating a Tool Link
• Creating a Mashup
• Attaching Course Files to a Content Item
• Tour the Course Files Feature
• Adding Your Own Web Content Through Course Files
• Creating Multiple Rules to Release a Content Item

Setting Permissions

• Turning Tool Availability On and Off
• Making Tools Available to Students
• Changing the Course Language Pack
• Changing the User Language Pack

Reporting and Course Utilities

• Turning on Statistics Tracking for a Content Item
• Running a Report of All User Activity
• Running a Report of User Activity by Forum
• Running a Report of User Activity by Content Area
• Running a Report of User Activity by Group
• Saving a Course Report
• Importing a Course Package

Using the Discussion Board

• Grading a Discussion Board Forum

Managing Group Work

• Creating a Group
• Creating Group Sets

Blogs and Journals

• Creating a Journal
• Commenting on a Journal Entry
• Creating a Blog
• Creating and Editing Blog Entries
• Commenting on a Blog Entry

Wikis

• Creating a Wiki
• Grading a Wiki