The following Screencasts by Donna, myself, or videos from Blackboard Learn have been either created or selected to help you with BB Learn. We will add new video screencasts as we move through our migration from ANGEL to Learn. If you have any suggestions for additional videos needs, please let us know.
Full List of Topic Related Videos (Based On Open SUNY Training)
Set up Blackboard Learn Notifications (Recording 5 min)
How to organize and hide courses in your BB Learn Course List
Copying Course Content/Backing Up Your Bb Course
- How to backup your Blackboard course – Videos (Recommend doing this before copying to new semester and regularly throughout the semester)
- How to backup your Blackboard course – Instructions
- How to copy course content from one course into another at the start of the new semester in Blackboard – Video (This video shows the “Course Copy” tool in Blackboard – Make sure you are in the course you want to copy to start these steps)
- How to copy course content from one course into another – Instructions
Date Management
Assignments
- Blackboard Help: How to Create and Edit an Assignment
- How to clear an Assignment Submission (Video)
- How to build an Assignment in Bb (Video)
- Documentation on Inline Grading For Assignments (Video)
- How to create a SafeAssign in Blackboard
- How to make a link active in Blackboard (Video)
Help for Students: Provide This Video to Students for Submitting An Assignment
Tests
- Blackboard Help: Tests, Surveys, and Pools
- How do you add extra time for one student on a timed test?
- How do I delete a test with “Question Sets”
- Blackboard Help: Reusing Questions
- How do I deploy a test within my content
- How do I edit points for test questions
- How to create a test pool and how to build a test pulling from this pool
- How to print a test in Blackboard (PDF Doc)
- How to create question sets and random blocks (By OIT @ PUC)
- How students can view test results after taking a test
Discussions
- Creating Discussions
- Directions for students – How to Participate in a Discussion
- Collecting discussion posts for printing
- Assigning points to a discussion for grading
- How to make a link active in Blackboard
- Adding a Rubric to a discussion
- Grading using a Rubric
- Discussion Board Analytics
Blogs in Bb
- Blackboard Help: Working with Blogs
- Directions for students (video)
Journals in Bb
- Blackboard Help: Working with Journals
Blackboard Learn Grade Center
- Building your grade center in Blackboard from scratch: (This video is 17 minutes long.)
- How download your grades in Blackboard to Print or work offline (Backs Up Your Grade Center)
- How to upload grades that were previously downloaded from Blackboard Grade Center
- How to View, Grade or Clear Multiple Assignment Attempts
- How to Update a Grade or Manually Entered Grade
Blackboard Learn Grade Center – Smart Views
- Building a Smart View to Separate Sections in a Merged Course
- Building a Smart View to Display Columns Based on Categories
Blackboard Learn Evaluation Center
- Blackboard Help: Using the Retention Center
- Retention Center (Video)
- Retention Center Tips and Tricks (1 hr recorded session – 11/14/14)
- How to run a Rubric Analysis
BB Learn Content Collection
How to Communicate with Your Students
For a full description on course communications go to the NCCC Blackboard FAQ
- Video on how to send email
- Video on how to post an announcement
- Video on how to send course messages
How to Customize Your Course
Reports in Blackboard
Taking Attendance in On Campus Classes
- Building a Google Spreadsheet to take attendance (Link to Example)
- Instructions on How to Setup Attendance in Blackboard
- Instructions on How to Take Attendance in Starfish
