This document provides an overview of how to get started using Blackboard for a course. It covers adding a course banner, faculty information, syllabus, assignments, content, tests, quizzes, using the grade center, and tips for interactive tools. Faculty are encouraged to build sample content and assignments during a 10 minute play time to practice setting these elements up in Blackboard. The document concludes with an open question forum and a request to provide feedback on the training.

1. Blackboard 101
Fall 2012 Faculty In Service
~ Christine Seideman

2. Getting Started – What’s
Required?

3. Course Banner
O Using the E@T Banner Creator
O Follow this link:
http://bit.ly/BannerBb
12FA BW101-001W Basket
Weaving
Instructor: Dr. Ima Wesome

4. Faculty Information
O Email christineseideman@cwidaho.cc
O Work Phone 208-562-3377
O Office Location Main Academic Building
TBD
O Office Hours I’m here 8:30am-5pm and
I’m more than happy to work with your
schedule.
O Notes
If you have a problem, feel free to call.
If it isn't mine to fix, maybe I can help
get you to the right place. And don't
worry about whether or not I am busy. :)

5. Syllabus/Course Schedule
O Use the CWI template emailed to you this
summer – please let me know if you need
me to send it to you!
O Don’t copy/paste from Word.
O Do consider using a display tool like
Box.com
O Make your course schedule is accurate for
due dates and when exams will be held.
O It’s okay to say ‘things may change’

6. Merging Classes?
O If you have 2 or more sections of the
same class you can request that they be
‘merged’.
O Send a Help Desk Ticket in with the
course and sections you’d like to be
merged.
O Your merged course will appear usually
with in 48 hours. Now you’ll only have to
create 1 Blackboard shell!

7. Assignments/Content
O Click on your Assignment Button

8. Adding Assignments

9. Content Types

10. Assessment Features

11. Interactive Tools

12. 10 Minute Play Time
O We’re going to build a content folder
named ‘Testing 1-2-3’
O Inside the folder create an ‘pretend’
assignment of ‘What was the highlight of
your summer?’
O Add a point value
O Assign a due date
O Create a Discussion Board activity where
you ask your students if they have any
fears/concerns about the course.

13. Quizzes/Tests
O Where should I go?:

14. Selections Explained

15. Tests

16. Finding your Tests

17. Creating a New Test
O Pros:
O You design your questions in a way that your
students are mostly likely to understand.
O Lots of different styles of questions
O If you make it in Blackboard you’ve got a
really good chance it will work!
O Cons:
O Can be time consuming
O Can’t copy/paste from Microsoft Word
O Can be difficult to create a large batch of
questions to pull from

18. Building a Test – Play Time
O Step 1 – name the test and provide directions

19. Building a Test – Play Time
O Adding Test Questions
O Create the following
questions:
O 1 true/false
O 1 multiple choice
O 1 multiple answer
O 1 essay
O 1 fill in the blank

20. Deploying Your Test
O Go back in your Assignment section
O Go into your Testing 1-2-3 folder
O Select the drop down ‘Create Assessment’
tab
O Select your newly created test & click
Submit
O Then do your details/due dates/point
values etc.
O Make it public (or set a delay for release)

21. Play Time
We will spend a few minutes
deploying our ‘practice’ test in
our sample folder.

22. Grade Center
Setting up Grade Day to Day Uses
Center
 Adding assignment
 Setting up grade columns
categories  Sending email
 Creating a weighted  Entering student
total scores
 Setting categories for  Showing/Hiding
manually entered columns
assignments

23. What do those Grade Center
Icons Mean Anyway?

24. !! Important Information !!
In your Grade Center you MUST add a 0
(zero) if students do not turn work in. The
default image (--) does not ‘equal’ a 0 score.
The - - in the Grade Center nulls the grade
which means:
Someone who has not turned in work
can still pass your class. 
Start entering those 0’s (zeros)!

25. Open Forum
O Questions?
O Feedback Poll -
http://bit.ly/CWITrainingSurvey