1. Blackboard 8
An overview of new functionality

2. In this slideshow:
• Interface Review
• New Discussion Board
• Tests and Quizzes
• New Grade Center
• Getting Help

3. Interface Review

4. The login screen has changed but is still familiar.

5. The screen still lists your courses on the right.
Use the yellow pencil to customize the way your
courses display (year, term, etc.).

6. The course home page and Control Panel are
very similar to the previous version.

7. Adding menu items is the same.

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Uploading documents is the same.
1. Course Documents 2. Edit View 3. Item

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Uploading documents is the same.
1. Course Documents 2. Edit View 3. Item

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Uploading documents is the same.
1. Course Documents 2. Edit View 3. Item

11. New Discussion Board

12. To add a new forum, click Discussion Board
and then click Forum.

13. Give it a name and description. A Forum can
contain several discussion topics, or “threads.”

14. If it makes sense for your course, you can choose
start and end dates for your Forum.

15. You can set your discussion forum to allow
grading and ratings.

16. You can click Discussion Board to post, read and
respond to threads.

17. Thread details are visible in one place.

18. Tests & Quizzes

19. Tests and Quizzes can be created through Test
Manager with more options for question types.

20. Click Add Test to create a test.

21. Enter name, description, and instructions for
students.

22. More question types are now supported.

23. Set Creation Settings: feedback, scoring,
metadata, etc.

24. Partial credit for answers with multiple parts
and extra credit options are now supported.

25. New Grade Center

26. Gradebook has changed to Grade Center.
It contains more options when adding columns
or items.

27. You can make changes directly to items in the
Grade Center.

28. You can insert columns calculated from others.

29. Grade Center symbols are now clearer.

30. Grade Center navigation is simplified via the use of
drop-down menus.

31. Clicking the drop-down icon next to each column
name provides a hide column option.

32. Grade Center reporting is new.You can create
reports for grades, selected items, and other data.

33. Grade Center includes email access and allows
you to contact students about grades directly.

34. You can create reports for yourself on all or
selected students and graded items to monitor
progress.

35. Grade history and grade changes are tracked
and made available to instructors.

36. There are new grade options.You may want to
hide statistics such as comparison to class averages.

37. Getting Help

38. Search the documentation
or submit an online help request at
help.unc.edu
or call
962-help