This document provides a simple guide for adding various types of content and modules to a Blackboard course site. It outlines how to upload files and folders, add audio, images, videos, YouTube videos, Flickr images, and SlideShare presentations. It also describes how to create learning modules, module packages, and embed modules within a course site.

1. Simple guide for Blackboard Learn
These are some simple features you can use to build
blackboard course
Created by Sally Loan
National Institute of Education
Centre for e-Learning
Senior Educational Technologist

2. Build Content
Upload content to course

3. Create Folder

4. Create Folder
It’s a good practice to organize course material using
meaningful folders

5. Copy / Move / Delete Folder
More options via the
dropdown list is
available beside the
item

6. Add item into folder

7. Add item into folder
name the file

8. Add item into folder
Browse for file to upload

9. Add item into folder
File is uploaded

10. Document Package

11. Document Package
Mass upload of files using zip format

12. Document Package
First, zip all your course material
Browse for zip file to upload

13. Document Package
All files are unpacked and uploaded according to the
structure set within the zip file

14. Add audio file

15. Add audio file
Browse for audio file to upload
Name the audio file

16. Add audio file
By default, Autostart is set to “No” so that audio will
not play when the page is displayed

17. Add audio file
An audio file is added
A player bar is
displayed

18. Add image

19. Add image
Browse for image file to upload
Name the image file

20. Add image
Modify dimensions if necessary

21. Add image
An image is added

22. Add Flickr image

23. Add Flickr image
Browse Mashups for Flickr photo

24. Add Flickr image
Search Flickr photo repository

25. Add Flickr image
Search result displayed

26. Add Flickr image
Select the image to upload

27. Add Flickr image
Enter description if any

28. Add Flickr image
Image file is
uploaded
from Flickr

29. Upload video

30. Upload video
Browse for video file to upload

31. Upload video
Add file from explorer

32. Upload video
Name the video file

33. Upload video
Modify the dimension if necessary

34. Upload video
Video is uploaded

35. Embed YouTube video

36. Embed YouTube video
Browse Mashups for YouTube video

37. Embed YouTube video
Search for Youtube video

38. Embed YouTube video
Search result displayed

39. Embed YouTube video
Select to
embed video
into course

40. Embed YouTube video
Add description if necessary

41. Embed YouTube video
Modify options if necessary

42. Embed YouTube video
YouTube video is embedded

43. Create learning module

44. Create learning module
Name the learning module

45. Create learning module
Modify the options if necessary

46. Create learning module
Add desire content to the learning module

47. Create module within course

48. Create module within course
Name the module

49. Create module within course
Modify if necessary

50. Create module within course
Module content is added

51. Create module within course
Add course module

52. Create module within course
Choose from the module library

53. Create module within course
Add module

54. Create module within course
Click “OK” to add

55. Create module within course
Module panel is added

56. Embed SlideShare

57. Embed SlideShare
Search for SlideShare presentation

58. Embed SlideShare
SlideShare search result displayed

59. Embed SlideShare
Select the SlideShare

60. Embed SlideShare
Add description if any

61. Embed SlideShare

62. Embed SlideShare
SlideShare presentation is added