Blackboard Information for Instructors*

Blackboard is an easy-to-use online course management system used by approximately two-thirds the courses offered at Western each term.

*Are you a student? See Blackboard Information for Students

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Getting Started with Blackboard

• Get a hands-on introduction
• Blackboard Quick Reference Guide

Get a Blackboard course

• Create a Course
  • How to Combine CRN Sections in one Course
  • also useful: Finding the Course ID
• Customizing MyBlackboard and Courses Tabs

Set up your course and add materials

• How to Login to Blackboard
• Customizing Your Course Site
• Announcements and Staff Information
• Adding Content
• Groups
• Blog | Wiki | Chat | Email
• Discussion Forums:
  • Setting up Discussion Forums
  • Advanced Discussion Forum Use
  • Using List and Tree Views

Let students see your course

• Make the course available
• Enrollment:
  • Automated Enrollment for CRN courses
  • Manually adding enrollments
  • Request a Guest account (for a non-WWU course guest)

Assess your course during the term

• Assignments | Digital Drop Box
• Tests & Surveys
  • Safely create Tests/Surveys with Text and Images in Word
• Grading and Gradebook subjects:
  • Gradebook
  • Gradebook Builder (for Scantron tests)
  • Appropriate Gradebook Use
  • Handling Multiple Sections
  • Adjusting the point values of Letter Grades
• Adaptive Release
• Course Statistics
• Performance Dashboard

End-of-term actions

• Archiving your Course
  • Course Content Extractor (bFree)
• Continuing use of your course beyond the term

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