Getting Started with Blackboard

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1 Getting Started with Blackboard Hans Aagard Senior Educational Technologist

2 Learning Objectives After completing this workshop, you will be able to: Access and prepare your class Explain Vista roles Understand how to log in and the technical requirements of Blackboard Navigate the interface Use the most common tools in Blackboard

3 Learning Objectives (cont.) Describe difference between Build and Teach tabs Add Tools to the Course Menu Edit Headers and Footers Add a Syllabus Add a URL Add Learning Modules & Folders Upload a file using the Vista File Manager Organize Content by Adding Content Links & Creating Folders

4 Three Campuses of Bb

5 Three Campuses of Bb West Lafayette Academic Campus Classes generated automatically West Lafayette Open Campus Request online: West Lafayette Non-Acamedic Campus Request online:

6 Blackboard Roles Need to be FERPA certified

7 FERPA Certification: What & Why Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act (FERPA) governs access to students Education Records Federal Law and Purdue University policies require FERPA Certification (annual) before you can access student records on Vista min. training/certification can be completed online. Go to

8 Academic Campus: Access Each semester, Banner generates Blackboard classes for all for-credit classes on the West Lafayette Academic Campus If you are listed by your scheduling deputy as the instructor, you will automatically be enrolled as instructor/designer Students are automatically enrolled Drops display as unenrolled

9 Academic Campus: Enrollment Banner-generated Instructor: see your scheduling deputy Add Instructor, TA, Designer Application Click on Add an Instructor, TA or Designer to your Section Students/Auditors: through Registrar ONLY *West Lafayette Academic Campus only

10 Cross-listing classes when you want to populate multiple rosters of students into one Vista class before you apply content to your Banner class (more on that later) must be done by a Blackboard Instructor or Course Roster Viewer must be applied to Blackboard classes that have at least one Blackboard Instructor in common Add a cross-list tool Click on Cross List Banner Sections (combine multiple sections into one)

11 USING BLACKBOARD

12 Clear Browser Cache & Cookies Firefox: 1. In the Tools menu, click Clear Recent History. 2. In the drop-down next to Time range to clear select Everything 2. Check the following boxes only: Cookies Cache Active Logins 3. Click the Clear Now button. Internet Explorer: 1. In the Tools menu, click Internet Options. 2. In the General tab, click the Delete Cookies & Delete Cache button. IE 8.0: Click the Delete button in the Browsing history section of the General tab.

13 Online apps: Common Problems If you get an error or the request page doesn t work: 1. Switch to another web browser. If you are using IE, switch to Firefox, or vice versa. 2. Clear your browser cache and cookies then try again. Incidentally, if you re having trouble logging in to Blackboard, clear saved passwords, too

14 Browsers and Blackboard Integrated browser checker included (Blackboard and Login pages) Issues: Mac users: must have Mac OS X or higher Must still wait for security warning to log in (or risk browser lockup)

15 Activity: Logging In Log into your Training Course The URL is Select: Training Institution User name: bbtraining# Password: password

16 Your Options You ll nearly always choose the first or second option For the second, choose a formerly-taught course or development course you created before your Banner -generated class was ready (request at itap@purdue.edu )

17 My Blackboard List of Courses Campus Bookmarks Additional tools

18 Activity: My Settings Change your personal settings Select My Settings Edit Profile Add an address Add a photo (monkey or fish) Turn the HTML Creator on by default Turn on Mail Forwarding Save

19 Course Interface Course Menu Course Content Home

20 Roles and Tabs Users who have both Instructor and Designer roles will see all tabs. Users assigned the Section Designer role only will see the Build and Student View tabs. Likewise users assigned the Section Instructor role will see the Teach and Student View tabs.

21 Activity: Add Headers & Footers To add or edit a header or footer: 1. Go to the Home Page or the Folder you which you wish to edit the header. 2. From the Page Options Action Links menu, select Edit Header. The Create/Edit Header screen appears. 3. Select Enable HTML Creator. 4. In the HTML Creator editing area, enter the content and/or select the image that you want to appear in the header or footer. 5. Click Save.

22 Activity: Add Tools to the Course Menu 1. From Designer Tools, click Manage Course. The Manage Course screen appears. 2. Click Tools. The Tools screen appears. There is a checkmark next to those that already appear on Course Tools. 3. Select the tools that you want to add and click Save. The tools are added to Course Tools.

23 Add Tools to the Course Menu Syllabus Web Links Learning Modules

24 Create & Add a Syllabus

25 Add a Web Link To add a Web Link: 1. From Course Tools, click Web Links to display the tool s inventory of any existing Web Links.

26 Add a Web Link 2. Click Create Web Link. The Create Web Link screen appears.

27 Activity: Web Links Click on Web Links in the Course Menu Click Create Category Give the Category a Title and Description Allow Student Permissions Save Click Create Web Link Give the link a Title and Description Make the item Visible Type in the full web address Select a Category for the Link Save

28 Add a Folder To create a folder: 1. From the Home Page, click Create Folder. 2. Enter a Title and optional description on the Create Folder screen. 3. Click Save. The folder is added to the Home Page.

29 Add a Content Link To add a content link from the Home Page: From Home Page, click Add Content Link to display its menu.

30 Add a Learning Module

31 File Manager

32 File Manager

33 Looking Ahead Additional Blackboard Workshops Sign up at

34 Questions and Answers

35 Workshop Evaluation tinyurl.com/tlttraining