INTRODUCTION TO BLACKBOARD Working URL - https://www.d11.org Layout of the site MY START BAR CHANNEL BAR HEADER GLOBAL ICONS Logging In Use your email as your username and your network password.
SITE MANAGER Under User Options, Click Site Manager Or on the left side click the pencil/ruler icon on the dashboard You will have access to any website(s) you have been given permissions to edit. CHANNEL > SECTION > PAGES CHANNEL = DEPARTMENTS SECTION = Volunteering > Specific permissions given to that Dept. to update their section. PAGES you can add, remove, edit, and reorganize the pages in the HR section
This is how your pages will be displayed in your navigation. You can rearrange the order by clicking Organize Pages
Sort A-Z or drag and drop them around. To nest them, drop one on top of the other.
PAGE OPTIONS You can set some options on your pages by clicking the Actions menu to the right of the page name. From this menu you can Edit the Page Select page Options Get the Hyperlink Copy the Page Move the Page Delete the Page Set who can see this page by individual or group Page Options Hide this page from website navigation Map Page to Web Address (redirect to another page on your site or on another site) Set an expiration date for the page (The page will go inactive after the date) Add a background image (careful here) Add Meta Data (for search engines) Create a new page Click NEW PAGE Click on any existing page to open it for editing. Pages are made up of APPS To create an app click Manage Apps and Layouts in the Actions Menu Now you can add new apps and delete apps
COMMON APPS YOU WILL USE THE MOST: Content App o Pictures and text Announcements o Short Title, Announcement Paragraph, Can set a duration to show Headlines and Features o Title, Headline Body, Accent Image, Duration, Site Shortcuts o List of links text or an image linked to an address. Can be nested. Link Library o Link Title, Description, and URL. Set Duration.
Click Add App You get a choice of Apps to add. The procedure for adding them is the same for all apps. Click Create New Give it a name > Click Create You can drag your apps around within the layout Click Change Layout to change to a different layout > again you can drag your apps around to fit the new template. Click I m done to leave the design mode. Now you can no longer drag and drop your apps around or delete. You can now add content to the App. Note: your app is invisible until there is content in it. Click the App to open it. The title of the App doesn t show on the site unless you want it to.
Click Options. You can change the name of the app. here. Check Show the app name on my page. CLICK SAVE You can click View Website on the top of the Section Workspace to view what your page looks like.
EDITORS AND VIEWERS On the Editors and Viewers Tab you can give people permissions to edit your website. And you can create pages that only certain people or groups of people can see. e.g. A page only for D-11 Staff If Viewers are not assigned your page is visible to everyone
Tools Tab Files and Folders: This is where all files and images are stored for your site. You can create subfolders within. To update a document that is already linked on your website, make sure the new file is called the exact same name and drop it in here overriding the old file.
Forms and Surveys: This is where you create new forms or edit existing forms. Click View to open the form and capture the URL to include in hyerplinks and/or email. Click Analyze Responses under the More menu to see the results already submitted. Please Note: You cannot edit a form that has existing responses. You will need to export the results or clear the responses (delete them) before you can make changes to your form. Click the BACK button in the upper left corner
This will get you a nice table view of your results. From there you can view individual results or export all the results to a spreadsheet. You can also easily just to the results of other forms from here too. GETTING HELP In the Site Manager you will see a How Do I? Tab Type in a search term and you will get help articles, videos and other resources related to that topic.