Welcome to the Blackboard LibGuide for Faculty and Staff!
Blackboard is the Learning Management System (LMS) of choice for UA - Pulaski Technical College. This LibGuide is a compilation of most commonly requested Blackboard video tutorials and instructional links. For Blackboard support, submit a ticket at uaptc.edu/it-services-ticket. For assistance with submitting a ticket, a step by step tutorial video is available at the following: https://youtu.be/om4ynJOxAxo
FAQs
- How do I reset my password? In order to reset your Blackboard password, you will need to reset your password to the UA-PTC portal.
- Does my web browser support Blackboard? Google Chrome is our recommendation for using Blackboard. Check out the site for information on additional browsers.
- I need to create a sample student. How? Learn to use "Student Preview" mode to see what your students see in your course.
- Add MyLabs, Pearson or Other 3rd Party Content UA-PTC Blackboard Support does not support third party integrations. Please use the information linked on this page or contact the third party directly.
- Help! I deleted an item from my course menu. Learn how to add a tool link to your course menu.
- Is there a Blackboard app for instructors? Learn about the Blackboard Instructor app. Blackboard apps are supported by a third party and are not currently supported by UA-PTC Blackboard Support.
- How do I make my course more accessible for students? Use Bb to assist students who need accommodations.
- How do I embed a video? Learn how to embed a video in Blackboard. This tutorial used the FIU to UA-PTC video as a example.
- Import Package Quick Guide Two page guide to adding third party content.
- Blackboard Learn 9.1 Accessibility Level the Playing Field Powerpoint review
Course Set-up
- Edit the Start Here page Watch this helpful video by Dean Oberste to set up your Start Here page.
- Copy a course: Updating Dates IMPORTANT: You must update your dates if you are copying a course from a previous semester that has items previously assigned dates.
- Add course content Read a brief overview of the types of content that can be added to your Bb course.
- Structure course content Learn to create a Learning Module to control what order your students access content.
- Send your first annoucement Learn how to use the announcements tool.
- Sending & receiving messages Learn how to use the Bb internal messaging system. All messages sent and received will be housed in your Bb course.
- Sending an email from Blackboard Learn how to send an email from Bb. Please note that you can not receive UA-PTC email in Blackboard.
- Standardized Shell quick start guide Learn how to set up your standardized shell in two pages.
Assignments
With assignments, you can create coursework and manage the grades and feedback for each student separately. You can create assignments in content areas, learning modules, lesson plans, and folders.
- How can I be proactive against plagiarism? Be proactive in preventing plagiarism by enabling the SafeAssign feature for your Bb assignment.
- Using Adaptive Release Do you want students to complete things in a certain order? Or not release content until certain items have been completed? Learn about adaptive release.
Tests
You can use tests and surveys to measure student knowledge, gauge progress, and gather information from students. Survey results are anonymous, but you can see if a student has completed a survey and view aggregate results for each survey question. Pools are collections and groups of questions that you can include in tests and surveys in the Original Course View.
- Advanced Testing Question pools, timers, feedback and more
How-To Links
How-To Links
- Blackboard Learn 9.1 Accessibility Level the Playing Field Powerpoint review
Discussions
Online discussions provide unique benefits. You can observe as students demonstrate their grasp of the material and correct misconceptions. With online discussions, course members can replicate the robust discussions that take place in the traditional classroom, creating a sense of community. For smaller course groups, you can also offer group discussions, available only to the members of the group.
Journals, Blogs & Wikis
Journals, blogs, and wikis are all interactive tools for students and instructor using Blackboard. Interacting with students in several ways online can help promote collaboration and build community in an online class.
Grade Center
The Grade Center tracks all student work in Blackboard, and can be programmed to track all grade inside and outside of Blackboard. Learn how to navigate the Grade Center and customize it for your course needs.
- Column organization Hide, show, and reorder columns.
- Create a grading schema Would you like to assign a grade value other than the Bb default values (i.e "Pass/Resubmit" instead of "A-F"), create a grading schema.
- View grade history Did you accidentally change a grade or just want to look at the grade history? Learn how to view the grade history.
Microsoft Teams Help
Microsoft Teams Help
Casey Bailey, our previous Blackboard expert, prepared a series of tutorials to enable you to use our Office365 Microsoft Teams application to conduct your classes in place of Collaborate and Zoom. As a bonus, Teams will also automatically transcribe/closed-caption all of your recorded videos!
Casey prepared 6 fairly quick videos to walk you through setting up MS Teams for your courses, giving students access, scheduling course meetings, delivering them, recording them, and making the recordings available to students. If there's anything else you'd like to see, please let Jason know! Please note that you'll need to be logged into Outlook or some other O365 application to see these videos.
Blackboard TroubleShooting
This section is designated for identified Blackboard issues out of the control of the Blackboard Support Team. If you think you may be facing an odd issue in Blackboard, you may find a solution here.
- Safe AssignStudent paper returns as 100% plagiarized from another student. Submission error caused student paper to match with own paper.
- Safe AssignStudent paper returns 100% match to another student's paper. FERPA constraints prevent student paper from showing.