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Bb Tip #130: Lock Discussion Threads
If you setup a discussion forum with date and time restrictions, once the scheduled available time has passed the forum becomes unavailable and disappears from the student’s view. If you would like...
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Bb Tip #131: Performance Dashboard
The Performance Dashboard gives instructors a “view at a glance” on how students are progressing within the course. Instructors use the information in the Performance Dashboard to monitor student...
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Bb Tip #132: Keeping Students on Track
Students are more likely to be successful in a course when they attend regularly and keep up with their coursework. Instructors can use Blackboard to help students stay on track. Review Status,...
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Bb Tip #133: Grade Center
The Grade Center is more than just a way to record students’ grades. It’s a dynamic and interactive tool, allowing instructors to record data, calculate grades, and monitor student progress. In...
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Bb Tip #134: Customizing the Grade Center
Instructors can customize their view of the Grade Center by hiding and/or reordering columns to focus on specific columns and reduce scrolling. Hidden columns are not deleted from the Grade Center....
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Bb Tip #135: End of Semester Tasks
As we approach the end of the semester there are a few things you can do in Blackboard to wrap up for the semester. Download your gradebook Student access to courses is removed two weeks after the end...
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Bb Tip #136: Merging Courses
Blackboard has a Section Merge Tool that allows faculty to combine two or more courses into a single course. Faculty do not have to make a request to the Information Technology Center to merge their...
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Bb Tip #137: Turnitin – Voice Comments
The ability for an instructor to leave a personal voice comment is a powerful tool for providing feedback to students. Turnitin GradeMark has a feature that lets instructors add a voice comment to a...
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Video Assignments
by Janice Florent Traditional writing assignments are appropriate for many types of assessments, but there is no law that says traditional writing assignments are required for all. In a Faculty Focus...
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Bb Tip #138: Videos Redux
“The Power of Video” [00:01:13] Video is one of the most powerful, motivating, and visual ways to learn. You can use videos to promote critical thinking and active learning. There’s a big difference...
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Bb Accessibility Tip: Headings
by Janice Florent This is the first in a series of blog posts that is a follow-up to my recent Accessibility in Education post where I wrote, Even though you may not have a student with a disability...
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Bb Accessibility Tip: Text Formatting
by Janice Florent The second tip in my series of accessibility related blog posts will focus on text formatting. Here are a few suggestions for making text legible for persons with a visual impairment...
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Bb Accessibility Tip: Descriptive Links
by Janice Florent The third tip in my series of accessibility related blog posts will focus on descriptive links. Links are like sign posts. They should tell you what you will find when you follow...
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Bb Tip #139: Course Banners
You can personalize your course by adding a banner to your course. A course banner is an image that appears at the top of the course entry point of your course. Example of a course banner image Follow...
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Bb Tip #140: Beginning of Semester Tasks
As you prepare for the start of the semester, it is a good time to get started setting up your Blackboard courses. Blackboard courses are automatically created using the course information in Banner a...
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Bb Tip #141: Hide Old Courses from View
When you login to Blackboard you will see your courses for the previous two semesters listed along with the courses you are currently teaching on the Xavier University and Courses tabs. If you do not...
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Bb Tip #142: Change the Name of your Course
The names of courses in Blackboard are identical to the names that appear in the Banner system. Instructors have the ability to change the names of the courses to suit their needs. For example, if you...
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Bb Tip #143: Change Course List Order
When you login to Blackboard you will see your course list. You can change the order your courses are listed as well as hide courses from view. To change the order of your course list follow the steps...
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Bb Tip 144: Web Browsers
Blackboard has a list of web browsers that are certified or compatible with the version of Blackboard we use here at XU. To avoid problems with Blackboard you should use one of the supported web...
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Bb Accessibility Tip: Alt Text
by Janice Florent The fourth tip in my series of accessibility related blog posts will focus on alternative text (alt text). Computers can read text on a screen but images, graphs, and charts are...
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