After sharing electronic documentation with other schools I decided to see what other schools have posted for video tutorials for Blackboard. In addition, I looked at Blackboard’s own video tutorials to see if there were any that would be of use to users at Assumption. I found some useful videos that I’m linking to rather than recreating the wheel and making my own videos.
Instructor Videos from Blackboard.com
Blackboard has a website providing a variety of video tutorials on using Blackboard. The website url is:
http://ondemand.blackboard.com/
Some of the useful videos are:
Making your course available
Creating an Announcement
Sending e-mail
Adding a course Banner
Creating a Discussion Board
Creating a Group
Creating a Blog
Creating a wiki
Student Videos from Blackboard.com
Blackboard has a web page providing a variety of video tutorials on using Blackboard from the student perspective. The web page url is:
http://ondemand.blackboard.com/students.htm
Some of the useful videos are:
Submitting an Assignment
Taking an online test
Creating a Discussion Board Post
Creating a new Discussion Board Thread
Replying to a Discussion Board post
Creating a Blog entry
Creating and editing Wiki Pages
Linking Wiki Pages
Sending E-mail from Blackboard
Remember:E-mail messages sent from Blackboard are delivered to your Assumption e-mail account.
They will not be found or stored in Blackboard.
Videos from Grand Valley State University
This next set of tutorials is from Grand Valley State University.GVSU has a great assembly of short videos to get you comfortable with Blackboard 9.0. Please note: Assumption is now on Version 9.1, Service Pack 11. While look of the interface is a bit different, many of the tools still work in the same way.
Instructor Videos
Customizing Main Blackboard page – Course list
Overview of the Course Menu – How it works
Creating content areas
Creating Announcements
Adding Instructor Contact Information
Adding Content and Attaching Documents
Creating and Organizing folders
Creating External Links
Changing Course Availablity
Create a discussion forum
Sending E-mail
Accessing Grade Center
Grade Center – Adding Columns
Grade Center – Entering Grades
Grade Center – Freezing Columns
Grade Center – Weighted Grades
Grade Center – Dropping Grades
Grade Center – Column Organization
Grade Center – Clear Attempt
Creating Groups
Self & Peer Assessment