Tips

== Course Site Admin ==

Recycle a course site

To refresh a course site for a new term

Archive and Restore a course site

To save a copy of course site and recover it when needed

Export and Import a course site

To save content materials in a course site for later reuse or to share with colleagues

Change course site title

To alter how course site is listed and described

Making a course unavailable

How to 'turn off' a course so that it does not appear in the course catalogue and is not available to students

Add User by Role

Additional method to add users in a course site

Enrol students into a course site

To add students in a course site giving them access right

User not found when attempting an enrolment

How to resolve the problem of user not being found

Add and remove an instructor

To provide your colleagues instructor access on your course site

Browse user list in a course site

To view users list in a course site one page at a time

Batch Allocate Groups

A method to add users to groups by batch file

What the different user roles mean

A table showing the different roles in Blackboard.

Course Site User Roles

Description of the roles in Blackboard and what actions they can perform

Guest role in a course site

Please do not use this role unless for special reasons

What is included in an archive

Information about what is kept and can be restored from an archive file

Bb course site stats

How to interpret course site stats and what to use instead

Folder and item tracking

To track user access to contents

Check your CFS account for problems with Blackboard login

Web access to your mail box may be used to check your CFS password

== Discussion Board ==

 

New messages in discussion board

How to locate new message in discussion board

Email notification of new messages

How to enable and subscribe for email notification of new messages

Message collection

How to view a collection of messages

Archived or hidden messages

How to locate archived messages in version 6.3

Flag a message

How to use flag to indicate a message

Discussion forum availability

How to stop and enable students access a discussion forum

Save discussion messages

How to save discussion messages into Word documents

Discussion Board Tidy-up

If your online discussions are successful, you soon need to tidy them up. Of course if they're not successful, get in touch with the e-learning team in Staff Development (Ext 1449 or 0116-2231449) for support and advice.

Missing new messages in discussion board

Caused by browser caching old page

Display of draft messages

How to find your draft messages

== Assessment and Assignment ==

 

Download test results

Do not alter question text after any attempt being made to avoid confusion on what version of question being attempted

Safe filenames for uploading into Blackboard

A safe filename will cause fewer problems when uploaded files on Blackboard is downloaded

Updating the list of students in Turnitin

How to ensure the current students listed in the Blackboard gradebook are reflected in the student list with Turnitin

Roster Sync

image of roster sync link within TurnitinUK

Self assessment option for quiz test

Exclude a quiz test result from gradebook

Re-submit an assignment to Turnitin

Replace an assignment submission on Turnitin

Turnitin submission limit

Limits on individual submission as well as zipped files

Turnitin and recycling

how to deal with Turnitin assignments when recycling a course

What browsers does Turntin support?

 

IE browser settings for Turnitin

If you experience login or time out issues try adjusting the security settings on your internet browser.

WebEQ editor

To enter mathematical equations in Text Editor Box

Sign-up List

An electronic sign up sheet in a course site

Set entry point of your course to be a wiki or blog

How to use the Learning Objects Campus LX wiki or blog as the first page that your students see when they enter a Blackboard site

Adaptive Release using gradebook

How to use adaptive release on a quiz with a pass mark

Using Turnitin with Blind marking

One suggestion solution for making use of Turnitin in Blackboard when blind marking is required.