About Blackboard

• New to using Blackboard?
• Information on Blackboard course sites including site roles, how to navigate around and descriptions of key features.
• How to create and remove course sites.
• How to get further help.

Course administration

• Managing users (enrolling/listing/modifying/removing).

• How to create and manage Blackboard groups and group sets.
• Archiving and recycling course sites.
• Course site calendar and tasks.
• Course site settings and statistics.
• View student progress.

Add and manage content

• How to add basic types of content to your Blackboard course sites.
• How to edit settings for content within your Blackboard course sites.
• How to organise content within your Blackboard course sites.
• Using the Content Collection.

Turnitin

• What is Turnitin?
• How to create Turnitin assignments.
• Understanding Turnitin originality reports.
• What do students see when they make a submission to Turnitin?
• How to download student papers/GradeMark papers in a batch.
• How to delete a Turnitin paper.
• Using Roster Sync.

Grade Centre

• What is the Grade Centre and how do I access it?
• Organising the Grade Centre.
• Grading items in the Grade Centre.
• Upload/download Grade Centre data.
• Produce reports from the Grade Centre.

Tests, surveys and assignments

• What are tests, surveys and assignments and how do they differ?
• How do you set up tests, surveys and assignments?
• How do you see the results of a test or survey?

Communication and collaboration 

• What is the Discussion Board and how do I use it?
• Wikis and Blogs.
• Creating course Announcements.
• Sending emails to individuals or groups.
• Chat and Virtual Classroom.

Staff Questions

• Answers to common questions from staff users of Blackboard.

Known Issues

• Bugs and issues discovered within Blackboard and how to work round them.

Glossary

• List of key terms, and their descriptions, used within these resources.