Make Exam Available for Students in a Blackboard Course
Step by step instructions for make exams available to students in a Blackboard course.
Clickers: Updating the TurningPoint Software
Instructors’ receivers will require periodic software updates.
Clickers: Updating your Course (Formerly Participant List)
With the newest version of the clicker software, TurningPoint 8, it is no longer necessary to update your course roster (formerly known as participant lists.)
Firewall Information
Most of Blackboard Learn is accessible via standard network ports (80 and 443). On occasion Firewalls can become an issue when trying to access Blackboard.
Creating Smart Views in the Grade Center
Did you know that you can create categories of students in the grade center called “Smart Views”? A Smart View is a focused look at students the Grade Center. It shows only the data that matches a set of criteria, such as section number in a lecture course, those in a certain group (if you assign groups work for instance), or those students who are grad students/undergrad in a mixed course. Smart Views are useful to quickly find information when the Grade Center includes a great number of students and columns.
Clickers: Import Course (Formerly Participant List) from Blackboard
In the TurningPoint software, each class roster is called a course. A course is a list of participant names, User IDs, Device IDs and other custom categories. The use of a course allows for detailed reporting on each participant from a session. This allows the instructor to automatically create the list of students based on the information from Blackboard rather than having to add each student individually. With TurningPoint 8, the software automatically updates participants for you each night at midnight and then syncs them next time you open the software.
Blackboard: Course Reports
Instructors can run Course Reports to access information and statistics about activity and interaction in a course.
Adaptive Release Grade Rule
Create a grade specific adaptive release rule to make a content item visible to all users when a certain grade is achieved.
Getting Started with Student Clickers
Some classes require the use of student response devices, often called clickers. Clickers are handheld devices that enable instructors to pose questions to students and immediately collect and view the responses of the entire class. They are often used give quizzes, take polls, open discussions, and take attendance.
Clickers: Faculty Receiver
If you require students to use clickers in your classroom, you will need a receiver to collect the students’ data.