The Blackboard GradeCenter will allow you to set up grading schemas. Grading schemas allow you to assign a letter or word to a grade column. This post will walk you through the two-step process of setting up grading schemas. In Blackboard, Grading Schemas are used to assign a letter or word to a Grade Center column rather than a numeric value.
Displaying a single students grades in the Grade Center is nice when meeting one on one with a student. This creates privacy of student grades and confidentiality. This post provides you with instructions on how to displaying only one student within the Grade Center at a time.
When in a Blackboard Collaborate session you may experience audio issues. Here you will find ways to resolve most common audio problems within the Collaborate session.
General support documents are provided within this post to help with many issues that may arise during a Collaborate session. Documents include: Quick Reference and Essentials for Participants; Quick Reference and Essentials for Moderators.
Recording a Collaborate session allows for students or participants to review any materials discussed during the live session or watch a prerecorded sessions at a later time. Moderators can choose to record session but should be aware of some of the main Collaborate features.
Create a student assignment and set display options
Blackboard Collaborate allows users to upload presentations, but only accepts PowerPoint and OpenOffice presentation files and image files (.gif, .jpg, and .png).
Exercise demonstrating Blackboard’s rubric functionality
BbTalk a community support discussion listserv offering technical and instructional design tips for faculty who use Blackboard Learn. The instructions below show how to subscribe.
The Respondus LockDown Browser can be used as another layer of security for online test taking. The LockDown browser prevents students from opening other programs or taking screenshots on the computer that they are taking the test on. This article will show how to configure a quiz or test to use the Respondus LockDown Browser.