Learning Blackboard?
IDA has excellent instructional videos for you! These short tutorial videos provide step-by-step instruction on completing a variety of technical tasks in Blackboard that you may find beneficial as you build your course. If you prefer a print version of these technical instructions, visit the Blackboard Guide which provides text instruction with supporting images to guide you through each task.
Long Video Trainings
Short Video Trainings
Course Management
- How to Use Student Preview in Blackboard
- How to Upload Content to Blackboard
- How to Create Web Links in Blackboard
- How to Create and Manage Menu Buttons in Blackboard
- Email and Course Messaging in Blackboard
- How to Copy a Course from Term to Term
- How to Import and Export a Course in Blackboard (Moving from Term to Term Plus Saving a Copy For Yourself)
- How to Schedule Announcements in Blackboard
- How to Move and Copy Items in Blackboard
- How to Manage Your Blackboard Calendar
- How to Hide and Show Menu Buttons in Blackboard
- How to Use the Control Panel in Blackboard
Assignments Help
- How to Use Google Docs
- How to Set Up Self and Peer Assessment in Blackboard
- How to Set Up Adaptive Release
- How to Set up SafeAssign in Blackboard
- How to Set up a Discussion Board
- How to Close a Discussion for Posting But Leave Open for Reading
- How to Manage Assignment Dates in Blackboard
- How to Create a Student Group in Blackboard
- How Students See Grades and Comments
Tests Help
- How to Create a Test Pool in Blackboard
- Creating Test Pools with a Test Generator
- How to Build a Test in Blackboard
- How to Edit Test Settings for a Single Student in Blackboard
- Never Use Force Completion in Blackboard
- Creating Test Pools Using Microsoft Excel
- Building a Test from a Test Pool: Find Questions
- Building a Test from a Test Pool: Create a Question Set
- Building a Test from a Test Pool: Create a Random Block
Grading
- How to Use Delegated Grading in Blackboard
- How to Hide and Rearrange Columns in the Blackboard Grade Center
- How to Find Student Submissions in Blackboard
- How to Find Incomplete or Change of Grade Information at Wichita State
- How to Clear a Grade Attempt
- How to Weight Grades in Blackboard
- How to Set Up External Grade Column
When You Have a TA
- How to Add a TA to Your Blackboard Course
- How to Use Delegated Grading in Blackboard
- How to Change
a User’s Role in Blackboard
ADA Compliance Issues
- How to Edit Test Settings for a Single Student in Blackboard
- How to Edit Closed Captioning in YouTube
- How to Add Automatic Closed Captioning in a YouTube Video
- How to Clear a Grade Attempt
- How to Add Alt Tags to New & Existing Images in Blackboard
- Creating Web Links in Blackboard Content Areas
Look and Feel of Your Course
- How to Change your Blackboard Theme
- How to Create and Manage Menu Buttons in Blackboard
- Uploading and Deleting Banners in a Blackboard Course
- How to Hide and Show Menu Buttons in Blackboard
Video
- Adding Zoom Meetings to Your Course
- Recording Videos Using Blackboard Mobile
- How to Embed, Mashup, and Link Videos in Blackboard
- How to Edit Closed Captioning in YouTube
- How to Add Automatic Closed Captioning to a YouTube Video
- Coordinating with IDA--formerly IDT--for Video Presentations