Sign in to Blackboard at blackboard.wichita.edu using your WSU username and password. This is the same place your students go.

New course shells appear in Blackboard 30 days before the first day of presession for any given term. If you do not see a course you expect to teach, it may be more than 30 days before presession for that term, or the course may not be set up yet.

You can move a course into Blackboard from Canvas, D2L Brightspace, or Moodle. In every case you export a package from the other system, then import that package into your Blackboard course. The export format is different for each system.

Step one: export from your current system

From Canvas

1. In your Canvas course, select Settings.
2. Select Export Course Content, set the export type to Course, then select Create Export.
3. When it finishes, download the file. Canvas produces an IMSCC file.

From D2L Brightspace

1. In your Brightspace course, open="" Course Tools, then Course Admin.
2. Select Import / Export / Copy Components, choose Export as Brightspace Package, then Start.
3. Select all components, continue, and choose to include course files in the package. Select Export, then download the ZIP file.

From Moodle

1. In your Moodle course, open="" the More menu, then Course reuse.
2. Choose Backup, keep the default="" items, and select Perform backup.
3. When it finishes, download the backup file. Moodle produces an MBZ file.

Step two: import into Blackboard

1. Open your Blackboard course and go to the Course Content page.
2. Select the More options menu above the content list.
3. Select Import Content, then Import Content again on the panel.
4. Choose the file you exported, whether IMSCC, ZIP, or MBZ. The content imports and appears at the end of your content list.

OIR can help you plan a move from another system. Email OIR@wichita.edu.

Blackboard gives you two kinds of containers to organize your Course Content page: learning modules and folders. A learning module holds content and can hold folders inside it. A folder is a simpler container that holds content items.

Why learning modules work well as the top level

• Students can move from one item to the next inside the module, so all of the material for a topic or time period stays in one place.
• You can add a description and a cover image, so the purpose of each module is clear to students.
• You can turn on a set order so students work through the items in sequence.
• If you convert a module to a folder later, these features are removed. Starting with modules keeps them available to you.

How the levels nest

Blackboard allows up to three levels on the Course Content page. For example, a folder inside a folder inside a learning module. Folders placed inside a learning module hold content items.

How you name and organize your learning modules depends on how you teach. Select a tab below for the approach that fits your course.

Upload a file

1. On the Course Content page, select the plus sign where you want the item to go.
2. Select Upload and browse to the file on your computer.

You can also drag a file from your computer onto the Course Content page to add it in place.

What a document is

A Document is a single page you build inside Blackboard from a set of blocks. A block can be text, an image, an uploaded file, media, or a knowledge check. You use a Document when you want text and files to appear together in one item, rather than as several separate links.

Build a document

1. Select the plus sign, then Create, then Document.
2. On the new document page, select the plus sign in the panel and choose a block to add.
3. Add text with the editor, add files or images, and arrange the blocks in the order you want.

1. On the Course Content page, select the plus sign where you want the assignment.
2. Select Create, then Assignment.
3. Add your instructions or questions on the assignment page.
4. Set the due date, the points, and any conditions for when it becomes available.

1. On the Course Content page, select the plus sign where you want the test.
2. Select Create, then Test.
3. On the test page, select the plus sign to add questions, text, or a file.
4. Choose the questions you want and add them. Questions number automatically in the order you add them.
5. Set the test options, then make the test visible when you are ready.

Each assignment, test, and graded discussion creates a gradebook item automatically. You can also add items by hand and group items into categories.

Choose how the overall grade is calculated

Open the Overall Grade page and choose a calculation type:

• Points: the overall grade is the sum of the points earned out of the total points possible.
• Weighted: each category or item counts as a percentage of a final grade worth 100 percent. You assign the percentages.

If you use Weighted, you can set whether items within a category count proportionally, so items worth more points have more effect, or equally.

Choose how the grade displays

You can show the overall grade as a letter, a percentage, points, or Complete and Incomplete.