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The information in the following tables is provided to help faculty manage the Blackboard Course Management System. The information is broken down into categories based on the areas under the Control Panel. The Control Panel is available to faculty who are Instructors in a course. It is accessible when an Instructor clicks on the link for a course under My Siena that he/she is teaching. |
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The assessment area is where tests and surveys are created and revised. It is also the area where you can find tools for keeping track of grades and accessing statistics about the course. |
This section explores the various communication tools in the Blackboard 6 system such as staff/instructor information, course calendar, tasks, discussion board, e-mail, announcements, and the digital drop box. |
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| Create an Assignment | Course Calendar | |
| Download Completed Assignments | Digital Drop Box | |
| Grade Assignments | Discussion Board | |
| Submit Assignments | Setting up a Discussion Forum | |
| Course Statistics | Displaying a Forum | |
| Gradebook | Posting a Message | |
| Add Item to Gradebook | Grading Discussion Forums | |
| Download Grades | Discussion Forum Views | |
| Gradebook Settings | Search the Forum | |
| Gradebook Views-By Item | Safe Assignment (Plagiarism Program) | |
| Gradebook Views-By User | Course Copy-Safe Assignment Copy | |
| Manage Gradebook Items | Create Safe Assignment | |
| Running Totals/Running Weighted Totals | Direct Submit an Assignment | |
| Upload Grades | Explanation of Safe Assignment | |
| View Gradebook Spreadsheet | Grade Safe Assignment | |
| Weight Course Grades | Interpret Safe Assignment Scores | |
| Tests and Surveys | Modify-Remove Safe Assignment | |
| Create a Pool of Questions | Safe Assignment Reports | |
| Create a Survey | View Submitted Assignment | |
| Create a Test | Faculty/Staff Information | |
| Calculated Formula Questions | Send E-mail | |
| Calculated Numeric Questions | Tasks | |
| Either/Or Questions |
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| Essay Questions |
This area contains Blackboard documents that pertain to the customizing of the Blackboard My Siena tab, working with Course Evaluations, and using other Blackboard features that don't fit into the categories listed above. |
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| File Response Questions | ||
| Fill in Multiple Blank Questions | ||
| Fill in the Blank Questions | ||
| Hot Spot Questions | Compressing Files (Mac) | |
| Jumbled Sentence Questions | Compressing Files (Windows) | |
| Matching Questions | Course Evaluations | |
| Multiple Answer Questions | Customize My Siena Tab | |
| Multiple Choice Questions | Download Blackboard Files | |
| Opinion Scale/Likert Questions | Log into Blackboard | |
| Ordering Questions | Modify Course List-My Siena Tab | |
| Quiz Bowl Questions | Search | |
| Random Block of Questions | Spell Checking | |
| Short Answer Questions | Text Editor Toolbar | |
| True/False Questions | Upload Web Pages | |
| Upload Questions | Use Quick Edit | |
| Complete the Test |
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| Question Completion Status |
The term multimedia refers to any type of media which is not a section of text—namely still graphic images, animation, moving images in the form of video, and audio sound files. Blackboard 6 easily handles all of these types of multimedia. Multimedia can be inserted into the Text Box Editor by using the links that are available on the Text Box Editor toolbar. |
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| Performance Dashboard | ||
| Insert Audio File | ||
| Insert Flash/Shockwave File | ||
| Insert Image | ||
| Insert MPEG File | ||
| Insert QuickTime File | ||
| Windows Media Player | ||
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The options under Content Areas are used to add a syllabus, readings, homework, tests, and so forth to your course. The items displayed in this area depend on what Content Tools you selected in Course Options > Manage Tools. Adding information to each of these areas is handled in a similar way. |
This area is used to customize a course in Blackboard 6. There are several options that may be changed such as managing the course menu, importing course cartridges, copying course content from one course to another, changing the settings for the course, and importing, exporting, or archiving courses. |
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Adaptive Release
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| Advanced | Copy Course Materials into Existing Course | |
| Basic | Course Availability | |
| Description | Course Cartridges | |
| User Progress | Course Design | |
| Add External Links | Course Settings | |
| Add Folders | Export Course | |
| Add Items | Glossary Manager | |
| Copy Course Material from Content Areas | Import Course Cartridge | |
| Internal Course Link | Import Package | |
| Other Content Types | Locales | |
| Assignment | Manage Course Menu | |
| Discussion Board | Manage Tools | |
| Group | Messages | |
| Journal (Blog) | ||
| Learning Unit | ||
| My Drop Box-Safe Assignment | ||
| Review Status | ||
| Survey | ||
| Syllabus Builder | ||
| Teams (Wikis) | ||
| Tool | ||
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Students are enrolled in your Blackboard 6 class automatically based on information from the Administrative Computer System. Students will also be removed from a course automatically. The options under User Management are to list and modify users, add users to the course, remove users from the course, and create groups. |
| Enroll Students into a Course |
| List and Modify Users in a Course |
| Manage Groups |
| Add User to a Group |
| Create a Group |
| Group Email |
| List Users in a Group |
| Remove Users From a Group |
| Remove Students from a Course |
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Information that is pertinent to Blackboard use by students is included in this table. Just click the link below to obtain documents pertaining to the use of Blackboard by students. |
| Compress Files (Mac) |
| Compress Files (Windows) |
| Digital Drop Box |
| Discussion Board |
| Download Blackboard Files |
| Journal (Blog) |
| Log into Blackboard |
| Modify Course List-My Siena Tab |
| Safe Assignment (Plagiarism Program) |
| Send E-mail in Blackboard |
| Submit Assignment |
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Division Support Staff/Teaching Assistants This table contains information about how Division Support Staff can make materials available for courses in Blackboard, such as Course Evaluations. It also contains information on customizing the My Siena tab and how to log into Blackboard. |
| Course Evaluations |
| Log into Blackboard |
| Modify Course List-My Siena Tab |