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Tutorials | Links | Resources/Handouts
Tutorials
The tutorials below have been sorted by subject. You can navigate by clicking on the subject that you would like to find more information about. Then, click on the name of the tutorial below to download a step-by-step Adobe PDF to your computer.
- Blackboard Tutorials
- Basics
- General Principles for Adding Information
- Adding a Course Documents Button
- Adding a Discussion Board Button
- Adding an External Link Button
- Adding a Gradebook Button
- Adding an Announcement
- Changing the Button Design
- Changing the Course Name
- Changing the Order of the Course Menu
- Removing a Button from the Course Menu
- Making a Blackboard Course Available to Students
- Adding a Banner to the Course
- Content Areas
- Assessments
- Preventing Copy/Paste and Printing During Exam | Text file with special script
- How to Create a Pool
- How to Create a File Response Question
- How to Create a Multiple Fill-in-the-Blanks Question
- How to Create a Jumbled Sentence Question
- How to Create a Matching Question
- How to Create a Hot Spot Question
- How to Create a Multiple Answer Question
- How to Create a Multiple Choice Question
- How to Create a Short Answer Question
- How to Create an Either/Or Question
- How to Create an Essay Question
- How to Create a Calculated Formula Question
- How to Create a Fill-in-the-Blank Question
- How to Create a Calculated Numeric Question
- How to Set Default Point Value Before Importing Questions into a Pool
- Importing a Test Pool
- Importing Questions from a Test Pool
- Creating a Test Using Excel
- How to Create a Test
- Grade Center
- How to Add a Column to the Grade Center
- How to Enter a Grade in Grade Center
- How to Change a Grade in Grade Center
- How to Send an Email in Grade Center
- How to Modify a Column in Grade Center
- How to Exempt a Grade in Grade Center
- How to Unexempt a Grade in Grade Center
- How to Change Primary and Secondary Display Type in Grade Center
- How to Remove a Column in Grade Center
- How to Hide Users in Grade Center
- Flash presentations used with permission from University of Illinois at Chicago
- Communication Tools
- Advanced Features
- Basics
Links
- Camtasia
- DE Faculty Training
- DimDim
- Discovery Education
- Learner.org
- NC-NET
- SAS Curriculum Pathways
- Snagit
- SoftChalk
- TeacherTube
- YouTube for Educators
Resources/Handouts
- Archiving Your Course
- Early Warning System Form
- Online Course Review Checklist
- ADA Review Checklist
- Online Orientation Template
- Distance Education Faculty Guide
- Blackboard Course Request
- Removing Students from Your Gradebook
- Exam Cover Sheet
- Membership Log: Adobe (.pdf) | Microsoft Excel (.xls)
- Blackboard Test Taking Tips for Faculty
- Fax Cover Sheet
- Student Information Sheet
- How to Add a Survey Link to Your Blackboard Course Site
- To request Turnitin tutorials and passwords, please email destaff@cccc.edu.