Instructor How-To Guides

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Here you will find information to guide you through your Blackboard needs. Still can't find the answer to your question? Call CIT at x4353 or email us at cit@frostburg.edu.

Frostburg State University recently upgraded to the Blackboard Academic Suite version 8.0. With this upgrade comes some changes to specific functions of the system. Please see the Faculty Release Notes and the new Instructor Manual detailing these changes (both documents provided by Blackboard, Inc.).

Managing Your Course

• Archive a Course (pdf)
• Make a Course Available to Students (flash video)
• Manage Course Menu (pdf)
• Rename a Course (pdf)
• Export a Course (pdf)
• Import a Course Package (pdf)
• Student Homepage (pdf)
• Combining Course Sections via PAWS (pdf)
• Copying/Moving Content (pdf)
• Viewing Course Statistics (pdf)
• SafeAssign (pdf)
• Group Work (pdf)

Adding Content

• Adding an Item (pdf)
• Blackboard Image Guide (pdf)
• Learning Units (pdf)

Grade Center

• Blackboard 8 Grade Center (pdf file provided by Blackboard, Inc.)
• Grade Center Icons in Blackboard (pdf)
• Adding a Grade Column (pdf)
• Organizing Grade Center Columns (pdf)
• Weighting Grades (pdf)
• Establishing Extra Credit (pdf)

Assignments

• Blackboard Assignment Feature (pdf)

Assessments

• Creating a Test or Quiz (pdf)
• Making Tests and Quizzes Available (pdf)
• Question Types (pdf)
• Advanced Test/Quiz Settings (pdf)
• Creating a Test from a Pool (pdf)

Discussion Board

• Discussion Board Overview (pdf)...coming soon
• Discussion Board Rating and Grading (pdf)...coming soon
• Discussion Board User Management (pdf)...coming soon