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Jump to:  Working in Your Course EnvironmentBuilding Course ContentSetting PermissionsReporting and Course Utilities Content Collection Best Practices

Working in Your Course Environment

pdf Getting Started with Your Course Content
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Watch Your Course Environment
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watch Making Your Course Available
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Watch Select the Page Where Users Enter the Course
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Watch Uploading One or More Files to Your Course
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Watch Adding a Banner to Your Course Entry Point
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Watch Creating a Blank Page (for displaying content) on the Course Menu
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Watch Adding an Avatar to Personalize Your Course Environment - Please note that some of the privacy settings mentioned in this video are not available for FSU users.
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Building Course Content

pdf Getting Started with Course Content                                                                        
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watch Using the Text Editor
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Watch Editing the Course Home Page
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watch Building a Learning Module
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watch Creating a Lesson Plan
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watch Adding a Glossary Term
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watch Adding Textbook Information to Your Course
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watch Creating a Blank Page
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watch Adding NBC Archives Video Content
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watch Creating a Tool Link
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watch Adding a URL
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watch Creating a Mashup
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watch Attaching Course Files to a Content Item
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watch Tour the Course Files Feature
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watch Adding Your Own Web Content Through Course Files
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watch Create Multiple Rules to Release a Content item
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Setting Permissions

watch Turning Tool Availability On and Off                                                                
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watch Making Tools Available to Students
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watch Changing the Course Language Pack
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Reporting and Course Utilities

watch Turning On Statistics Tracking for a Content Item                                            
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watch Running a Report of All User Activity
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watch Running a Report of User Activity by Forum
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watch Running a Report of User Activity by Content Area
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watch Running a Report of User Activity by Group
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watch Saving a Course Report
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watch Exporting a Course Package
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watch Archiving a Course
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watch Importing a Course Package
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Content Collection

watch Creating a Folder in the Content Collection
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watch Uploading Files to the Content Collection
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watch Uploading a Zipped Package from the Content Collection
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watch Downloading Files in a Zipped Package from the Content Collection
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watch Emailing a File from the Content Collection
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Best Practices

pdf Balancing Asynchronous and Synchronous Learning in a Blackboard System               
Brian Morgan, Marshall University
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pdf Beginning of the Semester Check List
Kevin Reeve, Utah State University
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pdf End of Semester Checklist for your Online Course
Kevin Reeve, Utah University
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pdf Using Blackboard for Problem-based Learning
Brian Morgan, Marshall University
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pdf Increasing Adoption:  Using Wordle for Open Ended Survey
Eric Kunnen, Grad Rapids Community College
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pdf Delivering Documents to your Students
Kevin Reeve, Utah State University
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pdf Audio and Video Standards for Online Learning
Kevin Reeve, Utah State University
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