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A collection of recent articles, tutorials and other materials pertaining to Blackboard. For more information on Blackboard training, setting up a new course, etc… See the Instructional Innovation Blackboard page.

Sections on this Page ::Blackboard Training, Teaching with Blackboard,
Blackboard Technical Information, Blackboard Content Areas & Tools,
Web Browsers Plug-ins & Viewers, Blackboard for Dummies ::

Blackboard Training

Training is highly recommend for any faculty member interested in using Blackboard.
See the Instructional Innovation Blackboard Training page for more information on
the numerous options available for Blackboard Training.

Teaching with Blackboard

Getting Started:
89 Things to Embed in the First 10 Days of an Online Course [PDF]

Orienting Students to the Online Learning Environment [PDF]

Give Students an Orientation Quiz - Sample Quiz [PDF]

Blackboard Postcards Instructions [PDF] and Template [DOC]
Use this template to create a simple postcard that will be mailed to your students. This is a great way to make initial contact with your online students!
Blackboard Brainstorming and Reflection Worksheets [.doc]
Identify the Pros and Cons of using Blackboard for your course.

Blackboard Student Enrollment Facts [PDF]

Blackboard Control Panel and Manage Course Menu Images [PDF]

Ways to Enhance a Traditional Course with Blackboard [PDF]

Tips and Instructions for Doing Extraordinary Things in Blackboard [PDF]

Helpful Links and Information for your students:

Students Can Retrieve a Forgotten Blackboard Password [PDF]
Note: The student must have access to the email address in their Blackboard account.
By default the email address is set to the student's ICC email address.

Student can Visit the ICC Help Labs for Help with Blackboard [PDF]
Note: Save this PDF file and upload to it your Bb Course or put a link to the file in your Bb course
for your students.

Blackboard Log In Information

Log In Instructions for Students [PDF]
For students who were enrolled in classes in the spring 2007 term or prior, your default (initial) password for the network, email and Blackboard is the last 4 digits of your social security number, ####.

For students who have not attended ICC in the past, your default password is ICC followed by the last 5 digits of your social security number ICC#####.

Add these links to your course:

Ready for Online Learning? http://www.icc.edu/blackboardSupport/readyForOnlineLearning.asp

Online Readiness Test http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/selfEval.asp

Ten Tips and Tricks to be a successful Online Student [PDF]
Tips for Taking Tests in Blackboard [PDF]
Note: Save these PDF files and upload to them your Bb Course or put a link to the file in your Bb course
for your students.

Blackboard Technical Information (Tutorials & Step-by-Step How To's)

Blackboard and PeopleSoft
Batch Enrollement
Instructions for Batch Enrolling students to a course in Blackboard. Step 1 - how to get a class roster in Peoplesoft, create text, Excel and PDF files from Peoplesoft. Step 2 - Editing and Uploading the Peoplesoft Text File to batch enroll students in a Blackboard course.
Step 1: PeopleSoft Class Roster Options Instructions [PDF]
Step 2: PeopleSoft Class Roster Options Instructions [PDF]

Request Batch Enrollment for a Blackboard Course - The Teaching & Learning staff would be happy to batch enroll students for you. You may submit this online form for each course you wish to have student batch enrolled.

Archiving & Recycling Blackboard Courses
Archiving (saving and backing up site content) and recycling (removing content to prepare
a site for a new term) will be necessary at the end of every term the course site is used.
If a site is not going to be used in a near future term it should be archived and deleted from the server to conserve space. Contact Patrice at phess@icc.edu or 694-5295 if you have any Blackboard sites to be deleted!

Archiving and Recycling your Course - Instructions [PDF]

Archiving and Recycling Disscusion Board Postings - Instructions [PDF]

Blackboard Postcards - Instructions [PDF] and Template [DOC]

Saving Files as ".rtf" - Instructions [PDF]
.rtf is rich text-format: Most word processors are able to read and write RTF documents.

Printing PowerPoint Slides from Blackboard - Instructions [PDF]

Blackboard and IE7 Compatibility - Problems & Solutions [PDF]
Illinois Central college currently uses Internet Explorer 6. Internet Explorer 7.0 has recently been released. If you are trying to access Blackboard using Internet Explorer 7.0, you will need to make some adjustments for Blackbaord to work properly.

Blackboard Quiz Timer in FirefoxSolutions for Seeing the Quiz Timer in Firefox [PDF]
If you are using Mozilla Firefox to take a quiz in Blackboard, you may not be able to see the quiz timer. This PDF includes instructions for making the quiz timer visible.

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Blackboard Content Areas & Tools

Banners

To upload a banner to your course:

Log in to Blackboard.
Go to the Control Panel of your course.
Go to Course Design.
Select the Course Banner link.
Use the Browse… button to locate the graphic file that you saved to your computer.
Click Submit.
Return to the Announcements Page of your course site to view the banner.

Create a banner using PowerPoint [PDF]

Create a banner using an online graphic generator [PDF]

Request the Instructional Graphic Designer to create a banner for your course.

Assignments

Working with Assignments [PDF]

Assignments vs. the Digital Drop Box [PDF]

Digital Dropbox

The Digital Dropbox [PDF]

Gradebook

Presentation on the Gradebook [.ppt]

Tips for Using the Gradebook [PDF]

Gradebook Icons [PDF]