Blackboard Tips

Click here to view the recommended browsers for use with our version of Blackboard.

Older versions of Blackboard (versions 7.x and previous) had a " Home Page " tool where students could post some information abou...

You can add pictures to your online test questions in Blackboard. To do so, go to the Test Manager and edit or create a test.  Enable the ...

Uploading Grades from External Sources Instructors can perform off-line grading in an application like Microsoft Excel and then upload gr...

This page describes a method for uploading a .zip file containing picture files. If you would like to upload a collection of a combination ...

One way to speed adding students to Groups in Blackboard is to use the letters on your keyboard to scroll down to the person whom you want t...

Groups are used in Blackboard to divide your class into individual groups to facilitate group communication and interaction. Common Uses f...

Your students have already finished a Test/Quiz, but you want to make the Test available again for just one student for a make-up. The eas...

Instructors and students have experienced problems viewing text that has been pasted into Blackboard directly from external applications su...

You may want to post a video in your Blackboard course using the Vimeo.com streaming service for several reasons, including: 1. You can post...

Note: there isn't a 100% reliable way to prevent determined students from printing something you post on any website (the Blackboard sit...

This article shows how to create a sign-up sheet using a Wiki in Blackboard. Please also see this article  about the alternative of creati...

This post is outdated and refers to an older version of Blackboard.  It remains here for historical record only.  For an updated method of t...

UPDATE:  Blackboard no longer recommends using Compatibility View for the Blackboard site.  Instead, please make sure Compatibility View is ...

The best way to post large files in your course in Blackboard is to take advantage of our myFiles service. This has several advantages incl...

We have an assortment of video tutorials to help you get familiar with parts of the Blackboard system you may not have used before, or to he...

Click here for instructions for how to upload test questions to Blackboard from a prepared text file.

It is possible to collapse and re-open modules (boxes) on the Home tab of Blackboard such as the "My Courses" module by clicking t...

Here are some recommendations that can help in making your multimedia files easier for students to download and view in Blackboard. Multimed...

Google has developed a browser known as Chrome . Tests of the Blackboard using the Chrome browser have been largely encouraging, with many...

Update:  Classtop has discontinued support for the CourseFeed application, so the method in this article no longer works.  The article will ...

We apologize, the manual link from the Control Panel in Blackboard is not currently working. The Instructor Manual for Blackboard version 7 ...

You may download the Grade Center so you will have an offline copy to view and manipulate in Microsoft Excel or similar program.  We recomme...

Step 1 - Open the Discussion Board Access the Discussion Board by clicking on the Discussion Board link located in the navigation pane on th...

If you're using the Chat or Virtual Classroom options in the Collaboration section of Blackboard, we recommend version 5.0 of the Java p...

Wikis are shared web spaces (web pages) that students and instructors can post material to and edit together collaboratively. As the instr...

Blogs are journal-like web spaces that students can post material to. As the instructor, you can decide who in your class is allowed to post...

If you've had many courses in the past, you may have a large list of courses in the My Courses module on the front page of Blackboard. ...

If you are using the Firefox browser , there is a solution which will allow you or your students to download all the files in a Blackboard f...

Blackboard recommends these steps to enable Blackboard to run under Internet Explorer 7 in Windows Vista: Set blackboard.neu.edu as a ...

Creating a Turnitin Assignment is as easy as creating a regular Assignment in Blackboard. Turnitin Assignments have the advantage of automat...

Blackboard version 7 is available at blackboard.neu.edu Version 7 contains everything you are familiar with from previous versions of Blackb...