Blackboard Tips

You can create a "private"  iTunes U page for your Blackboard course.  You can use the site to upload media files for your course...

Here are some frequently asked questions about iTunes U content in Blackboard. How do I publish content to iTunes U? To publish content ...

Blackboard has two separate messaging systems: (1) an internal messaging system called " Course Messages ", and (2) an external me...

You may want to allow a student to take longer than the time limit for a timed Test or Quiz in your Blackboard course. To accomplish this,...

There are several ways to add a link to your textbook in Blackboard.  Here is a way that automatically creates a link to the Northeastern Un...

Service Pack 7 for Blackboard includes bug fixes and improvements. Some of the features enabled by this Service Pack are: - Interactive ...

UPDATE:  Google Calendar has discontinued its sign-up block function.  The new way to do this in Blackboard is here:  http://blackboardtips....

The Entry Point is the first page students see when they click into your course site. Here's a video showing how to change to Entry Poin...

If you have a lot of files and folders and you want to upload all of them to Blackboard at once, you can use a "Document Package"...

Here is how students gain access to course sites on the NEU Blackboard site at blackboard.neu.edu Northeastern University students are e...

This is how to connect your Blackboard course to the McGraw-Hill Connect service. 1.  If you have not done so already, establish a McGraw-...

Respondus LockDown Browser is a tool that locks down the testing environment within Blackboard to prevent students from browsing to other si...

If you are having trouble playing Windows Media format in Internet Explorer , try downloading and installing the latest version of Windows M...

You may edit your notification settings to tell Blackboard that you want or do not want to receive notifications via email, dashboard, and ...

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...