Blackboard Tips

A collection of Blackboard LMS tips from Integrated Teaching and Learning Technologist Christopher Carrillo in Boston

Friday, October 24, 2014

Columns are missing in the Grade Center and/or you Can't Scroll

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If you created a column in the Grade Center of Blackboard, and can't find it, it may be hiding because of your browser zoom settings or ...
Thursday, October 23, 2014

How to Sync your Blackboard Calendar to your Outlook Web Mail / Office365 Calendar

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You can subscribe to your Blackboard calendar from within Office 365 / Outlook Web Mail.  Below is a video that shows how.  Scroll down for ...

How to Sync your Blackboard Calendar to your Google Calendar

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You can subscribe to your Blackboard calendar from within Google Calendar.  Below is a video that shows how.  Scroll down for written instru...

How to Post a Link to a Google Spreadsheet into your Blackboard Course

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Google Sheets can be used to allow students in a Blackboard course to edit a spreadsheet collaboratively. Here's a video showing how t...
Friday, April 11, 2014

Creating a Non-anonymous Survey in Blackboard

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Surveys in Blackboard are anonymous, which means the instructor cannot see which specific student answered a particular way in the survey ...
Tuesday, March 04, 2014

How to print a Blackboard Test Using the Respondus 4.0 Test Creator application

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Respondus 4.0 provides an efficient user friendly to print Blackboard Tests. First  download Respondus 4.0 Test Creator. To print from ...
Monday, March 03, 2014

Respondus 4.0 Test Creator Application Instructions

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The Respondus software is available via the myNEU " Software Downloads " section. Go to http://myneu.neu.edu and login using yo...
Thursday, February 06, 2014

Give Audio Feedback on an Assignment in Blackboard Using an MP3 Recorder

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You may want to record your own voice for a student to listen to as feedback for a submitted assignment in Blackboard.  Here is how to use a...
Wednesday, February 05, 2014

How to Use Jing to Give Assignment Feedback in Blackboard

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Jing is a screen-capture application which will allow you to record your screen and voice and give you a link to the recording.  You can us...
Monday, February 03, 2014

How to Download Your Students' Email Addresses

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As an instructor of a Blackboard course, you may download or view a list of your students' email addresses . This can be useful if you w...
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

How To Add Someone Into Your Blackboard Course

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Students and Instructors are enrolled automatically into Blackboard.  Any update made with the Registrar's office will be automatically ...
Saturday, January 25, 2014

How to Diagnose Chrome Extension Issues

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Chrome should work well with Blackboard, but if you have trouble it is possible that you have a Chrome Extension in Chrome which is causing...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

Creating Smart Views in Blackboard

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Blackboard supports Grade Center smart views to limit the number of rows or columns shown in your grade center. 1 .  To show specific c...
Tuesday, December 03, 2013

Blackboard Service Pack 14 (SP14)

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Update:  Having trouble seeing the tabs in Blackboard since the upgrade? M ake sure " Compatibility View " in Internet Explorer is...
Monday, December 02, 2013

Turn Off Compatibility Mode in Internet Explorer

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Compatibility View is a mode that makes Internet Explorer render pages as if it were an older version of itself (version 7 specifically).  ...

How to schedule due date reminders

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You may edit your notification settings to tell Blackboard that you want to receive due date reminder  email  messages Edit your noti...

How to Schedule Notification Emails

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You may edit your notification settings to tell Blackboard that you want to receive  email  notifications as either a daily digest or as ...
Tuesday, November 26, 2013

How to Merge Courses in Blackboard

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Update:  the Merge Course Enrollments function is no longer available on Northeastern University Blackboard since our upgrade to SaaS-Black...

How to Use the Sign-up Tool in Blackboard

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Blackboard has a sign-up tool that can be used to schedule slots for students to sign up for within a course.  You can use this tool to crea...
Monday, October 28, 2013

How to Embed a Video in your Blackboard Course the Easy Way

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1.  Go to http://youtube.com and upload the video as " Unlisted " so the video will not be public http://screencast.com/t/x...
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