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- Use this link to contact the IT Help Desk
- Consult the Faculty Bb Bulletin for help setting up, saving and closing course shells; standard practices
Bb 101 - In the event of a campus closure
| Activate a course shell | Create an announcemen | Post an item |
| Send an email | Create a discussion board | Digitize course materials |
| Grade center | Collaborate Video Conferencing | Bb instructor videos |
Bb Collaborate Videos
Private chat
- In the case of a school closure, instructional technologists will be available seven days a week.
- The best way to contact support personnel is to use the Help Desk: http://help.wpunj.edu
- The school only has three instructional technologists so response time may not be immediate. Please be patient, we are happy to help everybody and we will get to you!
Standard Practices
The Basics!
Standard practices are the conventions followed by faculty and the Blackboard support staff in order to guarantee that the semester gets off to a smooth start. Adhering standard practices guarantee a common experience: students are added to the courses on the same day. It also helps guarantee clear, commonly understood communication between instructors and Teaching with Technology staff.
- Students are added to course shells two days prior to the start of the semester.
- Instructors can communicate with students before they are added to shells
- Instructors are responsible for activating their course shells; students will not be able to participate in, or even see, course shells until they're activated. The exception are courses taught completely online.
- Course shells are identified by the year/semester - department and course number - course section
Example:
201840-hist1010-80 Semester designations: Spring: 10 - Summer: 25 - Fall: 40 - Winter: 50 - The version of Blackboard we use is called Learn In Blackboard Corp. documentation look for Learn and ignore references to Ultra except in relation to Blackboard Collaborate.
Copy course content -- Transfer course content within and between semesters
Support:
PDF document --
Youtube video
Notes:
- Starting July 1, 2018 faculty are responsible for managing all their intellectual property between and within semesters.
- To copy a course the instructor must be the instructor of record on both the origin and destination course. Professor Green cannot copy course material into a course in which Professor Blue is listed as the instructor.
- If two faculty agree to share content within or between semesters we need to see consent from both parties.
Create Merged or Master course shells
for cross-listed or multi-section courses
Activate course shells for student use
Email students before the start of the semester
View Student Roster
Beginning of the semester
Course Building
| PARTNER CONTENT | ||
| Cengage | Get started | Get support |
| Pearson | Get started | Get support |
Bb Accessibility: Ally
| Quick Start | Accessibility Scores | View File Accessibility |
| Instructor FAQs | Video Demonstration |
Improve File Accessibility:
Collaboration
General
| Announcements | Contacts | |
| Blogs | Journals | Wikis |
| Create and Manage Groups | Virtual classroom & chat tools |
Discussions
| Discussions | Create forums | Create threads |
| Discussions: Replying | Discussions: Managing | Discussions: Moderating |
| Search & collect | Grading | Statistics |
Collaborate Web Conferencing
| Getting Started | Navigation | Schedule Sessions |
| Configure your session | Join a session | Conduct a session |
| Publish | Accessibility | Collaborate IT Wiki page |
Assessments
Grade Center
Course Reports & Retention Center
Blackboard Instructor mobile app for Faculty
| Instructor mobile tour | Toolkit - a one-stop shop for Instructor Support |
End of the Semester
| Export and Archive Courses | Restore archived courses |
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