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  • Assistive Technology: Adding Collaborators to Assist with Video Captioning and Reviewing Videos

    Open My Media in the Blackboard Locate the video Select the Pencil icon (Edit) on the right (yellow highlight): View of a video in a My Media listing. From the submenu under the video player, select

  • Basics: Adding an Item (Document File) to the Course

    Before adding items to Blackboard, a Content Area needs to be created. See Related Articles for directions. Hover over Build Content and select Item. On the Create Item page, type a Name.

  • Basics: Requesting a Course Copy

    Past semester Blackboard content or shell content can be copied into next semester’s course. To make a request, email teaching@cscc.edu and provide your complete course section information, including

  • Basics: Student Preview

    As of August 15, 2023: Student View will be removed and replaced with Student Preview. This link will display a comparison chart of the Student View and Student Preview features. To Enter the student

  • Grading: Submission Receipts- Verifying a Student Submitted an Assignment

    Occasionally a student will claim to have turned in an assignment via Blackboard's Assignment feature that the instructor cannot locate. There are several ways to check this claim.1) When a student

  • Basics: Student View for the Instructor

    Please see the linked article "Basics: Student Preview." Student View allows instructors to navigate their course as if they were a student. Instructors can take tests, submit assignments, and check

  • Tools: SafeAssign (Plagiarism Checker)

    SafeAssign is a plagiarism tool that checks submissions against other works in a database of other submitted assignments. It is comparable to Turnitin. To engage the SafeAssign tool, use the

  • Grade Center: Navigating the Full Grade Center

    The Grade Center is accessed from the Control Panel in any Blackboard course. Click the action link to the right of the Grade Center menu link to access the full Grade Center. Action Bar: Create Colum

  • Calendar and Date Management: Date Management Tool

    The Date Management tool is used to adjust all content dates and tool dates in the course. Dates can be adjusted all at once or individually from one convenient location. Supported items: Content,

  • Progress Tracking in Ultra

    Progress Tracking can help your students monitor their progression through the course. Both you and the student can see what content they reviewed, which can help you with keeping track of engagement

  • Discussion Boards: Using Them Effectively

    Online discussion boards are often considered more effective for learning than in-class discussion because: Every student is required to participate Every student is required to interact with a

  • Tests: Show Test Results and Feedback Options

    1. When - From the dropdown menu, select from: After Submission One Time View On Specific Date After Due Date After Availability End Date After All Attempts are Graded (If After All Attempt are

  • Assistive Technology: Captioning Videos

    This two-step process is the only way to ensure ADA-compliant closed captioning. After you have uploaded a video file to My Media, a request for closed captioning needs to be submitted. Captions can

  • Basics: Linking a File in a Course

    Set up a Content area to host your items and files before uploading materials to Blackboard. Follow the instructions below to upload. Adding content using the Text Box Editor: 1. Select the circle

  • Discussion Boards: Example Assignments

    The Discussion Board is a Blackboard Tool allowing for asynchronous conversation and sharing. Example Discussion Board Assignments: “Introduce Yourself” Often the first discussion board in a course

  • Ultra Course View Feature Guide

    Original Ultra Status Details Achievements Achievements Available ✅ With Achievements, you can issue course badges to students to recognize their accomplishments within the course. Access

  • Turnitin: Creating Assignments

    To create new Turnitin assignments: 1. Go to your course > Control Panel > Customization > Tool Availability 2. Scroll down to “Turnitin Feedback Studio”-check the empty box > SUBMIT 3. Go to the

  • Turnitin: Student Help Page

    https://help.turnitin.com/feedback-studio/blackboard/direct/student/student-category.htm This link can be shared with students who are having issues understanding how to use Turnitin. A Turnitin

  • Student Activity Details for Courses

    The report provides you with analytics for your students’ performance in your course. You can view a student’s hours in course and changes in overall grade from week to week. The report makes it easy

  • Course Activity Report

    The Course Activity report helps you understand how well your students are performing and how much they are interacting with your course. This report is available in both Ultra courses and Original

  • Multimedia: Installing Kaltura Capture Screen Recording Software & First Use Note

    Log into Blackboard—select Tools>My Media. Download for Windows -The file type .msi. Locate the downloaded file on your computer. (If unsure, check the Downloads folder first.) Open/run it. (You may

  • Student Activity Details for Assessments

    Get insight into your students' activity. As an instructor, you can see when your students opened, started, and submitted tests and assignments with the Student Activity report. In general, this