Blackboard Tutorials

This page is a work in progress. Official help documentation for Blackboard Learn 9.1 SP8 can be found here.

Video and PDF Tutorials for Instructors

Listed A-to-Z	TITLE	TYPE
Announcements	Creating Announcements	Watch It!
Archiving	Archiving a Course	Watch It!
Assignments	Getting Started with Assignments	Read It!
Assignments	Using SafeAssign	Watch It!
Assignments	Downloading Assignments	Watch It!
Assignments	Clean Out Graded Assignment Files	Watch It!
Blog	Creating a Blog	Watch It!
Blog	Creating and Editing Blog Entries	Watch It!
Blog	Commenting on a Blog Entry	Watch It!
Calendar
Chat
Contacts	Creating a Course Contact	Watch It!
Course Content	Getting Started with Creating Accessible Course Content	Read It!
Course Content	Using the Content Editor	Watch It!
Course Content	Using the Text Editor	Watch It!
Course Content	Editing the Course Home Page	Watch It!
Course Content	Building a Learning Module	Watch It!
Course Content	Creating a Lesson Plan	Watch It!
Course Content	Adding a Glossary Term !	Watch It
Course Content	Adding Textbook Information to Your Course	Watch It!
Course Content	Creating a Blank Page	Watch It!
Course Content	Creating a Tool Link	Watch It!
Course Content	Adding a URL	Watch It!
Course Content	Creating a Mashup	Watch It!
Course Content	Create Multiple Rules to Release a Content Item	Watch It!
Course Content	Comparing the New Content Editor with the Legacy Text Editor	Read It!
Course Files	Attaching Course Files to a Content Item	Watch It!
Course Files	Tour the Course Files Feature	Watch It!
Course Files	Adding Your Own Web Content Through Course Files	Watch It!
Course Files	Uploading One or More Files to Your Course	Watch It!
Discussion Board	Creating a Discussion Board Forum	Watch It!
Discussion Board	Grading a Discussion Board Forum	Watch It!
Discussion Board	Creating a Discussion Board Thread	Watch It!
Discussion Board	Replying to a Discussion Board Thread	Watch It!
Discussion Board	Grading Discussion Board Threads	Watch It!
Discussion Board	Searching the Discussion Board and Collecting Posts	Watch It!
Discussion Board	Tagging Discussion Board Posts	Watch It!
Discussion Board	Rating Discussion Board Threads	Watch It!
Discussion Board	Managing Discussion Board Roles	Watch It!
Discussion Board	Changing Discussion Board Forum Settings	Watch It!
Discussion Board	Moderating Discussion Board Forums	Watch It!
Email	Sending Email	Watch It!
Grade Center	Getting Started with the Grade Center	Watch Video
Grade Center	Customizing the Grade Center View	Watch Video
Grade Center	Creating Smart Views	Watch Video
Grade Center	Creating a Grade Rule	Watch Video
Grade Center	Viewing Grade Details	Watch Video
Grade Center	Creating Grading Notes	Watch Video
Grade Center	Creating a Grade Center Report	Watch Video
Grade Center	Grading Assessments Question by Question	Watch Video
Grade Center	Viewing and Downloading Grade History	Watch Video
Grade Center	Needs Grading	Watch It!
Grade Center	Anonymous Grading	Watch It!
Grade Center	Creating Grading Notes	Watch It!
Grade Center	Creating a Grade Center Report	Watch It!
Grade Center	Grading Assessments Question by Question	Watch It!
Grade Center	Viewing and Downloading Grade History	Watch It!
Grade Center	Color Code the Grade Center	Watch It!
Grade Center	Working Offline with the Grade Center	Watch It!
Grade Center	Getting Started with the Grade Center	Read It!
Grade Center	Getting Started with Needs Grading	Read It!
Grade Center	Getting Started with Regrading	Read It!
Groups	Getting Started with Groups	Watch Video
Groups	Creating a Group	Watch It!
Groups	Creating Group Sets	Watch It!
Groups	Getting Started with Groups	Read It!
Journal	Creating a Journal	Watch It!
Journal	Creating and Editing Journal Entries	Watch It!
Journal	Commenting on a Journal Entry	Watch It!
Journal	Getting Started with Journal Prompts to Improve Student Writing	Read It!
Messages	Sending Blackboard Messages	Watch It!
Navigation	Your Course Environment	Watch It!
Navigation	Adding an Avatar to Personalize Your Course Environment	Watch It!
Navigation	Course to Course Navigation	Watch It!
Navigation	Select the Page Where Users Enter Your Course	Watch It!
Navigation	Adding a Banner to Your Course Entry Point	Watch It!
Navigation	Making Your Course Available to Students	Watch It!
Navigation	Getting Started with Your Course Environment	Read It!
Navigation	Making Your Course Available to Students	Read it!
Pools	Tour the Question Finder Feature	Watch It!
Pools	Creating a Fill in the Blank Question	Watch It!
Pools	Creating a Short Answer Question	Watch It!
Pools	Creating a Matching Question	Watch It!
Pools	Creating a True or False Question	Watch It!
Pools	Creating a Calculated Formula Question	Watch It!
Pools	Creating a Calculated Numeric Question	Watch It!
Pools	Creating an Essay Question	Watch It!
Pools	Creating a Fill in Multiple Blanks Question	Watch It!
Pools	Creating a Hot Spot Question	Watch It!
Pools	Creating a Jumbled Question	Watch It!
Pools	Creating a Likert Question	Watch It!
Pools	Creating a Multiple Answer Question	Watch It!
Pools	Creating a Multiple Choice Question	Watch It!
Pools	Creating an Ordering Question	Watch It!
Pools	Creating a Quiz Bowl Question	Watch It!
Pools	Tagging Questions for Reuse	Watch It!
Pools	Building a Pool	Watch It!
Pools	Creating a Random Block and Adding It to a Test	Watch It!
Course Utilities	Turning On Statistics Tracking for a Content Item	Watch It!
Course Utilities	Exporting a Course Package	Watch It!
Course Utilities	Importing a Course Package	Watch It!
Reports	Running and Saving a Course Report	Watch It!
Reports	Creating a Grade Center Report	Watch It!
Roster	Viewing your class roster	Read It!
Rubrics	Creating a Grading Rubric	Watch It!
Rubrics	Creating a Grading Rubric	Watch It!
Rubrics	Associating a Rubric with a Gradable Item	Watch It!
Rubrics	Grading with Rubrics	Watch It!
Setting Permissions	Changing the Course Language Pack	Watch It!
Setting Permissions	Changing the User Language Pack	Watch It!
Setting Permissions	Permitting and Restricting Guest and Observer Access	Watch It!
Student Performance	Performance Dashboard	Watch It!
Student Performance	Sending Notifications	Watch It!
Survey	Reading Survey Results	Watch It!
Survey	Reading Survey Submissions	Watch It!
Tasks	Creating a Course Task	Watch It!
Test	Setting Test Options (includes setting the timer for a test)	Watch It!
Test	Automatic Regrading	Watch It!
Test	Exporting and Importing a Test or Survey	Watch It!
Test	Uploading Test Questions from Microsoft® Excel	Watch It!
Test	Awarding Negative Points for Incorrect Answers to Test Questions	Watch It!
Test	Adding an Existing Question to a Test	Watch It!
Test	Creating a Test	Watch It!
Test	Getting Started with Automatic Regrading	Read It!
Test	Getting Started with Building a Test	Read It!
Wiki	Creating a Wiki	Watch It!
Wiki	Adding Rich Content to a Wiki	Watch It!
Wiki	Editing a Wiki Page	Watch It!
Wiki	Linking Wiki Pages	Watch It!
Wiki	Viewing a Wiki Page History	Watch It!
Wiki	Grading a Wiki	Watch It!
Other	Integrating Web 2.0 Tools in Your Blackboard Course	Read It!