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Subject: Blackboard 9.1 SP 14 Instructor Manual

Revision #: 1.0 Supersedes: --- Date: 12 May 2014

Table of Contents Log in to Learn ........................................................................................................................ 5

My Institution Tab................................................................................................................... 6

Explore the My Institution Tab ........................................................................................... 6

Modules .................................................................................................................................. 7

Edit Module Content........................................................................................................... 7

Customize Module Layout .................................................................................................. 8

Drag-and-Drop Function ................................................................................................. 8

Keyboard Accessible Reordering Tool ................................................................................ 8

How to Add a Module ......................................................................................................... 9

Personalize the Page ........................................................................................................... 9

Course Catalog ...................................................................................................................... 10

Browse the Course Catalog ............................................................................................... 10

Courses Tab ....................................................................................................................... 10

Explore the Courses Tab ............................................................................................... 10

About Course Enrollments ................................................................................................ 11

How to Hide a Course in Your List .................................................................................... 11

My Blackboard and Navigation ............................................................................................. 12

Access the Global Navigation Menu and My Blackboard ................................................. 12

My Blackboard Tools ......................................................................................................... 13

Password, Personal Information, and Settings ................................................................. 14

How to Edit Personal Information ................................................................................ 14

How to Add an Avatar Image ........................................................................................ 15

Calendar ................................................................................................................................ 16

The Calendar Interface ..................................................................................................... 17

How to Create an Event ................................................................................................ 18

How to Add a Calendar Link to the Course Menu ........................................................ 18

Messages .............................................................................................................................. 19

Updates ............................................................................................................................. 20

In Your Course ....................................................................................................................... 20

Navigate a Course ............................................................................................................. 20




You’re Course Environment .............................................................................................. 21

Course Menu..................................................................................................................... 22

Course-to-Course Navigation............................................................................................ 22

Instructor Features ............................................................................................................... 23

Instructor Features in Your Course ................................................................................... 24

Course Menu..................................................................................................................... 24

How to Create a Link on the Course Menu ................................................................... 25

Course Menu Components ........................................................................................... 25

Reorder and Manage Course Menu Links..................................................................... 26

Content Editor....................................................................................................................... 27

Two Views of the Content Editor ...................................................................................... 27

Simple Mode ................................................................................................................. 27

Advanced Mode ............................................................................................................ 27

Video Everywhere ................................................................................................................. 28

How to Record and Share Video Using the Content Editor .............................................. 28

How to Make Your Video Accessible ................................................................................ 29

Email ..................................................................................................................................... 31

How to Send Email ............................................................................................................ 32

Announcements .................................................................................................................... 33

How to Create Announcements ....................................................................................... 33

Edit and Delete Announcements ...................................................................................... 34

Contacts ................................................................................................................................ 35

How to Create or Edit a Contact ....................................................................................... 35

How to Create or Edit a Contacts Folder .......................................................................... 35

How to Add a Contacts Link to the Course Menu............................................................. 36

Assignments .......................................................................................................................... 36

Create and Edit Assignments ............................................................................................ 36

How to Create an Assignment .......................................................................................... 37

Edit, Move, and Delete Assignments ................................................................................ 37

Delete Assignments ...................................................................................................... 38

Grade Assignments ........................................................................................................... 38




The Grade Assignment Page ......................................................................................... 39

How to Grade Assignments Anonymously ................................................................... 40

How to Allow Additional Attempts ............................................................................... 41

Grade Multiple Attempts .............................................................................................. 42

SafeAssign ......................................................................................................................... 43

How to Create a SafeAssignment ................................................................................. 44

Grade and Manage SafeAssignment ............................................................................. 45

How to Grade Safe Assignments from Needs Grading Page ........................................ 45

How to Grade Safe Assignments from Grade Center ................................................... 46

How to Access the SafeAssign Tool .............................................................................. 48

Direct Submit ........................................................................................................................ 48

How to Submit Papers through Direct Submit ................................................................. 48

Tests, Surveys, and Pools ...................................................................................................... 49

Create Tests and Surveys .................................................................................................. 49

How to Build a Test or Survey and Add New Questions ............................................... 49

Reorder Questions ........................................................................................................ 51

Edit Tests and Questions............................................................................................... 52

Test and Survey Availability Options ............................................................................ 52

Due Date and Late Submissions ............................................................................. 55

Deploy Tests and Surveys ............................................................................................. 56

How to Add a Test or Survey to a Content Area ........................................................... 56

How to Make a Test or Survey Available ...................................................................... 56

Test and Survey Results .................................................................................................... 57

How to View Test or Survey Results ............................................................................. 57

Download Results ......................................................................................................... 58

Item Analysis ..................................................................................................................... 58

How to Run an Item Analysis on a Test ........................................................................ 59

About the Test Summary on the Item Analysis Page.................................................... 60

Resolve Student Issues With Tests ................................................................................... 61

Submit a Test for a Student .......................................................................................... 61

Clear a Test Attempt ......................................................................................................... 61




Test Access Log ................................................................................................................. 61

Grade Center ......................................................................................................................... 63

Customize Grade Center ................................................................................................... 63

Access the Grade Center ............................................................................................... 63

The Grade Center Interface .......................................................................................... 64

How to Color Code the Grade Center ............................................................................... 65

Rubrics .................................................................................................................................. 67

How to Create a Rubric ..................................................................................................... 68

How to Edit the Rubric Grid .............................................................................................. 68

How to Grade With Rubrics .............................................................................................. 69

Achievements ....................................................................................................................... 70

What Is a Badge? .............................................................................................................. 70

The Lure of Badges ........................................................................................................... 71

Create and Manage Achievements ................................................................................... 71

How to Create and Issue Achievements ....................................................................... 71

Define Criteria Triggers for Achievements.................................................................... 72

Choose the Reward ....................................................................................................... 73

Delete Achievements ........................................................................................................ 74




This is latest information about new features and updates to Blackboard Learn. KSAU-HS determine to make these updates available to you.

Watch the latest new features and enhancements video

Log in to Learn

The first step in using Blackboard Learn is to log in to the system.

1- Go to KSAU‐HS website http://www.ksau‐hs.edu.sa and select “Blackboard System”

under quick links. 2- Direct link https://lms.ksau-hs.edu.sa

A. Type your KSAU-HS Username.

B. Type your KSAU-HS Password.

C. Click Login.

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My Institution Tab

After logging in to Blackboard, you "land" on the My Institution tab. Across the top of that

page, other tabs might be available to you. Your institution can rename the pages and tabs that appear.

Modules on the My Institution tab collect information from all the courses you are enrolled

in, giving you a total picture of news and activity for your courses.

Watch a Video Tutorial

Explore the My Institution Tab

A. The Global Navigation Menu and My Blackboard are available everywhere in Blackboard Learn. Click the arrow next to your name at the top of the screen to access:

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All of your courses, as well as the Home and Help links. Users can change their settings, such as text size and personal information. The logout function is nearby.

On the left side of the panel, My Blackboard pages display course communication, due dates, grades, and more. A number next to your name indicates how many new items are available.

B. Tools: The tools available on this page roll up information from all of your courses. For example, Calendar shows events for all courses. Descriptions of the tools are available later in this page.

C. Modules: Modules on the My Institution tab collect information from all the courses you are enrolled in or are teaching. Your institution determines which modules appear and whether you can add modules.

Use links in the modules to view information and navigate to those areas in your courses. You can collapse individual windows and drag modules to new positions on the page.

KSAU-HS determines which modules appear. Modules you see might include:

My Courses: Access the courses you are enrolled in or teaching.

My Announcements: Displays announcements for courses and from your institution. Announcements communicate important, time-sensitive information.

My Tasks: Displays tasks added by instructors. You can add personal tasks when accessing tasks from Tools.

D. Add Module: Click to view the list of available modules, such as dictionary, report card, and notes. Descriptions are provided in the list so you can choose the most significant. Your institution determines if you are allowed to add modules.

E. Personalize Page: Change the color scheme of the page. Your institution determines if you are allowed to personalize the page.

Modules

Modules are a great way to see what's happening in your courses, as well as access

commonly used tools with just one click. You are allowed to minimize or remove modules;

however, some modules are required to appear. You may also be allowed to edit the

content that appears in the modules.

Edit Module Content

To edit information, click the Manage icon located at the top of each module.




Customize Module Layout

You can reorder the modules on a tab using the drag-and-drop function or the keyboard accessible reordering tool.

Drag-and-Drop Function

Press and drag the header of a module to move it to a new location. The module is surrounded by a dashed line as you move it. Release the module to place it in its new location.

Keyboard Accessible Reordering Tool

You can use the keyboard accessible reordering tool for an alternative method to reorder

items. The tool appears on the action bar .

Select one of the modules. Use the up and down arrow icons to move the module to a new position in a column list. Use the right- and left-pointing arrows to move a module between columns.




How to Add a Module

1. Access the My Institution tab or another tab containing modules.

2. Click Add Module.

3. On the Add Module page, select the modules to appear on the tab. You can search by keyword or browse by category to find modules. Your institution can disable options.

4. Click Add to place the module on your My Institution page. Click Remove to delete the module from your My Institution page.

Personalize the Page

Access the My Institution tab or another tab containing modules and click Personalize Page on the action bar. On the Personalize page, select a color scheme from the Color Palette Library.




Course Catalog

The course catalog lists all courses offered at the colleges in defined categories, such as

semester and subject matter.

You can search for courses or organizations using a keyword or a specific category. The links

in the catalog display instructor information and a course description. You may be able to

enroll, preview, or log in to a course.

Browse the Course Catalog

Click View Course Catalog on the gateway page. Or, log in and open the Courses tab or the Community tab to browse the listings.

A. Search Catalog: Use the drop-down lists to limit the search by parameters. B. Go: Search for a course. C. View Textbooks: Click to open a new window and view textbooks for a course.

Courses Tab

Explore the Courses Tab

A. Course Search: You can search for a course, and if allowed, preview the course. Type a keyword or text string in the box, click Go. The results appears on the Browse Course Catalog page.




B. Course List: From the list, you can access any course you are enrolled in or teaching. For example, if you are a student in two courses and a teaching assistant in one course, your course list is divided into the courses you are enrolled in and the courses you are a TA for.

C. Course Catalog: You can search the catalog for courses or organizations. Select a category link or click Browse Course Catalog to begin your search

About Course Enrollments

Course enrollments are handled by your KSAU-HS Colleges. If you are enrolled in a course but do not see it in the course list, or if you are enrolled in the incorrect course, contact your College for assistance.

How to Hide a Course in Your List

You use the same steps to hide a course from the Courses tab or from the My Courses module on the My Institution tab.

1. Click the Manage icon that appears when you move your mouse pointer over the module.

2. Locate the row for the course you want to hide and clear the check box in the Course Name column.

3. Be sure all check marks are cleared in that course's row.




4. Repeat for all courses you want to hide.

5. Click Submit.

My Blackboard and Navigation

Everything you need for your Blackboard experience is in one convenient location. My

Blackboard provides you with quick and easy access to critical and timely information

regarding your college, courses, and fellow classmates. From My Blackboard, you can view

how you are doing in each of the courses you are enrolled in, view grades, be reminded of

assignments that are due, and much more.


Access the Global Navigation Menu and My Blackboard

Access My Blackboard from the global navigation menu by clicking the arrow next to your name at the top of any page.

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My Blackboard Tools

Tools Description

Bb Home: Gives you an overview of the items that are due and recently graded. Move your mouse pointer over View to reveal your grade. Bb Home displays the

five most recent activities relevant to you.

Calendar: Review everything you have due and be reminded of when you

need to complete it.

Posts: Displays the posts made in the last seven days in the courses and

organizations you are enrolled in and follow. For example, you can see when a classmate submits a blog post in your course.

Updates: Review a list of notifications alerting you to important events and

information. For example, you can see when an assignment has been graded.

My Grades: View your grades for each assignment, test, or activity in all of

your courses. Sort the grades by date or course.

Home

Help: Go to Behind the Blackboard for manuals, tutorials, and more.




In this section...

Password, Personal Information, and Settings

Calendar

Messages

My Grades

People

Posts

Profiles

Spaces

Updates

Password, Personal Information, and Settings

You can edit your personal information and settings from the global navigation menu.

Note: KSAU-HS is not allowing you to change password through Blackboard Learn to

ensure that your user name and password is the same everywhere.

How to Edit Personal Information

You can edit the information that appears in your account profile on the Edit Personal Information page. Changes you make on this page are reflected throughout Blackboard Learn. For example, if you change your last name, the new last name appears in all the courses you are enrolled in. Most of the personal information is optional.

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Use the following steps to edit your personal Information

1. From the global navigation menu, click Settings, and then click Personal Information. You can also access Personal Information on the Tools panel.

2. On the Personal Information page, click Edit Personal Information. 3. On the Edit Personal Information page, make changes to the appropriate fields. 4. Click Submit.

How to Add an Avatar Image

You can upload an avatar that is used to represent you throughout the system. Avatar images appear in the page header, blogs, journals, discussions, and within notifications modules such as what are New, Needs Attention, and To Do.

Users can upload a photo or other image they have created to use as an avatar. The recommended pixel size for an avatar image is 150 by 150.


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Use the following steps to add your avatar image:

1. From the global navigation menu, click Settings, and then click Personal Information. You can also access Personal Information on the Tools panel.

2. On the Personal Information page, click Personalize My Settings. 3. On the Personalize My Settings page, you can add or change your personal avatar.

Click Use custom avatar image. You will not see this option if your institution has turned on the profiles feature.

4. Click Browse My Computer. 5. Select the avatar image file and click Open. 6. Click Submit.

Calendar

You can use the course calendar to provide students with dates for course-related events. Course calendar events appear to all members of the course. Common entries include the following items:

Meetings

Instructor office hours

Exams

Guest speakers

Course items with due dates


The calendar displays a consolidated view of all your institution, course, organization, and personal calendar events. You can view events by day, week, or month. You can also view and organize upcoming and past events into categories.

Course calendar events appear to all members of the course. Common entries include upcoming tests, due dates for assignments, or special lectures. Course items with due dates automatically appear in the course calendar. Only instructors may create course calendar events.


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The Calendar Interface

You can access the calendar from your course, from the Tools panel on the My Institution tab, or from the My Blackboard menu.

A. View events by day, week, or month. B. Navigate to another month. C. Click the plus (+) to create a new event. You can also click a date to create an event.

Assign the event to the appropriate calendar, select the date and time, and add a description.

Note: Students cannot create an event on a course and institution calendar. Instructors cannot create an event for the institution calendar unless they have administrator privileges.

D. Click an event to manage it. You can also press and drag an event to change the date. E. Select the calendars you want to show, such as institution, personal, or course. By

default, all calendars are visible. Optionally, change the color of each calendar to suit your preference. Using a distinct color for each calendar easily displays which calendar the event is associated to without opening the event.

Note: All institution events appear in the institution calendar. All course events, such as assignments due, appear in the course calendar.

F. Get an iCal URL for importing your Blackboard Learn calendar into an external calendar application. After the Learn iCal URL is set up in an external calendar, it is updated dynamically with new Learn calendar events. For example, log in to Google Calendar and access the Other Calendar drop-down list. Select Add by URL and paste the iCal URL generated by Blackboard Learn.

Note: You cannot import external calendars into this calendar.




How to Create an Event

1. On the calendar, click the plus (+) to create a new event. You can also click a specific date to create an event.

2. Type the New Event Name. 3. Select a calendar to associate the event to, such as your personal calendar. 4. Only instructors and administrators can add events to the course and institution

calendars. 5. Select the Start and End times. 6. Type the Event Description. There is a 4,000 character limit for event descriptions. 7. Click Save.

How to Add a Calendar Link to the Course Menu

If you want students to access the course calendar from your course, you can add a link to the course menu for one-click access to the tool. You can also customize the name of the link.

1. Point to the plus sign above the course menu. The Add Menu Item drop-down list appears.

2. Select Tool Link. 3. Type a Name for the link. 4. From the Type drop-down list, select Calendar. 5. Select the Available to Users check box. 6. Click Submit




Messages

Exchange simple messages with other people who use Blackboard.

Access your messages through the global navigation menu. If prompted, you must accept

the terms of service and provide an email address before using this tool for the first time.

A. View your messages in the left panel. The most recent appears first. Click a message

to view the entire conversation.

B. Click Compose to start a conversation with another user.

C. Delete the conversation.

D. Write a reply.

My Blackboard messages are not the same as course messages or email. You do not have

to be online at the same time as other people to send and receive messages. You do have

to be logged in to Blackboard to send and receive My Blackboard messages.


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Updates

Access your updates through the global navigation menu. On the Updates page, you can see all notifications for each course and organization you are enrolled in. To learn more, see Notifications.

A. Browse all notifications. B. View notifications by course. C. Open a notification's contextual menu to take action. D. Select the notification types you want to show. Hiding a notification on the Updates page

does not remove it from your system-wide notification settings.

In Your Course

The topics in this section introduce you to the main ideas and tasks for working within a

course. Review the table of contents on the left to see Help sections about specific areas of

a course, such as assignments and the Grade Center.

In this section...

Navigate a Course

Instructor Features

Content Editor

Navigate a Course

Courses vary in design depending on the instructor and the institution, but some common elements exist.

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You’re Course Environment

A. Page header: The area at the top of the screen that contains the tabs, your avatar, access to the global navigation menu and My Blackboard, and Logout. The page header elements remain the same regardless of where you are in Blackboard Learn.

B. Tabs: Blackboard Learn has two common tabs, the My Institution tab and the Courses tab. To learn more, see My Institution Tab and Courses Tab. Your institution can rename tabs.

C. If your institution licenses content management, you will see a Content Collection tab. If your institution licenses community engagement, the Community and Services tabs are available.

D. Course-to-course navigation: Use this feature to access all courses you are enrolled in. Access the contextual menu next to the house icon to go to another course. Next to the house icon, use the orientation bar to access previous pages you visited recently.

E. Course menu: The access point for all course content. Instructors determine which links are available here.

F. Content frame: The larger area of the screen next to the course menu that displays the selected content area, tool, module page, or material. Instructors choose the page that appears here when you enter a course.

G. Action bar: The rows at the top of the content frame, containing page-level actions, such as Create Thread in the discussion board.

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Course Menu

The course menu is the panel on the left side of the interface that contains links to all top-level course areas. Instructors can also provide links to individual tools, websites, course items, and module pages. Instructors control the content and tools available on the course menu.

Instructors can customize the style of the course menu. They can change the color, add sub headers and dividers, and choose buttons or text for the links. These customizations create variations in the look and organization of your courses.

A. For the course menu design, instructors can use text only or labeled buttons for the links.

B. Open the course menu in a separate window. The detached menu always displays course materials as a directory tree. You can expand the view to show the hierarchy of course navigation and move the window wherever you want.

C. Refresh your view.

D. Expand or collapse the course menu frame by moving your mouse pointer near the border and clicking the arrow. When you collapse the course menu, you have more room to view content.

Course-to-Course Navigation

While inside one of your courses, you can conveniently access all of the courses you are enrolled in. Access the contextual menu next to the house icon. Click another course title. If the same page you are currently viewing in the course exists in the next course that is where you will land. The most recently visited course is listed first.




For example, if you are viewing the announcements page in one course and click another course in the contextual menu, you are taken to that course's announcements page.


Instructor Features

The Blackboard Learn environment allows you to easily navigate, provide content, edit items, and change options that affect how users interact with the interface.

You can read this page in its entirety, or click the Table of Contents icon in the upper right and choose a topic that interests you.


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Instructor Features in Your Course

A. Edit Mode: When Edit Mode is ON, all the instructor functions appear. This includes action bar functions such as Build Content or the appearance of contextual menus. When Edit Mode is OFF, you are viewing the course as a student see it. The Edit Mode function appears to users with a role of instructor, teaching assistant, course builder, and administrator.

B. Action bar: Rows at the top of the page containing page-level actions such as Build Content, Search, Delete, and Upload. The functions on the action bar change depending on where you are in your course. The action bar can contain multiple rows of functions such as on the main Grade Center page.

C. Contextual Menus: Many components in Blackboard Learn have contextual menus, such as content items, course menu links, or Grade Center columns. The options in the contextual menu vary depending on the component. Access an item's contextual menu by clicking the down arrow next to the item.

D. Control Panel: The panel following the course menu is an instructor's access point for course management functions. You can manage the course style, course tools, and users from this area. Students do not see the Control Panel.

Course Menu

The course menu appears on the left side of your course window. It is the cornerstone for the

organization and navigation of your course. You create links on the course menu to present tools and

materials to users. You can customize its appearance and order the links.




How to Create a Link on the Course Menu

1. Change Edit Mode to ON and point to the plus sign above the course menu. The Add Menu Item drop-down list appears.

2. Select the type of content to create.

3. Type a Name. Complete any other required text boxes, such as URL for Web Link.

4. Select the Available to Users check box to enable users to see the link on the course menu. You can create content ahead of time, make it unavailable, and then make it available at the appropriate time.

5. Click Submit. A link to the new content appears on the course menu.

Course Menu Components

The following table lists the types of content and tools you can include on the course menu. You can also include sub headers and divider lines to help visually organize the links for your users.

Type Description

Content area

Content areas are the top-level course areas. They hold all of your course materials. You create, link, and manage them on the course menu. After you create a content area, you add content to it, such as online lectures, multimedia, tests, and communication tools.

Blank page

The blank page tool allows you to include files, images, and text as links on the course menu. Include blank pages on the course menu for critical information, as too many links on the course menu can overwhelm students. Remove blank pages from the course menu as soon as the information is no longer needed.

Tool link

Create a link to an available tool in your course, such as the calendar or journals. You can also create a link to the Tools page.




Type Description

Course link

Create a shortcut to an existing area, tool, or item in a course.

Web link

Create a link to a URL to provide quick access to a resource on the internet.

Module page

Create a module page and choose the individual modules to include. The modules can be tools, such as a calculator, or the modules can display information, such as grades, alerts, and tasks.

Sub header

A sub header is unlinked text. You can group related links under a sub header to help users find information quickly.

Divider A divider is a line that visually divides the course menu to help users find information quickly. After you create it, you can move it to the appropriate position.

Reorder and Manage Course Menu Links

You can organize and rename the course menu links to make them easier for students to use.

A. Use the drag-and-drop function to reorder course menu links.

B. Alternatively, use the keyboard accessible reordering tool to reorder the links.

C. Access a link's contextual menu and click Rename to change its title. Click Hide Link to make it unavailable to students. Click Show Link to make it available to students. If you delete a content area, all content items within it are also permanently deleted. This action is final.

D. With Edit Mode set to ON, an unavailable link title appears with a square with a diagonal

line through it ( ). Students do not see the link on the course menu.




Content Editor

The content editor allows you to add and format text, insert equations and hyperlinks, tables,

and attach different types of files to create content. The editor appears throughout the system

as the default editor.

Two Views of the Content Editor

The content editor has two view modes: simple mode and advanced mode. Change the view in the upper-right corner of the content editor.

Simple Mode

The simple mode contains a minimal set of the most used text formatting functions. Click the

show more ( ) function—represented by two down pointing arrows—to access more editor functions.

Advanced Mode

The advanced mode includes every available formatting and object attachment function. Click

the show less ( ) function—represented by two up pointing arrows—to view only one row of functions.

Functions not currently available appear grayed out. For example, the functions to apply or remove a hyperlink are available only when you select text or an object in the text box.




Video Everywhere

Using the content editor, you can record video everywhere. Once installed and activated, a

new icon called Record from Webcam is added to the content editor that controls your

webcam. You can record video from the content editor and upload it directly to YouTube™.

You must have a Google® account that is registered on YouTube. A YouTube channel is

required to process and save your webcam videos.

How to Record and Share Video Using the Content Editor

1. Click Record from Webcam. Instructors and your institution can disable this tool.

2. When prompted, click Sign in to YouTube.

3. Sign in to YouTube using your Google account. Click Grant Access to allow your Blackboard server to upload video on your behalf.

If your Google account is not enabled for YouTube access, you will receive a prompt to open a new browser tab and log in to YouTube. After you log in to YouTube, create your YouTube channel to upload and store your videos. Navigate back to the Webcam Recorder window and click Sign in to YouTube. Click Grant Access.




4. Click Record from webcam.

5. When you are prompted by Adobe Flash to enable the player settings, accept or agree.

6. Agree to allow the recorder to upload videos to YouTube.

7. Click Start Recording. When you are finished, click Stop Recording.

8. Click Upload to save your video on YouTube.

9. Click Insert to add the video to the content editor. You can choose between:

o Play in place: Plays the video in the current location. Users can resize the video size to match the content. A placeholder appears in the content editor where your video will play for viewers.

o Thumbnail: A small image of the video is displayed. Users click on the thumbnail to view the video in a new window.

10. Your video appears in your content item. It takes a few minutes to encode the video, so it may not play immediately. You might even receive a "This video is unavailable" message. Wait a few minutes and try again.

How to Make Your Video Accessible

After you upload your video to YouTube, you can add closed captions and descriptive captions. Captions and transcripts help people who are deaf or who experience hearing impairments understand the audio track of your video. Captions also help people who speak different languages or have learning disabilities understand what is happening in your video.

After you upload your video, it will take between an hour and a day for YouTube's transcription tool to automatically save captions from the soundtrack of your video. On the YouTube tool bar, the Captions link appears when the captions are available. After the transcription is completed, you need to edit the captions to be sure they are correct.




1. On the YouTube tool bar, click Captions.

2. For English, click automatic captions in the right side panel.

3. The inline text editor opens. You can edit directly in each frame's text box. You can also download the text file, edit it on your computer using a text editor, and upload it back to YouTube.

4. Click Done.

The most current and detailed instructions for adding transcripts, translations, and captions to videos posted on YouTube are available by clicking the help link in YouTube and searching for "captions."




Email

The email tool allows you to send email to other people in your course without launching an

external email program, such as Gmail, Hotmail, or Yahoo. You can send email to individual

users or to groups of users.

You can send email to the following users:

All Users: All users in your course.

All Groups: All groups in your course.

All Student Users: All students in your course.

All Teaching Assistant Users: All teaching assistants in your course.

All Instructor Users: All instructors in your course.

All Observer Users: All of the observers in your course.

Select Users: Select the users from a list.

Select Groups: Select groups from a list.

Single/Select Observer users: Send email to a single observer or select observers in your course.


Note: Blackboard Learn keeps no record of sent or received email. When you receive or

send an email, the email appears in the inbox of your external email program. Keep a copy

of important messages in case you need them at a later date.

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How to Send Email

1. On the course menu, click the Tools link. On the Tools page, click Send Email.

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On the Control Panel, expand the Course Tools section and click Send Email.

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On the My Institution tab, in the Tools panel, click Send Email and select a course.

2. On the Send Email page, click a link, such as All Users.

3. For Select Users or Select Groups, select the recipients in the Available to Select box and click the right-pointing arrow to move them into the selected box. A back arrow is available to move a user out of the recipient list. Click Invert Selection and selected users are no longer highlighted and those users that are not selected will be highlighted.

Tips: For Windows, to select multiple users in a list, press the Shift key and click the first and last users. To select users out of sequence, press the Ctrl key and click each user needed. For Mac systems, press the Command key instead of the Ctrl key. You can also use the Select All function to send an email to all users.

4. Type your Subject. Your message will not be delivered without a subject.

5. Type a Message.

6. Click Attach a file to browse for file from your computer. You can attach multiple files. After you add one file, the option to attach another file appears.

7. Click Submit.




Announcements

With announcements, you can post timely information critical to course success. On the Announcements page, you can add, edit, and delete announcements. This is an ideal place to post time-sensitive material including:

Due dates for assignments and projects.

Changes to your syllabus.

Corrections/clarifications of materials.

Exam schedules.

When you add an announcement, you can also send the announcement as an email to students in your course. This ensures that students receive the announcement even if they do not log in to your course. If you include links to course content, the email will not include links to that content.


How to Create Announcements

Announcements appear in the order posted, with the most recent announcements appearing first.

1. On the Control Panel, expand the Course Tools section and click Announcements.

2. On the Announcements page, click Create Announcement on the action bar.

3. On the Create Announcement page, type a Subject. This becomes the title of the announcement on the Announcements page.

4. Type your message.

5. In the Web Announcements Options section, click:

6. Not Date Restricted to keep the announcement visible until you remove it. 7. -OR- 8. Date Restricted to limit the announcement's visibility by date and time.

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9. Select the Display After and Display Until check boxes to enable the date and time selections. Display restrictions do not affect the announcement availability, only when it appears.

10. Select the Email Announcement check box to send students an email containing the announcement. The email is sent to all students, even those who choose not to receive announcement notifications through email. Your institution determines if this option is available.

11. Optionally, in the Course Link section, click Browse to link to a course area, tool, or item.

12. Click Submit.

Edit and Delete Announcements

To edit or delete an announcement, access its contextual menu and click Edit or Delete. The deletion action is final and irreversible.




Contacts

Use the contacts tool to add profile information about yourself and other staff for students. You can provide information about office hours, phone numbers, and other links to help students find the people who have important roles in your course.

How to Create or Edit a Contact

1. On the course menu, click the Tools link. On the Tools page, click Contacts.

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On the Control Panel, expand the Course Tools section and click Contacts.

2. On the Contacts page, click Create Contact.

To edit, access the item's contextual menu and click Edit.

3. On the Create Contact page, provide the necessary Profile Information. The Office Location, Office Hours, and Notes fields have a 255-character limit.

4. Click Yes to Make the Contact Available to students. If you click No, none of the information provided on the page appears to students.

5. Optionally, for Attach Image, click Browse to search for a image. This image is included next to the profile on the Contacts page. The image size must be 150 x 150 pixels.

6. Optionally, for the Personal Link, type the URL for a contact’s home page. When adding a URL, include the full address and protocol. For example, http://www.blackboard.com. This link appears with the profile on the Contacts page.

7. Click Submit.

How to Create or Edit a Contacts Folder

1. Access a folder's contextual menu and click Edit. 2. On the Create Folder page, select a Name from the drop-down list or type a new name. 3. In the Text box, type a description. 4. Click Yes to make the folder available. 5. Click Submit.




How to Add a Contacts Link to the Course Menu

You can add a link to the course menu for one-click access to the contacts tool. You can also customize the name of the link.

1. Change Edit Mode to ON and point to the plus sign above the course menu. The Add Menu Item drop-down list appears.

2. Click Tool Link. 3. Type a Name for the link. 4. From the Type drop-down list, click Contacts. 5. Select the Available to Users check box. 6. Click Submit.

The new tool link appears last in the course menu list. Press and drag the arrows icon to move the link into a new position. Access the link's contextual menu to rename, delete, or hide the link from students, or permit guests to access the link.


Assignments

In this section...

Create and Edit Assignments

Download Assignments

Grade Assignments

SafeAssign

Self and Peer Assessment

Digital Drop box

Create and Edit Assignments

Assignments allow you to create coursework and manage the grades and feedback for each student separately. In an assignment, you can include a description, point value, and file attachments. You can create assignments in several courses areas, such as in a content area or folder.

Students access the assignment, type a submission, attach files, and submit it. You can respond to each student separately with comments and attached files.

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How to Create an Assignment

1. Change Edit Mode to ON and access the course area where you want to create the assignment.

2. On the action bar, point to Assessments and click Assignment.

3. On the Create Assignment page, type a name and instructions.

Tip: Remind students to attach required files to the assignment before clicking Submit. Inform students that their assignments are not complete until they submit. If they submit the wrong file, forget to attach a file, or have any other problems, tell students to contact you so that you can reset the assignment attempt.

4. Optionally, attach a file using Browse My Computer, Browse Course, or Browse Content Collection. Type a Link Title. If you do not provide one, the file name is used in the course area.

5. Type Points Possible and optionally, associate a rubric. Use rubrics to create criteria for evaluating student performance.

6. Select the check box to Make the Assignment Available.

7. Select the appropriate option for Number of Attempts. Learn more about multiple attempts in the following section.

8. Select the Display After and Display Until check boxes to enable the date and time selections. Display restrictions do not affect availability, only when the assignment appears.

9. Optionally, select a Due Date. Due dates are used to organize and assign gradable items to grading periods in the Grade Center. Also, if a student submits an assignment after the due date, the submission is identified as late on the Grade Assignment page. Students will see it marked late on their Review Submission History pages.

10. In the Recipients section, select the All Students Individually option.

11. Click Submit

Edit, Move, and Delete Assignments

After you create assignments, you can edit and organize them. You can change the order of assignments in a content area using the drag-and-drop function or the keyboard accessible reordering tool. For example, reorder the assignments to keep the current one at the top.

Access an assignment's contextual menu and select on option:

Move an assignment to another location in your course. Moving it removes it from its original location. You cannot copy an assignment.

Edit an assignment to change the name and instructions, add or delete file attachments, and adjust availability or availability dates.




If you change an assignment's Points Possible, this alters the percentage correct for existing submissions.

Apply adaptive release, tracking, metadata, and review status.

Delete Assignments

You can delete assignments. When you delete an assignment in your course that has student submissions, you are also deleting all the submissions. You have two options available:

Preserve the scores in the Grade Center, but delete all assignment attempts. Though the scores remain in the Grade Center, you cannot access the students' submissions again.

Delete the assignment and the Grade Center column with the assigned grades.

Grade Assignments

Without leaving the Grade Assignment page, you can view, comment, and grade student-

submitted assignment files.

When you create an assignment, a column is added automatically to the Grade Center. An assignment that has been submitted, but not graded, is indicated with an exclamation mark—the needs grading icon.

You access the Grade Assignment page from the Grade Center or the Needs Grading page.

Inline Assignment Grading

On the Grade Assignment page, you can annotate directly within the browser on files uploaded and converted for display in the inline viewer. You can assign a grade, provide feedback, and make notes for yourself.




You can use the functions on the action bar to:

Navigate to other attempts using the arrows next to a user's name.

Hide user names so you can grade anonymously.

Jump to another attempt to view or grade.

The Grade Assignment Page

Annotation sessions expire after an hour. You will receive a warning message. After the time limit, annotations may not be saved.

A. View Instructions: Expand the assignment instructions.

B. Add Comment or Annotation: From the inline viewer toolbar, click the Comment function and the annotation tools expand. You can comment, highlight, draw, strikeout, and zoom in and out. To remove a comment, point to the yellow comment and select Delete. To remove any other type of annotation, right-click the annotation.

Use the arrow keys to view other pages in a student's file. You can also download ( ) a copy of the file after you annotate it.

C. View Assignment: Submitted files open within the grading screen. Supported document types that are viewable in the grading screen are Word (DOC, DOCX), PowerPoint (PPT, PPTX), Excel (XLS, XLSX), and PDF. Original formatting and embedded images are preserved. If a student has uploaded an unsupported file, you are prompted to download it.

Note: Assignment submissions created with the content editor are not compatible with inline grading. Submissions of this type show in the window, but annotation is not available.




D. Add, Remove, or Reply To Comments: Add comments wherever needed. Point to the yellow comment and the Reply and Delete options appear.

E. View Grading Details: In the grading sidebar, grade the submission, view the assignment details, the grading rubric, and each attempt. After you assign a grade, return to this screen to review the grade and comments. Click the pencil icon to override the grade.

F. Provide Feedback: Type feedback for the student.

G. Edit Your Content: Open the content editor to format your comments, attach a file, and check your spelling.

H. Add Private Notes: Add notes and files that only you can see. For example, keep track of students' progress during the revision process and refer to your notes when assigning the final grade.

I. Download the assignment: Download the original file.


How to Grade Assignments Anonymously

You can grade assignments anonymously to ensure impartial evaluation of student work. For example, if they know you are grading anonymously, students may feel a higher level of comfort when expressing themselves in an opinion-based assignment.

In anonymous grading, all identifying information is hidden and attempts appear in random order. Each student is assigned a number, such as Student 8.

To grade anonymously from the Needs Grading page:

1. Access an assignment attempt’s contextual menu. 2. Click Grade Anonymously. The Grade Assignment page appears.

To grade anonymously from the Grade Center:

1. Access an assignment column's contextual menu. 2. Click Grade Anonymously. The Grade Assignment page appears.

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To grade anonymously from the Grade Assignment page:

1. On the action bar, click Hide User Names. 2. Click OK in the pop-up window to verify the action. If grading was in progress, any

unsaved changes to the open attempt are lost. The Grade Assignment page refreshes and all identifying information is hidden.

How to Allow Additional Attempts

If a student has submitted the maximum number of attempts for an assignment, you can allow an additional attempt:

1. Locate the cell for a student's assignment containing an exclamation mark.

2. Access the cell's contextual menu and click View Grade Details.

3. On the Grade Details page, click Allow Additional Attempt and confirm.

The Allow Additional Attempt function only appears if a student has already submitted the maximum number of attempts allowed for that assignment. You can continue to offer opportunities to resubmit attempts each time a student reaches that maximum number. You do not have to grade previous attempts to allow a student to submit again.

Alternatively, click Ignore Attempt to ignore the attempt’s score in grade calculations and not count it against the maximum number of attempts.




Grade Multiple Attempts

If you allowed multiple attempts for an assignment, and a student has submitted all attempts, they appear in the grade cell's contextual menu.

On the Grade Assignment page, you can see how many attempts users have submitted next to their names on the action bar.

Click Attempts to view other attempts. If you associated a rubric with the assignment, you can refer to it while grading.

After selecting an attempt, type a grade and feedback, and submit.

If one of the multiple attempts is ungraded, the exclamation mark remains in the cell along with the last graded attempt.




After you complete grading the attempts, the last attempt's grade appears in the cell by default. The last attempt’s grade also appears on the Grade Assignment page.

To change the displayed grade to the first attempt, highest grade, lowest grade, or an average of attempts, access the Grade Center column's contextual menu, click Edit Column Information, and select the attempt to score from the Score attempts using drop-down list.

My Grades shows students their scores on the most recently graded assignment attempt or your selection in the Score attempts using drop-down list, as soon as that item is scored.

SafeAssign

You can use SafeAssign to prevent plagiarism and to create opportunities to help students identify how to properly attribute sources rather than paraphrase. SafeAssign is effective as both a deterrent and an educational tool.

SafeAssign compares submitted assignments against a set of academic papers to identify areas of overlap between the submitted assignment and existing works.

SafeAssign is based on a unique text matching algorithm capable of detecting exact and inexact matching between a paper and source material. Safe Assignments are compared against several different databases, including:




Internet: Comprehensive index of documents available for public access on the internet.

ProQuest ABI/Inform database: More than 1,100 publication titles and about 2.6 million articles from 1990 to present time, updated weekly (exclusive access).

Institutional document archives: Contains all papers submitted to SafeAssign by users in their respective institutions.

Global Reference Database: Contains papers that were volunteered by students from Blackboard client institutions to help prevent cross-institution plagiarism.


In this section...

Create SafeAssignment

Grade and Manage SafeAssignment

SafeAssign Originality Reports

Direct Submit

How to Create a SafeAssignment

1. In a content area, point to Assessments on the action bar and select SafeAssignment.

2. On the Add SafeAssignment page, complete the page using the this table as a guide.

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Field Description

Title Type a title for the SafeAssignment.

Points Possible

Type the points possible for the SafeAssignment. This value is shared with the Grade Center column created for the SafeAssignment.

Text Type instructions for completing the SafeAssignment.

Available Select whether the SafeAssignment is visible to students.

Available Dates

Use these controls to set the date range when students can interact with the SafeAssignment. You can set only a start date or only an end date.

Drafts

Allows students to validate their paper without submitting it to the institutional database. This is useful as an instructive tool to help students learn how to attribute papers properly. You have access to see draft submissions.

Students Viewable

Determines whether or not students are allowed see the report generated when their papers are submitted.

Urgent Checking

Sets papers to a high priority in the queue.

Optional Announcement

Create Select Yes to create an announcement about the SafeAssignment.

Subject Type a subject for the announcement.

Message Type a message for the announcement.

3. Submit.

Grade and Manage SafeAssignment

When you create a SafeAssignment, a column is added automatically to the Grade Center. SafeAssignments are not automatically graded.

How to Grade Safe Assignments from Needs Grading Page

The Needs Grading page lists Safe Assignments that are ready for grading and enables you to sort and filter the list.

To access the Needs Grading page:

Control Panel > expand Grade Center section > select Needs Grading




To display Safe Assignments only:

1. Use the Filter drop-down list to select SafeAssignment.

2. Click Go. All submitted Safe Assignments appear on the Needs Grading page.

3. Click a column heading or the caret to sort the Safe Assignments. For example, sort by Item Name.

4. To begin grading:

a. Click Grade All on the action bar to begin grading all of the items displayed.

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b. Access an item’s contextual menu to Grade All Users for that specific item.

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c. Click a student’s name to grade a single SafeAssignment.

5. The Modify Grade page appears. If you are grading more than one submission, the next submission in the list appears after you submit the Modify Grade page.

How to Grade Safe Assignments from Grade Center

The Grade Center shows all gradable items.

To access the Grade Center:

Control Panel > expand Grade Center section > select Full Grade Center

To grade a SafeAssignment:

1. Locate the cell for a student's submitted SafeAssignment. 2. Access the cell's contextual menu and select Attempt. 3. The Modify Grade page appears




About the Modify Grade Page

You access the Modify Grade page from the Needs Grading page or the Grade Center. You can view information about a SafeAssignment, its originality report, clear the attempt, or give it a grade and feedback.

A. View the submitted SafeAssignment by opening it in a new window or downloading it.

B. Access the SafeAssign originality report and determine if any matching phrases are properly cited.

C. Clear the attempt to give the student another chance to submit.

D. Assign a grade.

E. Type feedback for the student.

F. Attach a file, such as an annotated version of the submitted SafeAssignment.

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How to Access the SafeAssign Tool

You can view and manage SafeAssignment submissions from the SafeAssign link on the Control Panel.

You cannot grade or create Safe Assignments from this location.

1. On the Control Panel, expand the Course Tools section.

2. Select SafeAssign.

3. On the SafeAssign page, select Safe Assignments.

4. Access the contextual menu for a specific SafeAssignment and select View Submissions. A list of student submissions appears with the following functions:

Text: View the student’s paper and any comments from the student.

File: Download the student submission.

Matching: The percentage of the paper that matches other sources. Read the full report to determine if the matching content is properly attributed.

SA Report: View the full SafeAssign report.

Clear Checked Attempts: Select submissions to delete so that students can submit them again.

Download All Submissions: Download a zip file of all displayed submissions.

Direct Submit

How to Submit Papers through Direct Submit

1. On the Control Panel, expand the Course Tools section and click SafeAssign.

2. Click Direct Submit. A list of folders and papers appears. This list includes papers already uploaded through Direct Submit. Blackboard recommends that files not be deleted from Direct Submit because this deletes them from the institutional database of existing materials.

3. Navigate to a folder where you want to upload the paper or ZIP file.

4. Click Submit Papers.

5. Click Upload File and browse for the file. Alternatively, click Copy/Paste Document and add the document text in the field.

6. Select the upload options:

7. Submit as Draft: SafeAssign reports are generated, but the papers are not added to the institutional database and is not used to check other papers.

8. Skip Plagiarism Checking: Adds the papers to the institutional database without checking for content copied from other sources. Use this option to upload papers from an earlier course to ensure that current students are not reusing work.

9. Click Submit.




Tests, Surveys, and Pools

You can use tests and surveys to measure student knowledge, gauge progress, and gather information from students. You create tests and surveys and then deploy them in a course area. When you add a test or survey to a content area, it is "deployed."

You assign points to test questions for grading evaluation, but survey questions are not scored.

Survey results are anonymous, but you can see whether a student has completed a survey and view aggregate results for each survey question

Create Tests and Surveys


How to Build a Test or Survey and Add New Questions

You add questions to tests and surveys in the same way, but you add no points to survey questions. Before students take a test, you can add new questions exactly where you want them.

1. On the Control Panel, expand the Course Tools section and click Tests, Surveys, and Pools.

2. On the Tests, Surveys, and Pools page, click Tests. 3. On the Tests page, click Build Test on the action bar. 4. On the Test Information page, type a name. Optionally, provide a description and

instructions. 5. Click Submit. 6. On the Test Canvas, point to Create Question on the action bar and select a question

type.

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7. On the Create/Edit page, provide the necessary information to create a question. 8. Click Submit.

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You can add new questions exactly where you want them on the Test Canvas. Click the plus sign before or after another question and choose a question type.




9. On the Test Canvas, you can change a question's point value. a. Click a question's current point value. b. In the Update Points pop-up box, edit the points. c. Click Submit.

10. Continue adding questions. 11. Click OK. The test is added to the list on the Tests page and is ready to deploy in a

course area.

Reorder Questions

By default, when you create new questions with the Create Question drop-down list, they are added to the end of the test or survey. On the Test or Survey Canvas, reorder questions by pointing to a question to show the double-tipped arrow and then dragging it to its new location.

Alternatively, use the keyboard accessible reordering tool ( ) on the action bar. Click a question and use the up and down arrows below the title box to adjust the order.

Changing question order only affects new test attempts, assuming the test is not set to display questions in random order. Attempts already submitted retain the order as originally viewed when the test was taken.




Edit Tests and Questions

How to Edit Test Questions

1. On the Test Canvas, access a question's contextual menu.

2. Click Edit. The question's Create/Edit page appears.

How to Change Point Values

You can change possible points awarded for answering questions correctly.

1. On the Test Canvas, select the check box for each question requiring a change.

2. On the action bar, type a number in the Points box.

3. Click Update or Update and Regrade to make your changes.

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1. On the Test Canvas, click a question's current point value.

2. In the Update Points pop-up box, edit the points, set the question as Extra Credit, or give Full Credit.

3. Click Submit or Submit and Regrade to make your changes

Test and Survey Availability Options

When you deploy a test or survey to a content area, you set the availability and feedback options. To make changes to the options, access its contextual menu and click Edit the Test Options or Edit the Survey Options.

The following table provides descriptions of the test and survey availability options. Click the images to enlarge them in your browser. Use your browser's back function to return to the topic.

Option Description

Make the Link Available

You can set this to available, and then use the Display After and Display Until fields to limit the amount of time the link appears.

Add a New Announcement for this Test/Survey

You can create an announcement for a test or survey. The announcement includes the date and states, "An assessment has been made available in [Course area that includes the link to the assessment]."

If an announcement was previously posted using this feature, the date and time of the most recent announcement appears.

Multiple Attempts You can allow students to take a test or survey multiple times. The status of multiple attempts appears to students at the top of




Option Description

the test or survey. Select Allow Unlimited Attempts to allow students to take it as many times as they want. Select Number of Attempts and provide the amount of attempts.

With multiple attempts for a test, you can also select which attempt's score to use in the Grade Center from the Score attempts using drop-down list.

Force Completion If you select Force Completion, students must complete the test or survey when they launch it. Students may only access the test or survey ONE TIME. The Save function is available for students to save the questions as they work through them, but they may not exit and reenter the test or survey. In the instructions, Force Completion is noted and explained to students. If you do not enable Force Completion, students may save their progress, navigate away, and return to complete the test or survey.

If students accidentally close their browsers, leave the test or survey page, or lose power or their internet connections, they cannot continue. They must contact you to allow them to start over with a new attempt.

You may want to reserve the Force Completion option for when students are on campus taking a proctored test and connected to an Ethernet cable instead of Wi-Fi. If issues occur, an instructor can be available to reset the test.

Alternatively, use the Set Timer options to reduce receiving emails from panicked students who accidentally left a test or survey with Force Completion enabled.

Set Timer Set a time limit for finishing a test or survey. Type the amount of time in the hours and minutes boxes. During a timed test, the time elapsed is displayed to students. As students approach the time limit, a one-minute warning appears.

When an attempt is complete, student completion time is available in the Test Information section.

If a student saves and exits the test, the timer continues. For example, if he begins the test on Tuesday, saves and exits it,

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Option Description

then completes it on Thursday, his completion time will be 48 hours.

If you set the timer, turn on Auto-Submit to automatically save and submit a test or survey when time expires. Without enabling auto-submit, students have the option to continue after time expires. Tests and surveys are flagged as submitted after the timer expired. You have the option to adjust the grade based on the time.

You may find it advantageous to use the Set Timer options and not the Force Completion option. For example, if a student loses his internet connection for 10 minutes on a timed test, at least he can access the test again and continue. If you enabled the Forced Completion option, he cannot access the test again and must contact you to reset the test.

Display After Optionally, select the date and time when the test or survey will become available to students. You can control availability through the Make the Link Available option without setting specific dates.

Display Until Optionally, select the date and time the test or survey will be made unavailable to students.

Password You can require and type a password for students to use to access a test or survey. Passwords have a limit of 15 characters and are case sensitive.

Restrict Location You can require students to take the test or survey in a specific location. Students outside of this location are not able to take the test or survey.

This is based on a range of IP addresses created by your institution. If your institution has not created this range, this option does not appear.

To learn more, see Restrict Tests by Location.

Test Availability Exceptions

For existing availability settings, you can make exceptions for individual students or groups. Use exceptions to provide an accommodation to a student who is disabled, or for technology and language differences.

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Option Description

For a test with one attempt, you can allow more attempts for a student who is blind and using screen reader technology for the first time.

If the settings exist for a test or survey, you can create the following exceptions:

Number of attempts

Timer

Availability

Force completion

Restrict location

Due Date If you use grading periods in the Grade Center, set a due date to easily include that test or survey in a grading period and on the calendar in the My Blackboard menu.

Due Date and Late Submissions

To prevent late submissions, you can select the check box for Do not allow students to start the Test/Survey if the due date has passed. Students receive a message after the due date, notifying them that the test or survey can no longer be completed.

When you allow late submissions, they are clearly marked on the following pages:

Needs Grading

View All Attempts

Review Test Submission

Grade Details

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Deploy Tests and Surveys

After you create a test or survey, the next step is to deploy it—make it available—to users in your course.

This is a two-step process:

1. Add the test or survey to a course area.

2. Make it available.

How to Add a Test or Survey to a Content Area

Before you can deploy a test or survey, you need to create it and add questions.

1. Navigate to the course area where you want to add a test or survey.

2. On the action bar, point to Assessments and click Test or Survey.

3. Select a test or survey from the Add Test or Add Survey list.

4. Click Submit. The Test or Survey Options page appears.

How to Make a Test or Survey Available

After you deploy an assessment in a course area, you set test and survey availability.

1. On the Test Options or Survey Options page, click Yes to Make the Link Available to users. Use the Display After and Display Until fields to limit the amount of time the link appears.

2. Set the availability, feedback, and presentation options for a test or survey.

3. Click Submit.




Test and Survey Results

From the Grade Center, you can view statistical information about your tests and surveys. For example, you can view what percentage of your students chose each multiple choice answer for one of your tests.

Because surveys are ungraded, a check mark appears in the Grade Center cell for submitted surveys.

How to View Test or Survey Results

1. From the Grade Center, navigate to a test or survey’s column. 2. Access the column's contextual menu and click Attempts Statistics. The results display

on the Statistics page.

Note: Because surveys are anonymous, you cannot view any student's individual answers. If you included an open-ended essay question in the survey, all responses are listed.




Download Results

In the Grade Center, each test or survey column's contextual menu also has a Download Results option. You can compile the questions and answers in a spreadsheet to review offline.

When you download test results, it includes the users' names and usernames. Unlike tests, surveys are intended to gather opinions from students where they can reply honestly because their anonymity is protected. As a result, when you download survey results, the results will not include any information that identifies each user.

Downloaded test and survey results do not include statistical information.

Item Analysis

Item analysis provides statistics on overall test performance and individual test questions. This data helps you recognize questions that might be poor discriminators of student performance. You can use this information to improve questions for future test administrations or to adjust credit on current attempts.

Roles with grading privileges—instructors, graders, and teaching assistants—access item analysis in three locations within the assessment workflow. It is available in the contextual menu for a:

Test deployed in a content area.

Deployed test listed on the Tests page.

Grade Center column.

You can run item analyses on deployed tests with submitted attempts, but not on surveys. Access previously run item analyses under the Available Analysis heading -OR- select a deployed test from the drop-down list and click Run to generate a new report. The new report's link appears under the Available Analysis heading or in the status receipt at the top of the page.




For best results, run item analyses on single-attempt tests after all attempts have been submitted and all manually graded questions are scored. Interpret the item analysis data carefully and with the awareness that the statistics are influenced by the number of test attempts, the type of students taking the test, and chance errors.


How to Run an Item Analysis on a Test

You can run item analyses on tests that include single or multiple attempts, question sets, random blocks, auto-graded question types, and questions that need manual grading. For tests with manually graded questions that have not yet been assigned scores, statistics are generated only for the scored questions. After you manually grade questions, run the item analysis again. Statistics for the manually graded questions are generated and the test summary statistics are updated.

1. Go to one of the following locations to access item analysis:

A test deployed in a content area.

A deployed test listed on the Tests page.

A Grade Center column for a test.

2. Access the test's contextual menu and click Item Analysis.

3. In the Select Test drop-down list, select a test. Only deployed tests are listed.

4. Click Run.

5. View the item analysis by clicking the new report's link under the Available Analysis heading -OR- by clickingView Analysis in the status receipt at the top of the page.

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About the Test Summary on the Item Analysis Page

The Test Summary is located at the top of the Item Analysis page and provides data on the test as a whole

A. Edit Test provides access to the Test Canvas.

B. The Test Summary provides statistics on the test, including:

Possible Points: The total number of points for the test.

Possible Questions: The total number of questions in the test.

In Progress Attempts: The number of students currently taking the test that have not yet submitted it.

Completed Attempts: The number of submitted tests.

Average Score: Scores denoted with an * indicate that some attempts are not graded and that the average score might change after all attempts are graded. The score displayed here is the average score reported for the test in the Grade Center.

Average Time: The average completion time for all submitted attempts.

Discrimination: This area shows the number of questions that fall into the Good (greater than 0.3), Fair (between 0.1 and 0.3), and Poor (less than 0.1) categories. A discrimination value is listed as Cannot Calculate when the question's difficulty is 100% or when all students receive the same score on a question. Questions with discrimination values in the Good and Fair categories are better at differentiating between students with higher and lower levels of knowledge. Questions in the Poor category are recommended for review.

Difficulty: This area shows the number of questions that fall into the Easy (greater than 80%), Medium (between 30% and 80%) and Hard (less than 30%) categories. Difficulty is the percentage of students who answered the question correctly. Questions in the Easy or Hard categories are recommended for review and are indicated with a red circle.

Note: Only graded attempts are used in item analysis calculations. If there are attempts in progress, those attempts are ignored until they are submitted and you run the item analysis report again.




Resolve Student Issues With Tests

Submit a Test for a Student

If a student was unable to submit a test, but had completed the work, you can submit the attempt so that you can grade the attempt.

1. In the Grade Center, locate the cell containing the attempt, which displays the in progress icon.

2. Access the cell's contextual menu and click View Grade Details.

3. On the Grade Details page, click View Attempt.

4. Be sure the answers were saved.

5. If multiple questions are marked with No Answer, you can Clear Attempt. The student will have to take the test again.

6. Click Test Information to expand the section.

7. If you are satisfied with the student's test attempt, click Submit Attempt.

8. Click OK to confirm the attempt submission.

Clear a Test Attempt

If a student experiences a technical problem while taking a test or needs an additional attempt, you can help by clearing the test attempt. When you clear an attempt, the grade is cleared from the Grade Center and the student can retake the test.

1. On the Grade Details page, click Clear Attempt.

2. Click OK to confirm and remove the attempt.

3. On the Grade History tab, the action is recorded with "Attempt Grade Cleared." In the Grade Center, no grade or icon appears in the student's test cell.

Test Access Log

Instructors and other users who are granted permission can view a test attempt's Access Log for a list of times of various student interactions with the test. The log can help to confirm whether a student began a test or ran into problems during a test.

Access logs are not currently available for mobile-compatible tests that students submit in the Mobile Learn app.

1. On the Control Panel, expand the Grade Center section.

2. Click Tests.

3. Locate the cell for the student’s test that you want to investigate.

4. The cell must contain either a grade or a Needs Grading exclamation mark for an access log to be generated. If you submitted the test for the student, an access log is not generated, unless the student clicked Save All Answers.




5. Access the cell's contextual menu and click Attempt.

6. On the Grade Test page, expand the Test Information section.

7. Click Access Log.

The Access Log shows a detailed list of every interaction a student had with the test for that attempt. The log shows the time the test was started, when each question was saved, and when it was submitted.

An unusual gap in activity might be interpreted as a connectivity problem if the student claims to have had one. However, the system cannot determine what caused the time gap—it can only show that it occurred.

Be aware that the time spent on a question may include time that the student spent looking at other questions before saving that answer.




Grade Center

The Grade Center in Blackboard Learn is more than just a way to record students' grades. It is a dynamic and interactive tool, allowing you to record data, calculate grades, and monitor student progress. You can generate reports to communicate information to parents, administrators, and other stakeholders. You can determine which assigned grades to show to your students in My Grades, including columns displaying performance results.

In the Grade Center, you can provide and manage your students' grades for assignments, tests, discussion posts, journals, blogs, and wikis, and for ungraded items, such as surveys or self tests. You can also create grade columns for any activities or requirements you want to grade, such as special projects, participation, or attendance.

In this section...

Customize Grade Center

Grading

Grade Center Reporting

Upload or Download Grade Center Items for Working Offline

Send Course Email

Customize Grade Center

Access the Grade Center

You access the Grade Center from the Control Panel. Expand the Grade Center section to

display the links to the Needs Grading page, the Full Grade Center, and the smart views.

Click the right-pointing arrow next to the Grade Center heading to go directly to the Full

Grade Center




The Grade Center Interface

A. Action bar: Rows preceding the grid information containing functions and drop-down lists specific to the current page, such as Create Column, Manage, Filter, Email, Sort Columns By, and Order.

B. Grade Information Bar: Information about a selected column, such as type of grade and points possible. Point to a Grade Center column title and details appear in the area preceding the grid and following the action bar. In this same row, you can view when data was last saved.

C. Grid/spreadsheet: Columns, rows, and cells that make up the current view of the Grade Center data.

D. Scroll bars: Use the horizontal and vertical scroll bars to navigate through the Grade Center columns and rows. When you navigate to another course area and return to the Grade Center, you will see the same rows and columns on the page from the last visit. The view remains in effect until you use the scroll bars again or log out.

E. Icon Legend: Explanation of the symbols used in the cells.

F. Edit Rows Displayed: You can change the number of rows appearing in the grid. In the box, type a number between 5 and 50, and click Go.





How to Color Code the Grade Center

You are able to create rules to apply color to the cells in the Grade Center grid, either by grade or status. Creating color rules in the Grade Center provides visual indicators to help you interpret information quickly. For example, you can use yellow to highlight graded items with failing scores so students and columns that require attention are prominent. Also, you can assign colors to the following grading statuses: In Progress, Needs Grading, or Exempt.


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Use the following steps to add color coding to the Grade Center cells.

1. On the action bar, point to Manage and click Grading Color Codes.

2. On the Grading Color Codes page, select the check box for Enable Grading Color Codes.

3. In the Color Coding Options section:

For each Grading Status, click the down pointing arrows icon in the Background Color column to access the Swatch Color box.

In the Swatch Color box, select a color and click Apply to save it.

4. In the Grade Ranges section:

Click Add Criteria to create a color rule.

In the Criteria drop-down, select Between, More Than, or Less Than.

Type a percentage in the box or boxes.

For Background Color and Text, click the down pointing arrows icon to access the Swatch Color box.

Select a color and click Apply to save it.

Click Add Criteria to create an additional Grade Ranges field.

Note: If you create a rule that contains some of the same information as another rule, the system generates a warning, allowing you to edit your criteria.

5. Click Submit.




The Grade Ranges section allows you to preview your color choices in the Indicator

Preview column. If you do not approve of a color choice, click the Reset icon ( )—represented by two circling arrows.

The Grade Center page appears with a success message stating that the color coding is updated. Colors based on your rules appear in the affected cells.

Rubrics

A rubric is an assessment tool listing evaluation criteria for an assignment. A rubric divides the assigned work into parts and provides clear descriptions of the characteristics of the work associated with each part, at varying levels of skill. You can use a rubric to communicate the assignment requirements and acceptable performance standards. Rubrics can help ensure consistent and impartial grading.

Students can use the rubric to organize their efforts to meet the requirements of an assignment, and you can use them to explain evaluations to students.

When you score assignments with a rubric, students can more easily recognize the strengths and weaknesses of their work and direct their efforts accordingly.


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How to Create a Rubric

New rubrics default to three rows and three columns.

1. On the Control Panel, expand the Course Tools section and click Rubrics.

2. On the Rubrics page, click Create Rubric on the action bar.

3. Type a name and optionally, provide a description of the rubric to make it easier to associate it to relevant assignments.

4. Edit the rubric grid.

5. Click Submit.

How to Edit the Rubric Grid

Edit the rubric grid so that it corresponds to the type of feedback and scoring appropriate for the assignment.

1. Click Add Row to add a new criterion at the bottom of the grid.

2. Click Add Column to add a new level of achievement to the grid.

3. Choose a Rubric Type from the drop-down list:

No Points: Feedback only.

Points: Single point value for each Level of Achievement.

Point Range: Range of values for each Level of Achievement.

Percent: Flexible depending on each assignment's possible points.

Percent Range: Range of values for each Level of Achievement. During the grading process, you select the appropriate percentage level for a particular Level of Achievement and the system calculates the points earned by multiplying the weight x achievement percentage x item points.

4. Click Edit from a label's contextual menu to change their names. A label identifies the rows and columns with heading names.

5. Type a point or percentage value for each row.

6. Type a description defining the criteria and the associated Level of Achievement.

7. Click Submit.




How to Grade With Rubrics

Before grading with a rubric, you need to associate it with one of the following gradable items:

Assignments

Essay, Short Answer, and File Response test questions

Blogs and journals

Wikis

Discussion board forums and threads


Use the following steps to grade using rubrics

1. Access the gradable item in the Grade Center, on the Needs Grading page, or from the tool.

2. Click View Rubric to review or begin grading with the associated rubric.

3. In Grid View, click a cell to apply that point value to the grade. If a rubric with point ranges is used, select the appropriate value from the drop-down list. To change the selection, click another cell in the same row. Optionally, type Feedback to the student in the text box that appears when a cell is selected.

4. Optionally, click List View to switch displays and select an option for each criterion to apply that point value to the grade. Optionally, select the check boxes to Show Descriptions for criteria and to Show Feedback text boxes.

5. A running Raw Total score appears as you make point selections. Optionally, type a score in the Change the number of points box to override the selected score, and type overall Feedback to the student using the full features of the content editor.

6. When grading is complete, click Exit to leave the rubric without saving your selections, or click Save to save the score and feedback and return to the attempt. Click Save and Next to use another associated rubric for evaluation.

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Achievements

Give Recognition for What You Teach

Being rewarded is a powerful extrinsic motivator. One of the best rewards is recognition for a job well done. Providing these opportunities for rewarding students throughout your course can keep students motivated and create a map of what they can learn.

Giving recognition for student achievements is also becoming the new standard for verifying learning. You can use certificates and open badges to round out a grade. You can provide details and examples of exactly what students achieved in your course.

These certificates and open badges go with students, helping them to communicate an identity and reputation of someone who is accomplished in their fields of choice. They can help open job and education opportunities, as well as unlock new privileges.

What Is a Badge?


About Achievements

You can use the achievements tool to create opportunities for students to earn recognition for their work. You designate criteria for issuing achievements to students in the form of both badges and certificates.

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The Lure of Badges

Use gaming elements, such as competition, scoring, levels, and the achievement of badges

to engage users.

You can award badges for the completing a project, mastery of a skill, or levels of experience. A student's badge collection can represent the key learning milestones that he or she met. Earned badges can show a complete view of a person’s skills and achievements.

Create and Manage Achievements

Your achievements appear in a content area and in the achievements tool.

How to Create and Issue Achievements

1. Access the achievements tool from the Course Tools section of the Control Panel -OR- from Tools on the action bar in a content area.

2. On the Create Achievement page, type a name.

3. Select a presentation location. Choose a place in your course where students are likely to earn the badge or certificate. Students are presented with the content item and a notification of the new item.

4. Select the type of achievement:

Course Completion: The certificate reward is required. An additional badge is optional.

Milestone: The reward can only be a badge.

Custom: The reward can be a badge, certificate, or both.

5. Decide if students can see the existence of the achievement before earning it:

Choose Yes for rewards meant to motivate all students.

Choose No for special rewards for specific students that all course members do not need to see.

6. Optionally, type a description. This description should clearly define what you expect students to complete to earn the associated reward.

7. Click Define Triggers to continue.




Important Click Define Triggers to continue. An achievement is not presented to students in the student view of the achievements tool until you define a trigger rule and select a reward

Define Criteria Triggers for Achievements

For an achievement, you can define one or more rules that trigger the release of the reward. You must define at least one rule.

The achievements tool uses the content adaptive release technology of Blackboard Learn, including the following items:

Attempts on test, surveys, and assignments

Grades on tests, surveys, and assignments

Graded discussion posts, graded wikis, graded blogs, and graded journals

Manually created Grade Center columns

Marked reviewed statuses on course content

Group membership or specific users

Starting date for earning an achievement

Setting a Display After date means that students cannot earn the reward before that date, even if they have already met the criteria. Display After is not the same as an end date and is not a deadline.

To create a rule, name it and set each criterion necessary for fulfilling the requirements of the achievement. Use the add functions to create additional criteria for grade and review status.

If students must complete four exams in your course and have a final grade of 70%, you will create the following:

1. Attempt on exam A 2. Attempt on exam B 3. Attempt on exam C 4. Attempt on exam D 5. Grade for the running total column of at least 70%

In circumstances where different criteria are possible, click Add another Rule to create another rule. For example, you have a group of learners who need accommodation and have different performance requirements to receive the reward.

To manually award an achievement, use the membership criteria options to select the recipients. For example, you can award a mayor badge for leading discussions.

Click Select Reward to continue.




Choose the Reward

On the final page, choose the reward. Depending on the achievement type, you can choose from the following options:

Course Completion: The certificate reward is required. An additional badge is optional.

Milestone: The reward can only be a badge.

Custom: The reward can be a badge, certificate, or both.

You can preview how a certificate will appear to students. It includes the issuing institution as specified by the administrator, the user’s name, the course name, and the date the criteria of the achievement were met.

For badges, you can select an image from the catalog or upload a custom image. An uploaded badge image is available for reuse within your course. If you uploaded an image and need to remove it, you can delete the file from Course Files in the achievements directory. Uploaded images are automatically resized.

The issuer name is prepopulated based on the administrator’s settings. If appropriate and allowed, you can modify the issuer name. You can also specify an expiry date for the badge. If allowed, you can make badges available for publishing to recipients’ Mozilla Badge Backpacks.

Click Submit to issue the achievement.




Delete Achievements

Access an achievement's contextual menu and click Delete.

If you choose to delete an achievement which has already been earned by a student, the associated reward will also be deleted.

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