What is Blackboard?• Interactive & Engaging

• Learn anywhere at anytime

• Make course materials available online

Blackboard at High Point University • There are 5 ways to get to

Blackboard:1. My.highpoint.edu2. Mycourses.highpoint.edu3. Courses.highpoint.edu4. Blackboard.highpoint.edu5. Highpoint.edu

How to Get Help• Submit a ticket: helpdesk.highpoint.edu • Email: helpdesk@highpoint.edu• Phone: 336-841-4357• Walk in: Norcross Graduate School – Hours:

• Monday-Friday: 7:30am-7:00pm• Saturday: 7:30am-4:00pm

Types of Courses Sandbox Course Development Course Semester Course

• Private space to experiment in

• No students enrolled

• Available now

• Begin work on future semester courses

• Available upon request

• Must course copy content to semester course

• Blank course shell

• Live course with students

• Available:• Instructor 60 days

before first class• Students 2 weeks

prior to first class

Locating Courses

My Courses Module Course List

The My Courses module and the Courses List tab contain a list of the courses you are enrolled in.

Homepage/ Module Page• Available from course

menu • Display dynamic

information• Use to:

– Quickly navigate to course areas

– Customize and personalize the student experience

When Edit Mode is On• Instructors only

• Add content

• Edit course menu

When Edit Mode is Off• Instructors can navigate

• Cannot change course content

• Similar to what students see

Enter Student Preview Mode• Click "eye" symbol to enter Student

Preview Mode

• See your course exactly how a student would see it

Exit Student Preview Mode• Click on Exit Preview

• Select the first option to maintain your courses content

• Click continue.

Default Course Structure• Menu links that are included

in a default course

• Contains links to all key content areas

Organizing & Editing Course Menu

Course Management Menu• Found under Course Menu• Create Engaging Content• Enhance Course

AppearanceStudents cannot see this

menu

Control Panel• Files- A central file storage area within each course• Course Tools- All available tools that can be added to a

Course • Evaluation- Run course reports• Grade Center- Manage students' grades, create columns,

and calculate final grades• Users and Groups- Set up Groups and view a list of users

in the course• Customization- View and change the properties for the

course• Packages and Utilities- Copy, import, export, and archive

the course• Help- Access Blackboard Help, as well as the OIT helpdesk

information

Teaching Style Options• Control the:– Appearance– Theme– Course menu style– Course entry point– Banner image for a

course

SummaryIn this training we covered: • Locating and getting help with Blackboard• Differences between instructor and

student view• How a default course shell will appear• Where to find teaching styles and apply

them into your course

Are there any questions?

Take Our Evaluation Survey• In your sandbox course

you will see a link called Survey

• Click on this link to fill out our course evaluation survey

How to Get Help• Submit a ticket: helpdesk.highpoint.edu • Email: helpdesk@highpoint.edu• Phone: 336-841-4357• Walk in: Norcross Graduate School – Hours:

• Monday-Friday: 7:30am-7:00pm• Saturday: 7:30am-4:00pm