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DLF Training Guide Syllabus & Course Menu Date revised, 08/11/2015

Distance Learning and Faculty Development (DLF) Training Guide: How to Add a Syllabus & Organize the Course Menu

Description: This Guide shows you how add a syllabus (using three different methods), and how to organize the course menu. Beginning in the Fall 2015 semester, all courses must at least add the syllabus and grades in Blackboard. Table of Contents: Go to my.CSMD ................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Go to Blackboard (“Bb”) .................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Go to your Bb course section ........................................................................................................................................................ 2 Dashboard and Edit Mode .............................................................................................................................................................. 2 Course Menu default items ............................................................................................................................................................ 3 Adding a syllabus by attaching a file.......................................................................................................................................... 3 Adding a syllabus by creating an item with a file attached .............................................................................................. 5 Adding a syllabus by using the HTML Editor ......................................................................................................................... 7 When to re-organize the Course Menu ..................................................................................................................................... 8 Moving a link on the Course Menu ............................................................................................................................................. 8 Deleting or hiding a link on the Course Menu ....................................................................................................................... 8 Renaming a link on the Course Menu ........................................................................................................................................ 8 Go to my.CSMD

Go to http://www.csmd.edu/ Click on -- Visit my.CSMD

Figure 1: my.CSMD link

http://www.csmd.edu/


Go to Blackboard (“Bb”) In my.CSMD, click on -- Login for Blackboard Courses

Figure 2: Blackboard link

Go to your Bb course section

You will see the My Institution page. Find the My Courses module in the middle of the page. Find your course section, and click on it. (This opens the course/section shell.)

Figure 3: Course Name link

Dashboard and Edit Mode The Dashboard page appears first by default. The list on the left is your course menu. Look to the far right. By default, the Edit Mode should be on, showing a green dot followed by

“ON.” If you see “OFF” instead, click OFF and it will change to ON.

Figure 4: Dashboard & Edit Mode

Course

Menu


Course Menu default items The course menu contains the items the students will see, unless the link is empty. For example,

the gray box next to Syllabus in Figure 5 means that this link is empty. The course menu contains five default items (Syllabus, Dashboard, Announcements, Course

Messages, and My Grades) with a divider line before My Grades. Only instructors see the Course Management area on the lower portion of the course menu.

Figure 5: Course Menu Default Items

Adding a syllabus by attaching a file

On the Course menu, click on -- Syllabus A new area will appear to the right; it is the Syllabus page. In the menu bar under Syllabus, click

on the button -- Build Content You will now see a blue box with choices. Click on -- File

Figure 6: Build Content - File

Course

Menu


The Create File page will appear. In the “1. Select File” section next to name, type a name or description

In the “1. Select File” section next to Find File, click on -- Browse My Computer

Figure 7: Add a name and attach the file

In the new pop-up window, find and click once on a file to select it. Click on the Open button. You are then returned to the Create File window; see Figure 8 below. Note that the file you

selected now appears in in the Find File area. In the “2. File Options” section, click in the circle next to Yes to select option, “Open in New

Window” There is no need to change any of the other options, so click -- Submit

Figure 8: Confirm the file is attached and select open in new window option


Adding a syllabus by creating an item with a file attached

You can add a syllabus file and add more text by creating an Item. On the Course menu, click on -- Syllabus A new area will appear to the right; it is the Syllabus page. In the menu bar under Syllabus, click

on the button -- Build Content You will now see a blue box with choices. Click on -- Item

Figure 9: Build Content - Item

The Create Item page will appear. In the “1. Content Information” section next to name, type a name

Use the HTML Editor to type additional information In the “2. Attachments” section next to Attach File, click on -- Browse My Computer

Figure 10: Create Item window


In the new pop-up window, find and click once on the file to select it; click on the Open button. You are then returned to the Create Item window; see Figure 11 below. Note that the file you

selected now appears in in the Attachments area. There is no need to change any of the other options, so click -- Submit

Figure 11: Create Item with file attached


Adding a syllabus by using the HTML Editor On the Course menu, click on -- Syllabus A new area will appear to the right; it is the Syllabus page. In the menu bar under Syllabus, click

on the button -- Build Content You will now see a blue box with choices. Click on -- Item

Figure 12: Build Content - Item

The Create Item page will appear. In the “1. Content Information” section next to name, type a name

Use the HTML Editor to type your syllabus. Note that a copy/paste from word processing software does not work well.

When you are done, click -- Submit

Figure 13: HTML Editor


When to re-organize the Course Menu If you are exporting/importing an old shell or copying a master shell, you may need to re-

organize the course menu after the import or copy process is done to ensure that Syllabus appears at the top.

If you are just adding the syllabus to your shell, you may also want to reorganize the course menu.

Moving a link on the Course Menu

If you copied an existing Syllabus link, move that to the top. To move -- point to the left of the link until you see the arrows and drag it up

Alternatively, you can click on the Reorganize button at the top of the course menu.

Figure 14: Moving a Course Menu link

Deleting or hiding a link on the Course Menu

To delete or hide, point to the right of the link to see the options button. In the blue box, click -- Delete (See Figure 15 below) You will be asked if you really want to delete several times; select -- Yes. Note: If you copied an existing Syllabus link, delete the default Syllabus link. If you have a

second Dashboard link, delete it. If you have a second Announcements link, delete it. The name of the messages in Blackboard is now consistently named, Course Messages. Delete

any other links with different names (e.g., Messages, Messages in Bb). Renaming a link on the Course Menu

To rename a link, point to the right of the link to see the options button

Figure 15: Renaming, hiding, or deleting a link on the Course Menu

Contact the DLF Team if you have questions. Our central line is 301-934-7572. You can also email Joel Kinison at [email protected].

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