GA TA:Managing Course Material

Managing Course Material: Overview for GAs & TAs

There are many tools and techniques that instructors can use in Blackboard to communicate in one direction, directly to your students, or to have two-way communications with students.
Some of the most popular choices are below:

Getting Started with Communication and Collaboration

• Add a Tool to your Course Menu
• Customizing Tool Availability in your Site
• Add a tool in a Content Area

Tools for the Task

• Communicating to your Class with Announcements
• Creating and Using Blogs
• Class Communication Using Course Messages
• Create a Discussion Board
• Send an Email
• Starting and Using a Virtual Classroom with Blackboard Collaborate - Ultra
• Using Private or Public Journals
• Providing Student Feedback with Rubrics
• Wikis - Creating Collaborative Documents

Specialized Topics for Communication and Collaboration: Groupwork

• Creating Groups
• How do I release content to specific people or groups?

Ask for Help

• Submit a Blackboard Support Request
• How do I know if my browser is the problem?
• Blackboard Downtime
• Why is blackboard down?

FAQ - Communication and Collaboration Topics

• How do I add a Discussion to my menu?
• How do I create groups?
• How do I release content to specific people or groups?

Training and Advanced Topics

• Face-to-Face Training Options
• Online Self-Paced Courses
• Controlled Release of Content - e.g. to a specific group

A-Z Index for Communication and Collaboration

• Instructor's Quick Start Guide- printable pdf file
• Accessibility
• Achievements
• Adaptive (Controlled) Release
• Announcements
• Auto-Groups (Sections)
• Blackboard Collaborate
• Blogs
• Calendar
• Communication Tools
• Contacts

• Content Editor
• Course Content
• Course Customization
• Course Messages
• Date Management
• Email
• U of W - Digital Learning Resources Policy
• Discussions
• Exporting and Importing between Courses (video 7:54)
• Groups
• Journals

• Portfolios
• User Roles and Permissions
• Roster
• Rubrics-Blackboard Help Pages
• Rubrics - Tips and Tricks
• Student Preview Tool
• Tests, Surveys and Pools
• Video Uploading / Linking
• Video Playlist - All - Blackboard Learn - For Instructors
• Video Playlist - Communication & Collaboration
• Virtual Classroom - Blackboard Collaborate
• Wiki
• Social Media Tips & Best Practices

Related Articles

Articles that also relate to the Category:Bb Communicate and Collaborate

  GA TA:Communication

  Groupwork for Instructors

  Instructors:Communicate and Collaborate

  Student Help:Assignments

  Student Help:Discussions

  Student Help:Group Work

  Student Help:Tests

  Template-3rdLevel

We are constantly trying to improve the information in this Wiki.
If you notice any errors or omissions with this material, please advise the LMS Team or submit a Service Request at http://www.uwindsor.ca/bbhelp.