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<div style="background-color:#FCF3CF;font-size:x-large;padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:10px">Groupwork: Overview for Instructors</div>
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.  <br />Some of the most popular choices are below: 
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<div style="background-color:#FCF3CF;font-size:x-large;padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:10px">Getting Started with Groupwork</div>
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Getting_Started/Navigate_Inside_a_Course#course-menu Add a Tool to your Course Menu]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Courses/Course_Customization/Course_Tool_Availability Customizing Tool Availability in your Site]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Course_Content/Create_Content/Create_Course_Materials/Link_to_Content_and_Tools#create-a-tool-link Add a tool in a Content Area]
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*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Interact/Announcements Communicating to your Class with Announcements]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Interact/Blogs Creating and Using Blogs]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Interact/Messages/Send_Messages Class Communication Using Course Messages]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Interact/Discussions/Create_Discussions Create a Discussion Board]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Interact/Email Send an Email]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Interact/Blackboard_Collaborate/Collaborate_Ultra Starting and Using a Virtual Classroom with Blackboard Collaborate - Ultra]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Interact/Journals Using Private or Public Journals] 
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Grade/Rubrics Providing Student Feedback with Rubrics] 
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Interact/Wikis Wikis - Creating Collaborative Documents]
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<div style="background-color:#FCF3CF;font-size:x-large;padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:10px">Specialized Topics for Communication and Collaboration: Groupwork</div>
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Interact/Course_Groups Creating Groups]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Course_Content/Release_Content How do I release content to specific people or groups?]
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<div style="background-color:#E74C3C;font-size:x-large;padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:10px">Ask for Help</div>
*[http://uwindsor.ca/bbhelp Submit a Blackboard Support Request] 
*[http://www.uwindsor.ca/bbchecker How do I know if my browser is the problem?]
*[http://mediawikibe.uwindsor.ca/index.php/Blackboard_Downtime Blackboard Downtime]
*[http://mediawikibe.uwindsor.ca/index.php/Why_is_Blackboard_Unavailable%3F Why is blackboard down? ] 
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<div style="background-color:#FACC2E;font-size:x-large;padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:10px">FAQ - Communication and Collaboration Topics</div>
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Interact/Discussions/Create_Discussions#add-a-discussion-link-in-a-course-area How do I add a Discussion to my menu?]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Interact/Course_Groups How do I create groups?]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Course_Content/Release_Content How do I release content to specific people or groups?]
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<div style="background-color:#8BFEA8;font-size:x-large;padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:10px">Training and Advanced Topics</div>
*[http://www.uwindsor.ca/bbworkshops Face-to-Face Training Options ] 
*[http://cleo.uwindsor.ca/workshops/86/ Online Self-Paced Courses] 
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Course_Content/Release_Content Controlled Release of Content - e.g. to a specific group]
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<div style="background-color:#FCF3CF;font-size:x-large;padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:10px">A-Z Index for Communication and Collaboration</div>
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*[http://mediawikibe.uwindsor.ca/wiki/images/f/fe/GettingStartedQuickTip2022.pdf Instructor's Quick Start Guide- printable pdf file]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Accessibility Accessibility]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Performance/Achievements Achievements]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Course_Content/Release_Content Adaptive (Controlled) Release] 
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Interact/Announcements Announcements] 
*[[:Bb_Auto_Groups_Feature|Auto-Groups (Sections)]]
*[http://www1.uwindsor.ca/openlearning/34/blackboard-collaborate Blackboard Collaborate]
*[https://blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Interact/Blogs Blogs] 
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Courses/Calendar Calendar]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Interact Communication Tools]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Interact/Contacts Contacts]
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*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Student/Add_and_Format_Content/Work_With_Text Content Editor]
*[https://.help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Course_Content Course Content]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Courses/Course_Customization Course Customization] 
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Interact/Messages Course Messages]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Course_Content/Reuse_Content/Date_Management Date Management]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Interact/Email Email]
*[http://www1.uwindsor.ca/provost/sites/uwindsor.ca.provost/files/Digital%20Learning%20Resource%20Policy%20FINAL%20with%20link.pdf U of W - Digital Learning Resources Policy]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Interact/Discussions Discussions]
*[https://ctl2.uwindsor.ca/uview/show/E67042C0627D7534/ Exporting and Importing between Courses (video 7:54)]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Interact/Course_Groups Groups]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Interact/Journals Journals]
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*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Assignments/Portfolios Portfolios]
*[[:Blackboard_User_Roles|User Roles and Permissions]]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Interact/Roster Roster] 
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Grade/Rubrics Rubrics-Blackboard Help Pages]
*[[Rubrics_Tips_and_Tricks|Rubrics - Tips and Tricks]]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Courses/Student_Preview Student Preview Tool]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Tests_Pools_Surveys Tests, Surveys and Pools]
*[[:Videos|Video Uploading / Linking]]
*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLontYaReEU1tzu1T5gfiX-JQA5nBc3isN Video Playlist - All - Blackboard Learn - For Instructors]
*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLontYaReEU1tXMa2qtvz6zY-QiD7gNUKJ Video Playlist - Communication & Collaboration]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Interact/Collaboration_Tools/Virtual_Classroom Virtual Classroom - Blackboard Collaborate]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Interact/Wikis Wiki]
*[[:Social_Media_Tips|Social Media Tips & Best Practices]]

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