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<div style="background-color:#dae5ee;font-size:x-large;padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:10px">Building Courses: Overview for Instructors</div>
Blackboard offers a variety of tools to build your course. Below are some resources to help you take full advantage of these tools.
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<div style="background-color:#dae5ee;font-size:x-large;padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:10px">Getting Started with Building Courses</div>
*[http://mediawikibe.uwindsor.ca/wiki/index.php/Getting_Blackboard_Course_Sites Getting UWindsor Course Sites]
*[http://www.uwindsor.ca/bbchecker Is my web browser compatible with Blackboard?]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Getting_Started/Navigate_Inside_a_Course#course-menu_OTP-2 Add a Tool to your Course Menu]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Original/Courses/Course_Customization/Course_Tool_Availability Customizing Tool Availability in your Site]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Original/Course_Content/Create_Content/Create_Course_Materials/Link_to_Content_and_Tools#what-is-a-tool-link_OTP-2 Create a link to a tool in a Content Area]
*[http://mediawikibe.uwindsor.ca/wiki/index.php/BbStarter_Strategies#Student_Enrollment_-_Add_students.2C_GA_or_TA_or_Departmental_Support Adding Students, GA or TAs or Departmental Supports]
*[http://mediawikibe.uwindsor.ca/wiki/index.php/BbStarter_Strategies#Set_Course_Availability Letting your students in to see your site]
*[http://mediawikibe.uwindsor.ca/wiki/index.php/BbStarter_Strategies#Checklist_for_a_Quick_Start Checklist for a Quick Start to the Semester]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Original/Courses/Student_Preview Using the Student Preview Tool]

*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Original/Courses More on Getting Started Building Courses]
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*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Original/Course_Content/Create_Content/Create_Course_Materials/Types_of_Course_Content Uploading Files]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Original/Course_Content/Create_Content/Create_Course_Materials/Add_Social_Media Mashups Tool]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Original/Course_Content/Create_Content/Create_Containers_for_Content#create-a-content-area%20is%20l Content Areas]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Original/Course_Content/Create_Content/Create_Containers_for_Content#create-a-content-folder_OTP-4 Content Folders]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Original/Course_Content/Create_Content/Create_Course_Materials/Link_to_Content_and_Tools#what-is-a-tool-link_OTP-2 Tool Links]
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<div style="background-color:#dae5ee;font-size:x-large;padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:10px">Specialized Topics for Building Courses: Learning Modules</div>
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Original/Course_Content/Create_Content/Create_Containers_for_Content/Create_Learning_Modules#create-a-learning-module-and-add-content How to create a learning module]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Original/Course_Content/Create_Content/Create_Containers_for_Content/Create_Learning_Modules Benefits of a learning module]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Original/Course_Content/Create_Content/Create_Containers_for_Content/Create_Learning_Modules#add-folders-to-learning-modules_OTP-3  Adding folders to a learning module]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Original/Course_Content/Reuse_Content How do I reuse content?]
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<div style="background-color:#FF9F99;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 - Building Courses</div>
*[https://ctl2.uwindsor.ca/uview/show/E67042C0627D7534/ Importing and Exporting material from Blackboard Courses and from previous CLEW courses]
*[http://mediawikibe.uwindsor.ca/wiki/index.php/BbStarter_Strategies#Set_Course_Availability_.28formerly_LAUNCH_THIS_SITE_in_CLEW.29 How do I make my course available to students?]
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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/Original/Course_Content/Release_Content Adaptive Release of Content]
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<div style="background-color:#dae5ee;font-size:x-large;padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:10px">A-Z Index for Building Courses</div>
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*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Original/Course_Content/Release_Content Adaptive Release]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Original/Course_Content/Create_Content/Create_Containers_for_Content Content Area]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Original/Course_Content/Content_Collection Content Collection]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Original/Course_Content/Create_Content/Create_Containers_for_Content#create-a-content-folder_OTP-4 Content Folders]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Original/Course_Content/Create_Content/Create_Course_Materials/Link_to_Content_and_Tools#what-is-a-course-link Course Links]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Original/Courses/Course_Customization/Course_Style_Options#select-the-menu-style_OTP-4 Course Menu]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Original/Course_Content/Reuse_Content/Date_Management Date Management]
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*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Original/Course_Content/Reuse_Content/Export_and_Archive_Courses#export-a-course Exporting and Archiving Course Material]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Original/Course_Content/Create_Content/Create_Course_Materials/Best_Practice_Attaching_Files File Attachments-Best Practices]
*Files
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Original/Course_Content/Reuse_Content/Import_Course_Packages Importing Courses]
*Items
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Original/Course_Content/Create_Content/Create_Containers_for_Content/Create_Learning_Modules Learning Modules]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Original/Course_Content/Create_Content/Create_Course_Materials/Add_Social_Media Mashups]
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*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Original/Course_Content/Create_Content/Create_Course_Materials/Add_a_Syllabus#add-a-syllabus Syllabus Tool]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Original/Courses/Course_Customization/Course_Tool_Availability Tool Availability in your Site]
*[http://mediawikibe.uwindsor.ca/wiki/index.php/videos?q=clew/videos Videos-uView]
*[https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Original/Course_Content/Create_Content/Create_Course_Materials/Link_to_Websites Web Links in a Content Area]

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