Instructors:Building Courses

Building Courses: Overview for Instructors

Blackboard offers a variety of tools to build your course. Below are some resources to help you take full advantage of these tools.

Getting Started with Building Courses

• Getting UWindsor Course Sites
• Is my web browser compatible with Blackboard?
• Add a Tool to your Course Menu
• Customizing Tool Availability in your Site
• Create a link to a tool in a Content Area
• Adding Students, GA or TAs or Departmental Supports
• Letting your students in to see your site
• Checklist for a Quick Start to the Semester
• Using the Student Preview Tool

• More on Getting Started Building Courses

Tools for the Task

• Uploading Files
• Mashups Tool
• Content Areas
• Content Folders
• Tool Links

Specialized Topics for Building Courses: Learning Modules

• How to create a learning module
• Benefits of a learning module
• Adding folders to a learning module
• How do I reuse content?

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 - Building Courses

• Importing and Exporting material from Blackboard Courses and from previous CLEW courses
• How do I make my course available to students?

Training and Advanced Topics

• Face-to-Face Training Options
• Online Self-Paced Courses
• Adaptive Release of Content

A-Z Index for Building Courses

• Adaptive Release
• Content Area
• Content Collection
• Content Folders
• Course Links
• Course Menu
• Date Management

• Exporting and Archiving Course Material
• File Attachments-Best Practices
• Files
• Importing Courses
• Items
• Learning Modules
• Mashups

• Syllabus Tool
• Tool Availability in your Site
• Videos-uView
• Web Links in a Content Area

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