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Windsorisms

TO DO:

Demonstrate file upload.DONE
Demonstrate how to edit sections of WIKI
Demonstrate different ways to list items, numbered etc. DONE
Demonstrate the different title sizes DONE
Demonstrate how to make the banner title DONE
Demonstate how to import pictures from file upload, different options and use cases. DONE
Demonstrate proper tense and structure, with when to bold and italic. IN PROGRESS
Generate an example page that is designed correctly and reproducible.
Add related articles links.

To Begin

In order to begin editing, you must click the Edit button at the top right.

This button can also be found to the right of all section titles, and will allow you to edit only that specific section.

Section Formatting

Placing one equal sign ( = ) before and after your title will designate the largest and most significant section. More equal signs can be added up to five more on either side. The effect of adding additional equal signs is shown below:

In many WIKI pages, you may see banners used for section formatting as well. An example is shown below;

In order to use these colorful section dividers, you must understand how to alter the syntax.

===<div style="background-color:#CEE0F2;font-size:Medium;padding-top:1px; padding-bottom:1px; padding-left:5px"><font color="#000">This is a test</font></div>===

Under "background-color:" you can change the color of the banner. The color is described using hex codes. Navigate to this website to find the hex code of any color you would like: https://www.color-hex.com/

Under "font-size:", you can change the font size to the following options; Small, Medium, Large, x-Large.

Where "This is a test" is located, you can change the text to fit the section title.

How to Add Pictures to Article

1. The file must be uploaded.

2. The picture must be added to the WIKI page. This can be done in a variety of ways.

1. File Upload

Navigate to the column of hyperlinks on the left hand side. The third link from the bottom is labeled "Upload File". Select "Upload File".
In the new window, click "Choose File". Ensure that the screenshot is of proper format. If you cannot see the file extensions at the end of the file name, a guide to enable this feature is below.
After you have selected "Choose File". A new window will appear. Select your file. Right-click your file and select "Rename". You must rename this file to something unique and relevant to the article you are creating. This will make it easier to link later as well as to ensure there will be no files already uploaded with the same name. For example, in this file upload guide, the files have been named from "fileupload1" to "fileupload6".
Select open after selecting and renaming your file.
Scroll to the bottom of the page. Click "Upload File".

Step 1: Click File Upload
Step 2: Select Choose File
Step 3:
1. Click Image.
2. View Image Name.
3. Select Open
Step 4: Select Upload File

2. Adding Pictures to WIKI Page

The order of syntax when displaying an image is as follows;

[[File:Name|Type|Border|Location|Alignment|Size|link=Link|alt=Alt|page=Page|lang=Langtag|Caption]]

There are multiple formatting options when adding a picture to a WIKI page;

Image Formatting
Method	Syntax	Result	Notes
Basic Picture	[[File:Uwin logo.jpg]]		Basic picture insert.
Thumb	[[File:Uwin logo.jpg\|thumb]]		Allows image to be enlarged. Sticks to right side of page.
Caption	[[File:Uwin logo.jpg\|thumb\|Hello]]	Hello	Allows image to be enlarged. Sticks to right side of page.
Alternative Text	[[File:Uwin logo.jpg\|alt=University of Windsor Logo]]		This must be included when inserting images. If the image were loaded in a text only browser, or spoken aloud, the purpose of the picture can remain intact, even if one cannot see the picture.
Resize	[[File:Uwin logo.jpg\|50 px]]		Allows the image to be resized.However, all thumb images have the same width and as result do not need to be resized.
Change Image Location	[[File:Uwin logo.jpg\|thumb\|left]]		Allows the image to be moved to the left, center/centre, or right of page.
Example with multiple syntax	[[File:Uwin logo.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100 px\|alt=University of Windsor Logo\|Hello]]	Hello	Example picture demonstrating order of syntax. For full syntax order, navigate the first paragraph of this section.

For inserting multiple pictures, try using Gallery Mode:

1. Using the Traditional Gallery Mode:

<gallery mode= "traditional" widths=200px heights=150px>
File:Uwindsorlogo.jpg|alt="University of Windsor Logo"|'''Step 1:''' Test <br /> '''Step 2:''' Test 
File:Uwindsorlogo.jpg|alt="University of Windsor Logo"|'''Step 1:''' Test <br /> '''Step 2:''' Test 
</gallery>

Step 1: Test
Step 2: Test
Step 1: Test
Step 2: Test

2. Nolines Gallery Mode;

<gallery mode= "nolines" widths=200px heights=150px>
File:Uwindsorlogo.jpg|alt="University of Windsor Logo"|'''Step 1:''' Test <br /> '''Step 2:''' Test 
File:Uwindsorlogo.jpg|alt="University of Windsor Logo"|'''Step 1:''' Test <br /> '''Step 2:''' Test 
</gallery>

Step 1: Test
Step 2: Test
Step 1: Test
Step 2: Test

3. Packed Gallery Mode

<gallery mode= "packed" widths=200px heights=150px>
File:Uwindsorlogo.jpg|alt="University of Windsor Logo"|'''Step 1:''' Test <br /> '''Step 2:''' Test 
File:Uwindsorlogo.jpg|alt="University of Windsor Logo"|'''Step 1:''' Test <br /> '''Step 2:''' Test 
</gallery>

Step 1: Test
Step 2: Test
Step 1: Test
Step 2: Test

3. Packed-Hover Gallery Mode

<gallery mode= "packed-hover" widths=200px heights=150px>
File:Uwindsorlogo.jpg|alt="University of Windsor Logo"|'''Step 1:''' Test <br /> '''Step 2:''' Test 
File:Uwindsorlogo.jpg|alt="University of Windsor Logo"|'''Step 1:''' Test <br /> '''Step 2:''' Test 
</gallery>

Step 1: Test
Step 2: Test
Step 1: Test
Step 2: Test

Text Formatting

Articles and titles within articles are to be done in Title Case.

Tool Functions, like Submit, will be emphasized with Bold Text

Phrases will be put into italics, to clarify messages that appear or steps that someone needs to complete.

E.g. If you see Course website not available ... your professor either is not using a website for this course or has not yet made his/her course website available to students... If you want to upload another file, select Add Another File and repeat Steps 2 through 5 for each file you would like to upload.

Text Formatting
Method	Syntax	Result	Notes
Italics	''This is a test''	This is a test	Add two apostrophes on either side of the text
Bold	'''This is a test'''	This is a test	Add three apostrophes on either side of text
Italics and Bold	'''''This is a test'''''	This is a test	Add two apostrophes, then add the three apostrophes, totaling five apostrophes on either side.
Disable Formatting	<pre>'''''This is a test'''''</pre*>	'''''This is a test'''''	To disable formatting in a section, add <pre> at the beginning and </pre> at the end. The "" must be deleted in order to use.
Superscript	x<sup>2</sup>	x²	Self explanatory.
Subscript	x<sub>2</sub>	x₂	Self explanatory.
Line break	Hello.<br />This is a test.	Hello. This is a test.	Self explanatory.

Lists

If you wish to create a list, there are a few options;

Bullet List:

*This is a test

This is a test
This is a test
This is a test

Add one asterisk at the start of the sentence to convert the line into a bullet point.

Numbered List:

#This is a test

This is a test
This is a test
This is a test

Add one hashtage at the start of the sentence to convert the line into a numbered list. If you insert a line space, the numbering will reset. In order to get around this, view the numbered advanced section.

Numbered List Advanced:

<ol>
<li>This the first step is selected.</li>
</ol>

<ol start="2">
<li>This is the second step</li>
</ol>

This the first step is selected.

This is the second step

This will allow you to describe which number you would like to start on. For example, if you are creating a guide and have described the first step followed by a picture, if you use the "#" syntax you will start back at number one again. This syntax will allow you to continue the list of numbers. |- |}

Links

-links to other wiki articles -renamed links -link to specific sections

There are many ways to add links to your wiki page. When creating a link to another section of the wiki, note that if the text is red, the article doesn't exist. You should double check that the link your describing exactly matches the wiki page you are trying to navigate to.

Link Formatting
Method	Syntax	Result	Notes
Basic	[[Common Blackboard Browser Issues]]	Common Blackboard Browser Issues	Add two square brackets on either side of the title of the page you wish to link.
Custom Link Title	[[Common Blackboard Browser Issues\|Browser issues]]	Browser issues	Add a vertical line and type the new title.
Link to Another Section in the Current Page	[[#Text Formatting\|Text Formatting]]	Text Formatting	Insert a hashtag and the section title.
Link to Specific Section in Different Page	[[Common Blackboard Browser Issues#Enable Third-Party Cookies\|Cookies]]	Cookies	By combining two of the formatting options, you will be able to link to a specific section of a different WIKI page.

Articles and titles within articles are to be done in Title Case.

Tool Functions, like Submit, will be emphasized with Bold Text

Try to include a link to either the tool or the function within the tool at least once per topic. Eg. "When you want to migrate materials from CLEW to Blackboard use the CLEW_Import_Tool tool, and follow the onscreen prompts for selections of sites and tools".

Note, just right click on the Table of Contents for the Article which contains the section you want to refer to. Then click Copy Link Location (Firefox). Then in the link you are creating, click Paste. You don't need the entire link, start with two left square brackets, then only the page name followed by the #and_the_rest_of_the_link followed by the Pipe sign | then a space and the text you want to refer to followed by two right square brackets. Click Edit to see the example in this paragraph, and more information on this is found in the Wiki Tutorial. Internal Links.

Phrases will be put into italics, to clarify messages that appear or steps that someone needs to complete.

E.g. If you see Course website not available ... your professor either is not using a website for this course or has not yet made his/her course website available to students... If you want to upload another file, select Add Another File and repeat Steps 2 through 5 for each file you would like to upload.

Document Headings

Try where possible, to include the following headings in the documents we are converting. Some may not be appropriate, but hopefully, we can try to develop the contents where possible. The hierarchy of the page follows "==" main headings, "===" subheadings under those main headings, and "====" under the sub-heading topics if necessary.

Overview or Main Concepts
How To - specific steps for using the tool
Issues / Considerations
Best Practices (if applicable)
FAQ
Related Pages
Templates at bottom

Images and Links

Images

All images are to contain captions, and alt tags. Further, if necessary to position within the article, make use of the "thumb" text and by deafult it floats the image to the left margin, indicate a size by using "px350", and pipe bars between the components. E.g. "[[file:testimage.jpg|350px|alt="Testing Alt Tags"|Testing Alt Tags|right]]" See Media Wiki Help Images article for more information.

Links

All links referred to in text, should contain a helpful contextual description, rather than a "click here" reference. For example "[http://www.anypage.com Anypage article on advanced basketweaving]".

Wiki Important Points (Connecting with a VPN)

If you are working off campus to edit the wiki, you will need to have a VPN installed.
ITS hosts knowledge base articles on how to download and implement Global Protect VPN for campus users.
Mac Users: Installing VPN: Macs
Mac Users - Known Issue with VPNIf the VPN gets stuck connecting
PC Users: Installing VPN: PC

Places to Find Editing Tips

Tech Republic MS Word Blog

Places to find Wiki Help and Examples

Help Wiki Markup
Help Wiki Images
University of Florida Main Wiki Help page
Wiki Link Help
Open ClipArt
Wikipedia Cheatsheet
Brock FAQ
HTML to WikiMedia Markup Conversion Site

For Instructors

Blackboard Index

Instructor On Demand Videos

Blackboard Learn: For Instructors: The complete series of short video tutorials to help instructors learn how to use tools, design their courses, and assess students.

Understanding How Course Files How to manage your files in your course more effectively, by understanding how the site is organized, and how to link to materials through the Course Files interface.

Blackboard Learn: On Demand Tutorials: The complete playlist for the entire series of video tutorials for students and instructors.

Quick Hit Video Playlist: A series of very short videos that give an overview to new features in Blackboard Learn.

BlackboardTV on YouTube BlackboardTV is our official YouTube™ channel offering many different types of videos, including the On Demand videos. Some are produced by Blackboard and others are produced by institutions, IT professionals, teachers, and instructional designers. Topics range from a short overview of a new feature to longer recordings of webinars. Use existing playlists that group videos together or create your own.

For Students

Student On Demand Videos

Blackboard Learn: For Students: The complete series of short video tutorials to help students use the various Blackboard Learn tools to be successful online.

Working in Your Course: A playlist to help students learn how to access course content, take tests, turn in assignments, and other course related activities.

Staying Organized and Communicating: A playlist to help students use course tools to communicate and and manage course work.

Setting Your Preferences and Environment: A playlist to help students customize their Blackboard experience and set their preferences. FAQ-Students

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Play Pages

Lorie's Wiki Training Page
Tim's Page, Tim's Page1 , Tim's Page3
Ericka's page
Lauren's page
Zorka's Page page
Nathan's page
Aisha's page
Lidia's page
Sehaj's page
Ronak's page
Elizabeth's page

Fall 2020 Co-op

Abdullah's page
Dylan's page
Jaegar's page
Muhammad's page
Nick's page
Zorain's page

Winter 2021 Co-op

Zeina's page
Charles's page
How to Edit and Regrade a Question on Blackboard
Charles's other page
Hussein's page
Rohan's page
Eric's page
Val's page

Animated GIFS

Student Preview

Need more stuff here and not sure if we can get this working properly. Please test and update this page

Sample Pages

CTL Student LMS Project Assistant Certificate

Workshop_Materials
Instructor
Grading
Building Courses Groupwork Assessments Assessments for Students Assessments for Instructors Grading for Instructors Grading for Students Groupwork for Students Groupwork for Instructors Getting Started Blackboard Collaborate Blackboard Collaborate for Students Blackboard Collaborate for Instructors BB Student BB Instructor Communicate&Collaborate Getting Started for Students Getting Started for Instructors FAQs-Instructors Template-3rdLevel GA TA:Getting Started University of Austin Texas FAQs

Live or Prerecorded Sessions

How can I offer online lectures/meetings in real-time?

When deciding how to share course content, there are a number of factors to keep in mind. Have you already met the learning outcomes of your course? If not, is it critical to hold the classes as synchronous lectures, or can you post the materials online?
If you decide to hold lectures, you can use the Virtual Classroom, a tool available in every course site. Note, however, that students’ access to technology and internet connections might make it difficult for some of them to attend, so you may prefer to record sessions in advance and let students watch on their own schedule. This can help mitigate technical problems, and ensure that all students can access the materials.
You can also use PowerPoint to pre-record your lectures and link to / share the file from your OneDrive or other hosted file-sharing site.
Please note that video and audio files should not be uploaded directly into Blackboard as they cause a huge load on the systems!
Wherever possible, however, we encourage you to keep your solutions as simple and as low-tech as possible. Information about large files and how to manage them can be found here.

How can I pre-record lectures and videos?

Using Blackboard Collaborate
- Record Virtual Classroom Sessions
- Record Sessions

How can I use PowerPoint to record a video?

View this short video about how to use PowerPoint to record a video.

Can I upload videos to Blackboard in my course site?

Please note that video and audio files should not be uploaded directly into Blackboard as they cause a huge load on the systems!
Wherever possible, however, we encourage you to keep your solutions as simple and as low-tech as possible. Information about large files and how to manage them can be found here. Please note that video and audio files should not be uploaded directly into Blackboard as they cause a huge load on the systems! Wherever possible, however, we encourage you to keep your solutions as simple and as low-tech as possible. Visit the article on managing large files.

Can students chat with each other or me in Blackboard?

Blackboard Collaborate Ultra or known in your course sites as the "Virtual Classroom" provides the opportunity for a chat feature, in addition to a whiteboard, live audio, ability to record a session, and use breakout rooms. More on Blackboard collaborate in a short video on how to use chat, whiteboard and screen sharing.

Getting Help

If you've read through the materials above and you are experiencing issues or errors, please file a ticket at http://www.uwindsor.ca/bbhelp and someone will assist you as soon as possible.
- Online support for using Blackboard Collaborate is available Monday - Friday, 9-5 pm in the Bb Cafe Organization site.

How do students learn about using Blackboard and the tools that are in course sites?

Tutorials for you and your students on how to use the Virtual Classroom have been made available in your course sites. You will notice a new item in the left menu called “Virtual Classroom Tutorial” and that is where quick information on how to use the virtual classroom can be found. If you wish to suppress this, simply hover over the edit chevron icon to the right of that item, and you will see the option to “Hide Link.”
Students have a resource page that will help them get started on common tools, such as discussion boards, journals, assignments and tests.
All registered students have access to a Blackboard Student Orientation site, that contains practice assignments, tests, and other tutorials to help them learn and experience Blackboard. The site is called SO-18-19: Blackboard Student Orientation 2019-2020 and is located in their Courses list, where there is No Term Assigned at the bottom of the list.

Assessments or Grading

How do I set up something in Blackboard to receive my student's papers or files?

In Blackboard, you can use the Assignments tool to give students instructions for your assessment, offer the location to upload files or enter content directly into a text editor. Students will receive an email upon successful submission. After submission, you can use the online annotation tools to provide feedback directly inline on the students' work, in addition to providing comments for feedback. You can also associate a rubric to the assignment where you can have preformed feedback based on criterion and levels of proficiency and you can add additional comments for feedback while providing a grade (if you choose to). The Assignments tool is powerful and packed with features. We do not recommend, however, using the Delegated Grading option found within the tools as there have been issues with this feature in the past. View a short video on how to set up the assignment and find it for grading.

How can I design an assessment that maintains academic integrity?

For some suggestions on how to foster Academic Integrity in a range of assessments, please see the Fostering Academic Integrity page.

Can I use Blackboard Tests to replace the in-person exam I was going to use?

This is not advised! While Blackboard Tests offer 17 different types of questions and are very useful for tests and shorter exams, it is not designed to replace long, high-stakes, or proctored exams. If you do use the test tool, we encourage you to break the exam into multiple components to reduce the chances that students will run into technical problems.
Right now, online proctoring is also not available. Largely because of global demand, services that offer online proctored services are not able to keep up.
For final exams, we recommend that wherever possible, you use alternate forms of assignments. Please see the Exams and Alternate Assessments During Disruptions page for some ideas to replace your final exams.

How can I give a student with a disability extra time on a test?

If you are using the Tests, Surveys and Pools tool, there is a feature when deploying the test, that allows for exceptions including extra time, extra attempts or option to access the assessment on a different day/time. Read about the feature in Blackboard's help article on Test Exceptions.

How do I give a confidential grade to students online?

How you grade online will depend on the assessments you’ve chosen, whether you have GAs or TAs to help you, and your preferred workflow. If you are using Blackboard tests, all of the objective questions will be graded automatically. Online assignments can be graded inline, using Blackboard’s annotation and feedback tool. If you have created a rubric for the assignment, it will also be available in this area. Any grades submitted here will automatically populate the grade centre. Assignments can also be downloaded and assessed outside of Blackboard – but do note that only the grades can be uploaded in bulk. Individual feedback would need to be uploaded individually. Visit UWindsor's Instructor Help pages for links to more information about online grading.

Can I choose not to have a final assessment?

If the learning outcomes of your course have been met and assessed through 60 per cent or more of the final grade, then you might consider re-weighting previous assignments rather than holding a final assessment. If you choose this option, the following MUST still be true:
- No assessment can be weighted more than 50 per cent;
- All learning outcomes should have already been assessed; and
- At least 60 per cent of the final grade must have been completed in prior assessments.
We also recommend that you offer an optional final assignment so that students who were depending on that final assessment to improve their grades will still have an opportunity to do so.
Otherwise, the format and weighting of your final exam will likely need to be changed as a result of the transition to alternative delivery. Please see the Exams and Alternate Assessments During Disruptions page for some ideas to replace your final exams.

Getting Started

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.

FAQ-Getting Started for Instructors or GA/TAs

FAQ-Grading (Instructors)

Articles that also relate to the Category:WikiTraining

User:Lorie

Lorie's Wiki Training Page

Windsorisms

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.

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Contents

Windsorisms

To Begin

Section Formatting

How to Add Pictures to Article

1. File Upload

2. Adding Pictures to WIKI Page

Text Formatting

Lists

Bullet List:

Numbered List:

Numbered List Advanced:

Links

Document Headings

Images and Links

Images

Links

Wiki Important Points (Connecting with a VPN)

Places to Find Editing Tips

Places to find Wiki Help and Examples

For Instructors

Instructor On Demand Videos

Top 20 Questions that Need to be Addressed in this Wiki

For Students

Student On Demand Videos

Play Pages

Fall 2020 Co-op

Winter 2021 Co-op

Animated GIFS

Sample Pages

Live or Prerecorded Sessions

Getting Help

Assessments or Grading

Navigation menu

Search