Welcome to the Blackboard e-Education Suite™! The Blackboard Learning System offers Instructors a robust set of tools, functions, and features for teaching. The Instructor Manual provides detailed information about building and managing courses on the Blackboard Learning System. It is designed to be used as a reference tool for teaching a course on the Blackboard Learning System. In this manual you will find information about all course-related features the Blackboard Learning System offers—from the most basic features for those Instructors new to Blackboard to in-depth looks at all the advanced functions the Blackboard Learning System has to offer.
The Blackboard 6 e-Education Suite™ includes:
· Blackboard Learning System™ (Release 6)
· Blackboard Learning System - Basic Edition™ (Release 6)
· Blackboard Learning and Community Portal System™ (Release 6)
· Blackboard Learning System - ML™
For most users, it is only important to know what Blackboard products are in use when determining if a particular function is available.
This manual provides assistance to all Instructors and organization Managers, including those using the Blackboard Learning System, the Blackboard Learning System - Basic Edition, and the Blackboard Learning and Community Portal System. This document does not provide information on Blackboard Learning System – ML.
Note: Organization Managers will find this manual useful in building and running organization Web sites. The functions and tools found in courses are all available for organization management.
The Blackboard Learning System Instructor Manual begins by contextually reviewing the teaching and learning environment for Instructors. The bulk of the manual is dedicated to the functions available to Instructors through the Course Control Panel. Beginning with Chapter 2, each chapter corresponds with an area of the Control Panel.
To make this manual easier to use a number of conventions have been put in place. These conventions are detailed in the table below
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Symbol |
Description |
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Bold type |
A button or field name. |
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Courier font |
Text that users should type. |
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Steps |
Tasks users should perform. |
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Additional information in a title that may not be included on the Web page. | |
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[r] |
Required field |
This manual is meant to serve as a reference guide, rather than as a book to be read from cover to cover. If using an electronic copy of the manual, the embedded links enable the reader to click through topics and follow the same workflows that appear in the software.
Please note that the Blackboard Learning System Instructor Manual is updated periodically. The HTML version is available within the Blackboard Learning System by clicking Manual from the Course Control Panel and at http://behind.blackboard.com/. The HTML version is always up-to-date. Also, the Behind the Blackboard Web site includes the most current versions of the user manuals in PDF format for those who would like to print a hard copy.
To report any comments or suggestions regarding this manual, please contact Blackboard Support.
Please contact your System Administrator to answer questions about which Blackboard product is installed at your institution.