Blackboard – Beyond the Basics

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Teaching & eLearning Support

Ruth Alsobrook-Hurich

Yavapai College 1100 East Sheldon Street Prescott, Arizona 86301

Phone 928-771-6120

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Embed Video

Adding video to the course can assist with many different learning styles. Users can start and stop at

their own leisure. Embed video by copying the embed code within the video. Use the HTML carets to

paste the embed code.

Note: The Mashups can also be used to add small thumbnails of videos from YouTube.

Videos

YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/)

Bing TV (http://www.bing.com)

Google Videos (https://www.google.com/videohp?hl=en)

Howcast (http://www.howcast.com/)

Associated Press (http://www.youtube.com/user/AssociatedPress)

Teacher Tube (http://www.teachertube.com)

Blip TV (http://www.blip.tv)

Metacafe (http://www.metacafe.com/)

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Possible ideas for use in classroom‐

‐ Discussions and Critiques ‐ Essay Topics Cost ‐ None Positive Aspects‐ ‐ Students can instantly see video ‐ So MANY to Choose from! Shortcomings‐ ‐ Hosting Site Down ‐ JAVA and Flash Player not updated

- Browser Setting

https://answers.syr.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=27820798

http://www.gcccd.edu/online/documents/BB-Chrome-YouTube.pdf

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Embed Audio

Audio can add explanation to lectures and assignments to any course. In most Learning Course

Management Software Applications, an image can be added easily by selecting the “Add Audio” icon in

the textbox editor.

Within the General information, select the dropdown box arrow. Next select the Embedded Audio.

Browse to your file (or link). Uncheck Constrain Proportions. Select the Dimensions. Insert

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Add the title and select Submit

Possible ideas for use in classroom‐

‐ Discussions and Critiques ‐ Essay Topics - Lecture - Direction Cost ‐ None Positive Aspects‐ ‐ Students can instantly see Audio ‐ So MANY to Choose from! Shortcomings‐ ‐ Hosting Site Down ‐ JAVA, QuickTime, or Flash Player not updated

- Browser Setting

https://answers.syr.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=27820798

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Embed Images

Images can add explanation and color to any course. In most Learning Course Management Software

Applications, an image can be added easily by selecting the “Add Image” icon in the textbox editor.

The problem with adding images this way is…on occasion…the images do not copy into the next course.

You, the creator, may see these images; however; the students may not. The best way to alleviate this is

to LINK the images. This is completed by using HTML coding. The image is placed on a web server and

then can be linked via the html code carets with the following source code:

<img src=”URL” />

Replacing the “URL” with the image location…Keeping the quotation marks.

It’s as simple as that!

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Possible ideas for use in classroom‐ ‐ Clarification ‐ Discussion and Critique Cost ‐ None Positive Aspects‐ ‐ Students can instantly see what the topic is ‐ Aesthetically Pleasing Shortcomings‐ ‐ Host Provider Down ‐ Storage Space

- Security Settings

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Categories and Weighted Columns

To begin, create categories for the content to be weighted. Examples would be Exams,

Discussion Board, Assignments, Lab, Etc. To create the categories:

Navigate to the Control Panel

Select Full Grade Center

Once in the Grade Center:

Select Manage > Categories

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Select Create Category

Supply Category information

Select Submit

Associate each column with a category:

Select the dual dropdown arrows in the column

Select Edit Column Information

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Once in the column information area:

Associate column with category

Select Submit

After this process is complete, add a Weighted Column:

Select Create Calculated Column > Weighted Column

In this section:

Provide column name

Select Display of choice

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Under Categories to Select:

Select category

Click on the triangle to move to field on right

Add weighted percentage (NOTE: Must equal 100…This total will show once the last box

is tabbed out of)

Submit

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Blackboard Rubric

Rubrics help to explain how each assignment, discussion board or assessment in Blackboard is graded. These Rubrics can help students see where their strengths and weaknesses are within a certain criteria. Blackboard uses rows and columns to present this information.

Creating a Rubric

1. Navigate to the Control Panel

Select Course Tools

Select Rubric

2. Select Create Rubric

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3. Provide Name and Description

4. Add Rubric information and Submit

a. New rows and columns can be added

b. Type can be changed to points or points range

c. Categories can be edited via chevron

a b

c

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Adding a Rubric to Grade Center Column

1. Navigate to the Control Panel

Select Grade Center

Select Full Grade Center

2. Select Edit Column Information within column

3. Select Add Rubric

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4. Select the Rubric

Submit

5. Choose to show to student

or not

Submit