New Faculty Orientation to Blackboard
New to Bb? Get your course ready for day 1 of the semester
- Convert your Blackboard course shell to Ultra
- Content
- Creating folders and modules
- Uploading content
- Externally linking to cloud storage
- Communication
- Adding instructor contact information and communication expectations
- Posting announcements and sending student emails
- Creating discussion boards (including student introductions)
- Gradebook
- Creating assignments
- Setting up a grade book to match your grading schema
Prior to the event
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