New Trier Township High School District 203

BLACKBOARD ON DEMAND LEARNING CENTER

UNDERSTANDING & BUILDING YOUR COURSE

WORKING IN THE COURSE ENVIRONMENT

• Getting Started with Your Course Environment
• Adding a Banner to Your Course Entry Point  
• Creating a Blank Page on the Course Menu

BUILDING COURSE CONTENT

• Getting Started with Course Content
• Using the Text Editor
• Build a Learning Module
• Creating a Lesson Plan
• Creating a Blank Page
• Adding NBC Archives Video Content
• Creating a Tool Link
• Creating a Mashup
• Attaching Course Files to a Content Item
• Tour the Course Files Feature
• Adding Your Own Web Content Through Course Files

SETTING PERMISSIONS

• Turning Tool Availability On and Off
• Making Tools Available to Students

COMMUNICATING AND COLLABORATING

USING THE DISCUSSION BOARD

• Grading a Discussion Board Forum
• Grading a Discussion Board Thread

MANAGING GROUP WORK

• Getting Started with Groups
• Creating a Group
• Creating Group Sets

BLOGS AND JOURNALS

• Creating a Journal
• Commenting on a Journal Entry
• Creating a Blog
• Creating and Editing Blog Entries
• Commenting on a Blog Entry

WIKIS

• Creating a Wiki
• Grading a Wiki

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Creating Announcements
• Creating a Course Task
• Creating a Course Contact
• Sending Email
• Sending Blackboard Messages

ASSESSING LEARNERS

GRADE CENTER

• Getting Started with the Grade Center
• Customizing the Grade Center View
• Creating Smart Views
• Creating a Grade Rule
• Viewing Grade Details
• Anonymous Grading
• Creating Grading Notes
• Creating a Grade Center Report
• Creating a Grading Rubric
• Grading Assessments Question by Question
• Viewing and Downloading Grade History
• Color Code the Grade Center

TESTS, SURVEYS, AND POOL

• Getting Started with Building a Test
• Tour the Question Finder Feature
• Exporting and Importing a Test or Survey
• Uploading Test Questions from Microsoft Excel
• Creating a Fill in the Blank Question
• Creating a Short Answer Question
• Creating a Matching Question
• Creating a True or False Question
• Adding an Existing Question to a Test
• Creating a Calculated Formula Question
• Creating a Calculated Numeric Question
• Creating an Essay Question
• Creating a Fill in Multiple Blanks Question
• Creating a Hot Spot Question
• Creating a Jumbled Question
• Creating a Likert Question
• Creating a Multiple Answer Question
• Creating a Multiple Choice Question
• Create an Ordering Question
• Create a Quiz Bowl Question
• Tagging Questions for Reuse
• Building a Pool
• Creating a Random Block and Adding it to a Test

ASSIGNMENTS

• Getting Started with Assignments
• Downloading Assignments

STUDENT PERFORMANCE

• Performance dashboard

Web 2.0 Tools

• Getting Started with Twitter
•  Integrate Web 2.0 Tools into Blackboard