Option three: 1 Log into Blackboard Learn and enter the course. 2 In the Course Management menu under Customization, click Properties. 3 Under Set Availability, check the radio button next to " Yes " for Make Course Available. 4 Click the Submit button. More ...
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Open a course card's menu to change your course availability. You can also change your course's status on the Course Content page. You can make your course private while you add or experiment with content, and then open it to students when you're ready. Students see private courses in their course lists, but they can't access them.
Global keyboard shortcuts have been established for common actions within Blackboard Learn. Tab: Navigate links, fields and options on the page. Shift + Tab: Navigate to previous links, fields, and options. Enter: Select link, function, activate option, and expand collapsed section. Space: Select or switch options.
Enable Guest access in your course.In the lower left Control Panel area, click Customization, select Guest and Observer Access.For 'Allow Guests' click the circle next to Yes.Click Submit.
Add Tool Link Pop-up WindowType in a name for the Link, for example "Collaborate Ultra."Click on the drop-down menu and select Blackboard Collaborate Ultra from the list of options.Click the checkbox next to Available to Users to make the link immediately available to your students.More items...•
Make the course availableGo to the course you want to make available.In the Control Panel (at the bottom of course menu on the left-hand side) Click Customisation. Click Properties.Under section 3, Set Availability, select Yes.Click Submit.
The note “private” in your course title means that the course has not yet been made available to your students. To make your course available, follow the How to Make Your Course Available to Students instructions.
If you are using the Blackboard Collaborate Ultra tool, you can add Blackboard Collaborate directly to your course content.From the content area select Tools and More Tools.Select Blackboard Collaborate Ultra. By default the link name is Blackboard Collaborate Ultra. ... Select Submit.
Clear browser cache and refresh browser. Clearing the browser cache allows Collaborate to download the necessary components again to run a session. This can fix certain connection issues and some visual issues with the interface. Give your browser permission to access your device microphone and camera.
How to create the best training modulesStep 1: Establish your training objectives. ... Step 2: Define your audience. ... Step 3: Decide on the right content format. ... Step 4: Create your training module template. ... Step 5: Test and test again. ... Step 6: Upload and launch your training module.
A course module (often abbreviated 'cm') represents each of the activities and resources found in a course. It contains information about which course and section the activity / resource is displayed on, as well as details about the visibility, group and completion status of the activity.
Creating a Learning ModuleIn Edit Mode, on the Course Menu, click an existing Content Area or create a new one.On the Content Area's Action Bar, point to Build Content to access the drop-down list.Select Learning Module.On the Create Learning Module page, type in a Name.More items...
Courses may not appear in the My Courses module in Blackboard for a few reasons: The instructor has not yet published the course for student view (most common reason). The student has not yet successfully registered and paid for the course. There may be an issue with the student's enrollment.
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On the course's Properties screen, scroll down to the Set Course Duration section. 4. Click on the Start Date or End Date Calendar icon to select a different date.
Check out the Courses page. You can see a list of all of your courses from the place where your name appears. You can view all your courses on the Courses page. The page you see after logging in is controlled by your institution.
These settings control whether or not a user has access to the course. To be added back to the course, the student must submit a readmission request. If the availability settings are changed back to Yes, then the availability of the user will revert back to No the following day.
To add a Blackboard Collaborate Ultimate link to your course menu, click the plus sign at top, left of screen and choose Tool Link from the menu. The Add Tool Link window will open. Here you can set the name, type and availability of the link to be added to your course menu.
Sometimes, students will see their grades in Blackboard but they flash briefly and then disappear. Blackboard may have used an incorrect filter to show grades.
Click on the Syllabus Area in the course menu. Click on the Build Content menu to select Syllabus.
Navigate to the Administrator Panel > Courses. Select Create Course > Restore. For the restored course, type a destination course ID.
You can create your own computer-based course by using authoring software to create instructional modules. Students can then access them using a course management system. Begin each lesson with a statement about the learning objectives.
Click "Open course". You will be prompted to confirm your decision. Click "Open to students" to make your course immediately available. Log into Blackboard Learn and enter the course. In the Course Management menu under Customization, click Properties.
In either view, open the course card's menu to change the course availability by clicking the three horizontal dots. Click the three horizontal dots (course menu) to change course availability. Click "Open course".
"Unavailable" means that an instructor has access to the course, but students will not be able to enter the course. Instructors have to make the course "available" to allow students access to the Blackboard Learn course. There are three options to make your Blackboard Learn course available:
Microsoft Word has the built-in heading Styles for you to use easily. It is important to organize headings in the prescribed logical order and not to skip heading order. For example, Heading 1 is used for main content headings, Heading 2 is used for major section headings.
Note: The steps below are for the Windows and Mac versions of Microsoft 365 Office (Web). For other versions of Microsoft Office view the Microsoft guide on adding alternative text.
If you have narrated PowerPoint presentations, videos through YouTube, Zoom, or Microsoft Stream, you need to provide a text equivalent with transcript or closed captioning. YouTube and Microsoft Stream can automatically generate captions for uploaded videos. It is always a good idea to check auto generated captions and edit any mistakes.
If you use the URL itself or Click Here texts as a hyperlink, users may not comprehend it. You need to provide hyperlink texts that show the full title of the destination page. For example, use Visit the University of Houston website instead of http://www.uh.edu or Click Here.
To make sure that your tables are accessible, you need to add headers to your tables. It improves how the individual navigates tables especially if using a screen reader. Please note that Microsoft Word only allows the top row of a table to be designated as a row heading.
A scanned PDF is just an image of text and it can NOT be read using a screen reader (an assistive technology used by people with vison-based disabilities.) Avoid scanning book pages and instead make a request to the University of Houston library to get a PDF copy to put in Blackboard “Course Reserves” link.
It is important to add a document title because Assistive Technology simply reads the metadata that is saved in the actual PDF file as the document title, which may be different from the document file name. Improve the accessibility of PDFs by adding tags in Acrobat. Tags are same as Headings in Word documents.
The last thing to consider when making accessible links is to maintain a consistent style in your link presentation. This can be achieved by uniformly applying all three steps above to your links:
One of the best things about teaching online or having an online space for your f2f or hybrid course is that you have a window onto the web, with all its resources.
The content editor in Blackboard Learn is based on third-party technology from TinyMCE. It provides accessible controls, as well as keyboard shortcuts for formatting content created within it. The content editor appears throughout your courses, such as when you participate in a discussion.
As is required, a single H1 is provided to identify the page the user is looking at. In Blackboard Learn, the page title, for example “Course Documents,” is always the H1. H2 headings are used to delineate major sections of a page. These headings are hidden and allow screen reader users to skip directly to each major page section.
You can only have two levels of folders.
The Alexa app and devices can be beneficial to students with accessi bility needs related to vision, mobility, cognitive impairments, and speech. More on how to set up and use Blackboard Alexa Skill. More about the accessibility features for Alexa on the Amazon website.
When creating a Blackboard course you should try incorporate accessibility within your design and also any outside resources like uploaded documents. Below are some suggestions for faculty that can help make a course more accessible for students within the Blackboard environment.
Using descriptive names for files uploaded to Blackboard allows screen readers to give students information about the document. For example, “Assignment #2 – Case study on Accessibility” rather than, “Assignment #2”.