how to get to course content on blackboard

Login to Blackboard. Click Courses. Click Current Courses at the top.

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How to create and add a course on Blackboard?

Create a course. On the Administrator Panel, in the Courses section, select Courses. Point to Create Course and select New. You can merge existing sections, allowing instructors to manage multiple sections of the same course through a single master course. To learn more, see How to Merge and Separate Child Courses.

How to put your course on Blackboard?

What you'll learn

• Create a course on the Blackboard platform
• Customizie your Blackboard page
• Upload documents to your Blackboard page
• Put your assignments on the Discussion Board
• Create tests in Blackboard

How to make a course available?

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How to add someone into your blackboard course?

To manually enroll as user into a Blackboard Learn course:

• Enter the course you want to enroll a non-registered user. ...
• Navigate to: Control Panel > Users and Groups > Users.
• Click the "Find Users to Enroll" button.
• On the "Add Enrollments:" screen, click the "Browse..." button. ...
• Locate the user using the Search toolbar on the page. ...
• Select the check box next to the user, then click the "Submit" button.

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How do I access course tools in Blackboard?

The Course Management menu is located on the lower left menu bar on the Course Home Page. The course management menu provides instructors with tools to create, manage and modify the course. Files, Course Tools, Evaluation, Grade Center, Users and Groups, Customization, Packages and Utilities, and Help are available.

What is a content folder in Blackboard?

A Content Folder is a way of organising items within a content area of your Blackboard course, and can be used to help students navigate their way around the course.

Where is the content area in Blackboard?

The new content area is created at the bottom of the upper part of the left menu. You can drag it by the left edge to reposition if desired. Click on the new left menu link to enter the content area. Open a course area, such as a Content Area, Learning Module, or folder.

What is content folder?

Content folders offer a familiar, tree-like structure that provides convenient access to files on a content server without having to use that server's own user interface (web-based or otherwise). They are essentially like the directories on your local computer, but they point to virtual locations on the content server.

What is Blackboard app?

The Blackboard app works as a collaboration between our app software and your school's server. Blackboard can't guarantee that content created by instructors or other users is compatible with this app. Features and functionality may be limited at times if your school hasn't updated the appropriate software or experiences server outages.

What file types can you view on Blackboard?

You can view Microsoft ® Word, Excel ®, PowerPoint ®, and PDF documents.

What is learning module?

A learning module is a container for organized collections of content. Your instructor may require you to complete the content in a sequence or allow you to explore the content in any order.

Does the Learning Module app support groups?

For example, your instructor may require a minimum grade on an item before you progress to the next item. The app doesn't support groups, so if the learning module contains a group assignment or discussion, you'll be directed to access it in the web browser view of your course.

Can you print a file from your instructor?

When you open a file your instructor uploaded in the app, you can view, export, or print it. When you export, you can select one of the installed applications on your mobile device. For example, you can email the file or save to your cloud storage.

Does the original course show in the app?

Most of your Original course content shows in the app as expected. A few items look a bit different in the mobile app.

Does Blackboard have a mark review?

Mark reviewed. The Blackboard app doesn't currently support the Mark Reviewed feature. Please access the web browser view of your course for this feature if your instructor made it available.

Who can make the Courses folder in the Content Collection available to?

Administrators can make the Courses folder in the Content Collection available to instructors, content designers, and students.

What is a course folder?

The course folder may be used as a sandbox for each course's instructors, teaching assistants, and course builders to create and share documentation amongst themselves. Additional permissions do not have to be applied because these roles already have default Full permission for their courses.

How to edit course roles?

To edit these default role designations, go to Content Area Management on the Administrator Panel, Default Folder Creation Settings, and then select Edit in the menu for the /courses folder. Selecting additional course roles grants full permissions to those users. If users such as students should only have read access in an area, the permission must be edited on the Manage Permission folder for that individual course after the course folder has been generated.

What happens if a course ID is not deleted?

As long as the course ID is not deleted, the course folder will appear in the Content Collection. This model allows content to be accessible beyond the timeline of an individual course.

What is a sandbox in a course?

As a sandbox for instructors, teaching assistants, and course builders to create and share documentation amongst themselves, which may be linked to from inside the course for sharing with the course members.

Who has access to course folders?

Administrators should consider who has access to courses folders. By default, the system is set up to give full permission to the instructor, teaching assistants, and course builders. This also means that the folder is generated the first time one of these users opens on the Content Collection tab.

Do content consumers have to be instructors?

If content consumers (instructors) will link to the material directly from their courses, they must be instructors in the courses. Otherwise, they only need read access to view the material, and can first copy the material into their own course folders before linking to it.

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Supported Content

Ultra Courses

Edit Content Settings in The App

Organize Course Content

Use The /Courses Or /Organizations Folders

Use The /Courses Or /Organizations Folders as A Sandbox

Allow Students Selective Access to Course Or Organization Folders

Provide Storage, Workspace, and Access For Content Collections

Create Folders in The Course Content Area

Access The Course Content Area

• Administrators should consider who has access to courses folders. By default, the system is set up to give full permission to the instructor, teaching assistants, and course builders. This also means that the folder is generated the first time one of these users opens on the Content Collection tab. To edit these default role designations, go to Con...

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