December 23, 2014
by Heidi Olson
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What’s the best way to handle an extra credit assignment in Blackboard’s Grade Center? There are a couple of ways you can do this. These suggestions assume you are not weighting grades: Option 1: For the extra credit assignment set … Continue reading
December 5, 2012
by Heidi Olson
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As we approach the end of the semester, it is a good time to review your current course(s) to see what changes you might want to make for the next time the course is offered. I was recently reminded about … Continue reading
March 2, 2010
by Heidi Olson
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Our installation of Blackboard has three new tools that can be incorporated into your online course: Blog Wiki Echo Site This is the first of a three-part series of information about these features. The first feature will be the blog. … Continue reading
February 16, 2010
by Heidi Olson
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There have been reports from some instructors that had courses that were rolled over after the recent Blackboard upgrade that had some settings changed so that they no longer could add any new content: no tests, new items, assignments, etc. … Continue reading
December 22, 2009
by Heidi Olson
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There may be occasions when you want to add a customized text column to your Grade Center in blackboard. Perhaps you need to make a note about a particular assignment or you want to add a note about having submitted … Continue reading
July 9, 2009
by Heidi Olson
Comments Off on Evaluating Bb Quizzes for Missed Questions
When revising your online course is it always good to review the effectiveness of the self-assessments and quiz questions. Are certain questions constantly being answered incorrectly? Do the questions need to be rewritten or are students not prepared enough to … Continue reading
March 26, 2009
by Heidi Olson
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A widget (or badge) is a small application that runs on your desktop, on your mobile unit or that gets embedded in a website. It often will display information that is pulled from a source or from many sources that … Continue reading
March 10, 2009
by Heidi Olson
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There are many ways that students can communicate with instructors through Blackboard. Using the discussion board for more formal discourse and sending email messages for individual questions or thought are probably the most commonly used tools. Another feature that is … Continue reading
January 21, 2009
by Heidi Olson
Comments Off on Blackboard v8 and equation editor
When we began testing Bb v8 we noticed that the equation editor wasn’t working on some platforms. OIT worked with us in testing and came up with this: Here are the platforms and browsers that we have tested and work … Continue reading
January 20, 2009
by Heidi Olson
Comments Off on More on Blackboard Version 8
We’ve been told that some Grade item Categories may have changed when OIT upgraded Blackboard earlier this month. If you use weighted grades by category you might want to review the category descriptions to make sure they are correct.