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Aston University Blackboard Learn Accessibility Statement
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The Module Information area
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The Assessment Submission area
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The Employability and Professional Skills area
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The Student Voice area
Blackboard Ally for Accessibility
Blackboard App for Instructors
Building Your Course
My Course Page
Use SITS to create Blackboard Courses for each Period and Occurrence
Module Specifications
Accessibility
Accessibility Features
Quick Links
Student Preview
Reading Lists
Content Collection
Course Options
Setting Course Properties
Making a Course Available or Unavailable
Select the Page Where Users Enter Your Course
Managing Tool Availability
Checking Course Links
Course Enrollments
Removing Student Users from a Course
Allow guest access to your course
Add an Instructor onto a Blackboard Learn Module via SITS
Add people to courses and organisations
Searching for Users in a Course
Course Roles
Setting Course Style Options
Creating Course Areas for Content
Create a new Content Area
Creating Content in a Course Area
Edit and Manage Content
Using the Content Editor
Create HTML Objects
Working With File Attachments
Course Files
About Files Added Automatically to Course Files
Adding Files to Course Files
Uploading a package/zip file to Course Files
Drag & Drop/Multiple File Upload in the Content Collection
Setting Up a Web Folder/WebDAV in Course Files
Create and Editing Folders in Course Files
Managing Files and Folders in Course Files
About Browsing for Files in Course Files and the Content Collection
Creating HTML Objects
Controlling Access to the Content Collection
Creating Assessments in a Course Area
Kaltura Video
Add a video item
My Media
Media Gallery
Create a clip from a video
Course Media Reports
Embed Kaltura
Releasing Content
Basic and Advanced Adaptive Release
Adaptive Release Rules
Adaptive Release Criteria
Examples of Advanced Adaptive Release
Reusing Content
Course copy
Date Management
Copy/Move Content Items
Exporting and Archiving Courses
Importing Course Packages
Importing Course Cartridges
Linking to Tools in a Course Area
Glossary
Get a link to your course
Understanding the Blackboard Environment
Hiding and unhiding courses from your courses list
Self Enrol on Courses
Your Sandbox Course
Courses vs. Organisations
Blackboard organisations
Marks
Instructor Features
Third Party Tools
Communicating & Collaborating
Announcements
Blogs
Creating a Blog
Editing and Managing Blogs
Grading Blogs
Calendar
Discussion Boards
Set Up Discussions
About Discussions, Forums, and Threads
Creating Forums in the Discussion Board
Creating Threads in the Discussion Board
Respond to Discussion Posts
Manage Discussions
Moderating Discussions
Search and Collect Discussions
Grading Discussion Board Participation
Viewing Discussion Board Statistics
Creating Group Discussions
Email
Journals
Creating a Journal
Editing Journals
Grading Journals
Tasks
Wiki
Create Wiki Topics
Create Wiki Pages
Edit and Manage Wikis
Grade Wikis
Groups
Groups Page
Group Tools
Creating Groups
Editing Groups
Removing a User from a Group
Create Group Links
Creating Group Assignments
Grading Group Assignments
Sending Email to a Group
Import and Export Groups
Contacts
Blackboard Collaborate
Assessing Learners
Assignments
Creating Assignments
Creating Group Assignments
Edit and Manage Assignments
Multiple Assignment Attempts
Assignment Grade Settings
Grading Assignments
Anonymous Grading
View a Panopto video submission
Audio/Video Feedback
Delegated Grading
Downloading Assignments
Rubrics
Self and Peer Assessment
Creating a New Self and Peer Assessment
Adding a Question to an Assessment
Adding Criteria to a Question
Completing an Assessment
Editing an Assessment
Previewing the Assessment
Viewing the Assessment Results
Evaluating a Self and Peer Assessment
Monitoring Assessment Submissions
Exporting and Importing an Assessment
View submissions, evaluations, and results
Receipts
Tests, Surveys, and Pools
Using the Test and Survey Canvas
Test availability exceptions
Creating Tests and Surveys
Editing Tests and Questions
Question Types
Adding Question Metadata
Changing Question Settings
Offering Partial Credit
Reusing Questions
Question Pools and Banks
Test and Survey Options
Setting a test for completion using the Respondus Lock Down Browser
Restrict Tests by Location
Deploying Tests and Surveys
Uploading Questions
The difference between Random Blocks and Question Sets
Creating and Editing a Random Block
Creating Question Sets
Grading Tests
Test and Survey Results
Question Completion Status
Running Item Analysis on a Test
Importing Tests, Surveys, and Pools
Exporting/Importing Tests, Surveys, and Pools
Helping Students Resolve Issues With Tests
Grading
Navigate Grading
Filter the Grade Centre using a Blackboard group
Share and Reuse Grade Center Data
Archive and Copy Courses With Grade Center Data
Grade Centre Icon Legend
Managing Submission Attempts
Needs Grading
Grading
Entering Grades
Viewing Grade Details
Deleting and Clearing Grades
Calculating and Exempting Grades
Curving Grades
Overriding Grades
Uploading or Downloading Grade Centre Items for Working Offline
Customize Grade Center
Grade Center Categories
Grading Schemas
Grading Periods
Organize Grade Center Data
Color Code the Grade Center
Grade Center Columns
Grade Columns
Total Columns
Weighted Columns
Average Columns
Minimum/Maximum Columns
Extra Credit Columns
Editing how a score is displayed in Grade Centre
Smart Views
Create and Manage Smart Views
Grade Center Reporting
Viewing Grade Center Statistics
Working With the Grade History
Student Performance
Achievements
Create and Manage Achievements
Generating Course Reports
Using the Performance Dashboard
Using the Retention Center
Turnitin
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School administrators (Ultra)
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Blackboard Learn Ultra Course View
Ultra Sandbox
Add your Talis reading list to your Ultra course
Course Content
Guidelines
Copyright guidelines for teaching: A quick overview
Copyright Dos & Don’ts
Creative Commons guidance for staff
Blog
Best Practice & Case Studies
Informative feedback for students using the Grade Centre