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(Bb Ultra) Make Your Course Available

By default, Blackboard course sites are Private -- accessible to instructors but not students. When you are ready for your students to have access to...

More on (Bb Ultra) Make Your Course Available Updated 8/16/21 by R. Davidson
Change menu colors

This function is not available after August 12, 2020.   In your course, open the Customization menu. Choose Teaching Style. Scroll...

More on Change menu colors Updated 7/30/20 by R. Davidson
Download all files from course content areas

Blackboard makes it easy to download all the files from a course at once. First, you'll need to navigate to the course's file library....

More on Download all files from course content areas Updated 10/29/18 by R. Davidson
Edit Mode & Student Preview

When your course has been set up, you may want to disable "Edit Mode", turning off most of the tools you used to create and edit course...

More on Edit Mode & Student Preview Updated 8/6/18 by R. Davidson
How do I find my course number (CRN)?

Your Course Record Number (CRN) and course ID information are easy to find inside your course web site. Just click FILES under the CONTROL PANEL...

More on How do I find my course number (CRN)? Updated 8/18/17 by R. Davidson
How to copy course content from one course site to another

If you’re re-using course materials from a previous term, the easiest way to get the content and activities from an old course into a new one...

More on How to copy course content from one course site to another Updated 6/23/21 by N. Blume
How to make your course site available

When created, course sites are unavailable by default. This means you, as faculty, can access the site to load content, but students cannot. When you...

More on How to make your course site available Updated 8/30/21 by R. Davidson
Manage your My Courses list

Your MY COURSES box lists all the courses you have access to on Blackboard. Because we plan to keep courses on the system for several years, you may...

More on Manage your My Courses list Updated 10/17/17 by R. Davidson
Merging courses

If you're teaching a single course that's split into multiple sections, or multiple courses that will use the same content, you may want to...

More on Merging courses Updated 8/16/17 by R. Davidson
Missing courses?

Your Courses list is updated every two hours starting at 12:30 (2:30, 4:30, 6:30, etc). Courses are added based on your course assignments in Self...

More on Missing courses? Updated 3/2/22 by R. Davidson
Organize your Blackboard course site

Generally, the Instructional Design Studio recommends creating a main "Content" space (or using the one provided), then creating folders...

More on Organize your Blackboard course site Updated 8/10/18 by R. Davidson
Switch quickly between courses

There are three ways to move from one Blackboard course site to another. The standard method is to click the MY BLACKBOARD tab at the top of the...

More on Switch quickly between courses Updated 8/9/18 by R. Davidson
Why is my course unavailable?

A Blackboard course site is set to unavailable until the professor turns it on. While some faculty may make course sites available before or at the...

More on Why is my course unavailable? Updated 1/21/20 by N. Blume

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