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Blackboard 6.3 Instructor's Manual [ HTML ] [ PDF (1.45 MB) ]

Content Areas
(document uploading, e-reserves)
User Management
(adding and removing users, TAs, Bb course roster)
Link to e-reserves
Link to full-text article
Create links to library resources using EZProxy
View a document
Text Format
Configure and access a Group-based Blog
Configure and access a Group-based Wiki
Give and receive assignments
Add students
Add a user (including a TA)
Allow student access
Change a user’s role
Enroll a non-Duke student
Grant guest access

Assessment and Gradebook
(online quizzes, surveys, assignment collection, gradebook, course statistics)
Course Management
(copying courses, archiving)
Add grades from offline assignments
Add an image to test or survey question
Create a Survey
Delete a test or survey
Give and receive assignments
Import/export grades
Limit test time
Modify a test or survey
Test verus Survey
Export Grades from Bb to STORM
Archive a course
Change your password
Copy/move content
Delete a course
Remove a course
Reuse a course
Set up a course
Shut down a course site
Old course site still visible
Communication
(discussion board, chat, groups)
Bb Site Personalization
(customizing Bb main page, My Courses)
Discussion Board versus Chat Groups
Using Blackboard Email
Blog and Wiki Tools (Blackboard new tools)

Edit/hide old courses and customize "My Blackboard"

Technical Issues
(display, browser incompatibilities)
Technical Information
Use plug-ins
File too large to upload
Name files
Forgot my password
Mac files not displaying properly
Multimedia not working on Mac OS X

Automatic student enrollment
Logging in
Multimedia Plug-ins
Server and database info
Supported browsers and OSs
System Requirements
Version information
Last modified August 30, 2007 10:25:09 AM EDT