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The following documents and movie tutorials will step Instructors through the components found in the Control Panel of your Blackboard course site. Student Resources can be found at the LearnOnline Website.

Getting Started and Beginning of Semester:
Requesting a site, enrolling and managing students, making your course available

Communication
Creating Announcements, Discussion Boards, Digital Dropbox

General Documents
Adding Content to your Course Site, Managing Course Menu and Tools, creating Groups

Library Documents
Adding E-reserves to your Course Site, Linking to the Databases, Linking to Ebrary

Assessment
Creating Exams, Surveys, Assignments

Grade Center
Overview, Creating Columns, Calculated Columns, Exempting, Downloading, Progress Reports

End of the Semester
Recycling/Reusing a Course Site, Archiving, Exporting

LearnOnline Collection Documentation
Overview, Transitioning to the Content System, Portfolios, Content

Blackboard Sync Documentation
Overview of Blackboard Sync with Facebook, Faculty Options, Student Options

Getting Started and Beginning of Semester
	Getting Started This document will show Instructors how get started in Blackboard, from requesting a Course Site, to accessing your course site and our training materials/workshops.
	Instructor Responsibilities This document will show Instructors how to set their courses to Available, Enroll Students, and Recycle and Reuse courses at the end of semesters.
	Course Copy This document will show Instructors how to Copy material from one Course Site to another
	Import Package This document will show Instructors how get Import a package of Course Materials back into Blackboard.
	Syllabus Information This document contains information that you might want to add to your syllabus. You can also link to this file in the LearnOnline Collection: LearnOnline Collection>TU Resources>OTS>BbSyllabusInfo.doc.
	Setting Enrollment Options This document will show Instructors the different methods for Enrolling users within their Course Sites
	Manage Users This document will show Instructors how Enroll users into their courses as well as Modify their Roles.

Communication
	Announcements This document will show Instructors how to create Announcements within their Course Sites
	Discussion Board: Post and Reply This document will show users how to post and reply to threads in the Discussion Board
	Manage and Create Discussion Board Forums This document will show Instructors how to create and manage Discussion Board Forums
	Emailing Course Users This document will show Instructors how to email the users of their Course Sites
	Digital Dropbox This document will show Instructors how to exchange files with their students using the Digital Dropbox
	RSS Feeds and Blackboard This document will show Instructors how to embed already created RSS feeds into Blackboard

Assessment
	Self and Peer Assessment This document will show Instructors how to create Self and Peer Assessments for their students
	Create Assignments This document will show Instructors how to Create and Grade Assignments
	Adaptive Release This document will show Instructors how create Adaptive Release options within Blackboard. Using Adaptive Release, you can make content available only if certain criteria has been met.
	Survey Creation and Deployment This document will show Instructors how to Create and Deploy Surveys within their Course Sites
	Test Creation and Deployment This document will show Instructors how to Create and Deploy Tests within their Course Sites
	Pool Manager This document will show Instructors how to set up pools of questions using the Pool Manager. Pools are sets of questions that can be reused in multiple Tests/Quizzes.
	Create Tests with Randomized Questions This document will show Instructors how to use the Pool Manager and Test Manager to set up Tests/Quizzes with questions that are randomized, meaning no 2 students assessments will be exactly the same.
	Early Warning This document will show Instructors how to set up Early Warning systems which can notify you if users have not completed certain items, have not performed adequately on certain assignments, etc.
	Timed Online Tests This document will show Instructors how to set up Timed Online tests and includes information on how to support DSS students who require extra time.
	Test Taking Tips This document will give some recommendations on how to best prepare your computer for a Blackboard Test or Quiz

Grade Center
	Grade Center Movie Overview This Movie Tutorial will give an overview of the new Blackboard Grade Center
	Grade Center This document will give an overview of the new Blackboard Grade Center
	Adding/Modifying/Removing Columns This Movie Tutorial will show Instructors how to Add/Modify/Remove basic Columns from the Blackboard Grade Center
	Adding/Modifying/Removing Columns This document will show Instructors how to Add/Modify/Remove basic Columns from the Blackboard Grade Center
	Calculated Columns This tutorial will walk Blackboard users through the creation of weighted, total, average, or minimum/maximum columns.
	Enter Grades This document will show Instructors how to Enter Grades within the Grade Center
	Drop a Grade This document will show Instructors how to Drop Grades in the Grade Center
	Extra Credit This document will show Instructors how to create Extra Credit questions in the Grade Center
	Manage the Grade Center This document will show Instructors how to use the Manage feature within the Grade Center
	Changing Views and Grouping Columns By This tutorial will walk Instructors through the process of creating Smart Views, changing their Current View, and Grouping their Grade Center columns in diferrent ways
	Hide Columns from Student View This Movie Tutorial will show Instructors how to hide Columns from the My Grades area of Students
	Hide Columns from Student View This document will show Instructors how to hide Columns from the My Grades area of Students
	Organize Grade Center Columns This Movie Tutorial will show Instructors how to Show/Hide, Categorize, and Sort their Grade Center Columns
	Organize Grade Center Columns This document will show Instructors how to Show/Hide, Categorize, and Sort their Grade Center Columns
	Weighting By Item/Column This Movie Tutorial will show Instructors how to assign a Weight to each Individual Grade Center Item/Column
	Weighting By Category This Movie Tutorial will show Instructors how to assign Weights to Categories in the Grade Center, as well as how to place Columns into those Categories
	Weighting Grades This document will show Instructors how to Weight grades by using either of the methods: Weighting by Item/Column or Weighting by Category
	Removing Columns Created by Tests/Surveys, Assignments and Removing External Grades This Movie Tutorial will show Instructors how to Remove Columns from the Blackboard Grade Center that are an External Grade or were created by a Test/Survey or Assignment
	Removing Columns Created by Tests/Surveys, Assignments and Removing External Grades This document will show Instructors how to Remove Columns from the Blackboard Grade Center that are an External Grade or were created by a Test/Survey or Assignment
	Grade History This document will show Instructors how to view the history of grades within the Grade Center which includes information on past grades and modifications
	Test Taking Tips This document will give Students and Instructors some tips to on how to prepare your Browser for taking tests in Blackboard, as well as some best practices for taking tests.
	Email from Grade Center This document will Instructors how to send Emails directly from the Grade Center
	Backup Grade Center This document will show Instructors how to backup their Grade Center to an Excel file and save it to their Computer or Content Collection within Blackboard
	Reports This document will Instructors how to create Reports in Blackboard which can be saved for your own personal records, or given to students as Progress Reports
	Enter Final Grades in PeopleSoft This document will Instructors how to enter Final Semester Grdes into PeopleSoft

Library Documents
	E-Reserves This document will show Instructors how to add E-reserves to their Course Sites
	Library Databases This document will show users how to link to Library Databases from their Course Sites
	Ebrary This document will show Instructors how to link to the Ebrary from their Courses
	Link to a Library Collection Item This document will show faculty how to browse the Cook Library LearnOnline Collection resources and link them to their Course Sites

End of the Semester
	Archive a Course This document will show Instructors how to Archive and backup their Course Sites
	Exporting Course Content This document will show Instructors how to Export and save information from their Course Sites
	Course Copy This document will show Instructors how to Copy material from one Course Site to another
	Recycle Course This document will show Instructors how Recycle and Reuse their courses at the end of the semester.
	Import Package This document will show Instructors how get Import a package of Course Materials back into Blackboard.
	Instructor Responsibilities This document will show Instructors how to set their courses to Available, Enroll Students, and Recycle and Reuse courses at the end of semesters.

General Documents
	Create and Manage Content Areas This document will show Instructors how to create and manage Content Areas within their Course Sites
	Course Menu This document will show Instructors how Add, Remove, and Modify Content Areas and Tools from the Course Menu
	Creating and Managing Groups This document will show Instructors how to create and manage Groups within Blackboard.
	Performance Dashboard This document will show Instructors the viewable information available within the Performance Dashboard. Informatiojn displayed includes items such as Discussion Board post notifications, Adapative Release, Review Status, etc.
	Review Status This document will show Instructors how to create Review Status items within their course sites. Review Status and be used in conjunction with Adaptive release to monitor student progress through course material.
	Staff Information This document will show Instructors how to use the Staff Information Tool within Blackboard.
	Textbox Editor Features This document will show Blackboard users the features available within the Blackboard Textbox Editor
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