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LMS Training & Tutorials
Blackboard 9.1.8
Blackboard is Southwestern Community College's learning management system (LMS) of choice. Learn more about Blackboard in an
environment of your choice: online (self-paced); hands-on workhop setting; and/or one-on-one consultation.
Blackboard Tutorials (D = narrated demo, T = text instructions)
| Adaptive Release (D) (T) | Check Course Links | Mashup (D) (T) |
| Add Test Student (D) (T) | Discussions | Manage Course Display List |
| Bulk Delete Items (D) (T) | Dropbox - Assignment | Messages |
| Change Course Title (D) (T) | Dropbox - SafeAssign (D) (T) (additional tutorials below) | Performance Dashboard |
| Collaboration (chatroom) | Faculty Contact Information | Tests - Creating |
| Course Copy (D) (T) | Grade Center - SmartViews (D) (T) | Tests - Mastery Learning |
| Course Menu (D) (T) | Grade Center - Weighting Grades | Wikis |
| Course Reports | Grade Center - Management |
Additional Technologies (D = narrated demo, T = text instructions)
| Audacity | Glogster | Test Generator - College of Southern Idaho ( Download | tutorial) |
| Camtasia | Jing | Test Generator - Diploma |
| Cyberduck | Kaltura | Test Generator - ExamView |
| Garageband | Snag-It | Test Generator - Respondus |
| Gimp | Speech Recognition | Search Respondus Test Banks | Printing Blackboard Test (© Clemson University) |
Browsers Operating Systems (certified browsers in bold)
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Windows® XP (32-bit) | Firefox 4.0, Firefox 3.6, Chrome10
Windows Vista® (32-bit) | Firefox 4.0, Firefox 3.6, Chrome10
Windows Vista (64-bit) | Firefox 4.0, Firefox 3.6, Chrome10
Windows 7 (32-bit) | Firefox 4.0, Firefox 3.6, Chrome10
Windows 7 (64-bit) | Firefox 4.0, Firefox 3.6, Chrome10
Apple® Mac OS® Operating System
Mac OSX 10.5 "Leopard®" | Safari® 5.0, Safari 4.0, Firefox 4.0, Firefox 3.6, Chrome10
Mac OSX 10.6 "Snow Leopard®" | Safari® 5.0, Safari 4.0, Firefox 4.0, Firefox 3.6, Chrome10
Plagiarism Search Engines - Comparison Sheet (Google, SafeAssign, Ebsco, Lexis Nexis, OhioLINK eBook Center, Electronic Journal Center)
Building Blocks
MERLOT Search Engine (D)
Paste from Word Mashup - Allows easier text pasting from Microsoft Word (see Mashup under Blackboard Tutorials)
Safe Assignment - Overview, Creating SafeAssignments , Managing Submissions , Running Originality Reports
Test Scripts for Copy/Print Restrictions and/or Forced Submission for Timed Tests (Princeton University)
Known Issues & Resolved Issues (complete notes: Known, Resolved)
Work-around - No scroll bar in Grade Center
Submit a help ticket to E-Learning
