Faculty Support Services for Teaching with Technology

The following video tutorials and guides are available to assist you with your Blackboard course. Additional Blackboard help, including status information and online chat help, can be found online at http://confluence.cornell.edu/display/FSSdoc/Blackboard.  For more information, or for help with audio and video, please contact atc_support@cornell.edu.

These video tutorials are available for Blackboard 7.3. The free Adobe Flash Player is required to view them. The length of each video - in minutes - is provided in parentheses.

Create a Blackboard Course (1:08)
Set Up a Blackboard Course (3:15)
Add Blackboard Announcements (1:09)
Add Blackboard Content (1:35)
Add Blackboard Links (2:08)
Organize Blackboard Content (1:46)
Blackboard Enrollment and Roles (1:55)
Blackboard Assignments (4:15)
Blackboard Quizzes (2:54)
Discussion Boards (3:28)
Gradebook (2:10)
Editing Grades Offline (2:14)
Discussion Board Grader (1:19)
Chat and Virtual Classroom (3:36)
Sign in with Guest ID (:29)

• Getting Started with Blackboard  (PDF)
  This document has step by step instructions on getting started, customizing your site, posting course materials and managing users.
• Course Communication Tools in Blackboard (PDF)
  This document contains information and step by step instructions for using Blackboard’s communication tools including the discussion board, chat and virtual classroom.
• Guide to Blackboard Assessment Tools (PDF)
  This document contains step by step instructions on quizzes, assignments, dropboxes and the grade book.
• Blackboard Academic Suite Instructor Manual (PDF)
  This 354 page document contains the complete instructors manual from Blackboard, Inc. for version 7.3.
• Getting Started: A Guide for Students (PDF)
  A student oriented overview of Blackboard; including how to get a Blackboard account, how to find a course and enroll in Blackboard, and how to upload assignments and other documents.

• Computing and Communications Center Room 124 Garden Ave.
• Open Monday-Friday 9:00AM - 5:00PM during the academic year
• Closed on university holidays

Maintenance Schedule

Any regular system maintenance and server restarts for any of our services will be scheduled weekdays between 5:00 am and 7:00 am. All users should be aware that a system may become unavailable during this maintenance time.

• (607) 255-9760
  atc_support@cornell.edu

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