Blackboard Video Tutorials

Jim Janossy has created a series of 15 video tutorials for Blackboard. Each video is accompanied by a study-guide in PDF format. Topics include: Getting started quick! Basic web site organization and cleanups Logging in, labeling courses with academic year and term in your MyCourses box Announcements page banner, course and menu button organization Announcements pro and con, and how to post Announcements The course roster, and how to add students to your Blackboard course Menu button readability and how to maximize it Changing menu button names, hiding menu buttons, and removing menu buttons Adding Content Area (folder) menu buttons Adding Tool Link and External Link (web link) menu buttons Graphic Page Banners and how to use them to improve visual interest Embedding video segments into Announcements and content pages Installing CutePDF and posting .pdf documents Content and External Link (web link) changes Using folders in content menu buttons, changing item sequence E-mailing students using Blackboard Making courses available to students, copying a course to a new term You can view the videos on Jim’s website at DePaul.