Tech Tip Tuesday - Upgraded Blackboard Tour - Help Tabs

The upgraded Blackboard has many new features. In the next few weeks the Tech Tip Tuesday will be devoted to giving you a tour of many of these new features. Like anything new, it does take some time to get used to but remember things are upgraded to ultimately provide a better experience for all.

This weeks video tutorial is devoted to the new 'home' interface including the upgraded faculty and student help tabs.

Tech Tip Tuesday - Benefits of the Instructor Only Area

Many of you hear your program coordinator or instructional designer mention the 'Instructor Only Area' in Blackboard but might not fully know what it is or how to use it.

If you ever wish you could make notes while teaching a course or have reminders to look at then this is a great place to 'store' that information and keep it out of the eyes of the students.  

This area can serve many purposes, depending on how your program uses it.  In turn, if you don't have an instructor only area and would like one, contact your Instructional Designer for help in how to get it going.

Click here to get a video overview of what the 'Instructor Only Area' is and how to use it and add to it.

Tech Tip Tuesday - Creating Your Faculty Information Area In Blackboard

Whenever you inherit a new course in Blackboard some default tabs will appear in the column on the left.  One of those tabs is called 'Faculty Information'.

It is pretty self explanatory what this tab is for.  It is a one click portal for your student to all your contact information, information about you, photo (optional but nice to have).

However, there are some tips and tricks that faculty need to be aware of to avoid the common mistakes that we see.  For example, when you fill out your faculty information it is hidden from student view by default unless you remember to make it available.

To avoid some of the most common pitfalls when adding your 'Faculty Information' view this short video tutorial on Creating Your Faculty Information Area in Blackboard.