Blackboard
Introduction
The Blackboard course management system is used for presenting course materials on the web. The USC login site is at https://blackboard.sc.edu. Access is by USC network username and password. The USC Blackboard handouts listed here have been developed by Teaching and Technology Services (TTS) unless indicated otherwise. If you have any questions or need help with Blackboard, you can contact Teaching and Technology Services at 777-6015 or send an e-mail to bbsupport@sc.edu. You may also call the University Technology Services Helpdesk at 777-1800.
Blackboard Basics
- Accessing Blackboard (PDF) - provides information about accessing Blackboard and whom to contact for help.
- Blackboard Basics (PDF) - provides instructions for setting up your Blackboard password on VIP; posting announcements, course materials, assignments; adding teaching assistants; communicating with e-mail; and using the Gradebook.
- Introduction for Students (PDF) - provides information about accessing course documents, participating in discussion boards and chat rooms, using the digital dropbox, and creating a personal homepage.
Blackboard Communication Tools
Blackboard communication tools include e-mail, discussion groups, announcements, digital dropbox, and live chat.
- Building Online Learning Communities Using Discussion Board and Chat Room (PDF) - provides information about various classroom applications of discussion boards and chat rooms.
- Using Blackboard Communication Tools (PDF) - provides information about planning and managing electronic communication tools used in the classroom such as digital dropbox, announcements, discussion boards, virtual classrooms, and live chat.
- Faculty Chat Handout (PDF) - mostly a graphical document for faculty that provides information about recording and archiving a discussion.
- Student Chat Handout (PDF) - provides information about the virtual classroom and the lightweight chat from the student perspective.
Course Customization in Blackboard
- Course Customization (PDF) - provides information about additional course customization functionality such as adding a course banner, adding tools to a content area, adding/deleting/renaming content areas, and changing the order of button/links.
Blackboard Assessment
- Assignment Manager (PDF) - provides information about creating an assignment, grading individual assignments, and downloading assignments by groups.
- Assessments (PDF) - provides information about creating quizzes, tests, and surveys, using question pools and the Gradebook.
- Tests (PDF) - a handout created by Doug Fisher covering the basics on testing in Blackboard and making test creation easier.
Blackboard Content System
- Content System (PDF) - provides information about adding and sharing content on the Blackboard Content System, defining and monitoring a workflow activity, and linking content from the Blackboard Content System to classes on Blackboard.
- Preparing e-Portfolios (PDF) - provides information about the use of the Blackboard Content System by faculty to create Portfolios including types of portfolio content, preparing portfolio content, creating a portfolio, and tools for managing a portfolio.
- College of Ed e-Portfolio Handout (PDF) - provides information about creating e-Portfolios including adding content to My Content container, creating the e-Portfolio, and adding content to this e-Portfolio.
- College of Ed Portfolio Planning Document (PDF) - provides a portfolio planning checklist with useful suggestions for each page of an e-Portfolio.
- Sharing e-Portfolios (PDF) - discusses sharing e-Portfolios.
- Teams LX Instructor Manual (PDF) - a detailed document from Learning Objects, Inc. about creating a wiki on your Blackboard site.
- Journal LX Instructor Manual (PDF) - detailed document from Learning Objects, Inc. about the use of blogs on your Blackboard site.