Category Archives: Build / Add Content

Standard Options

The Standard Options are the same on pretty much everything you add to Blackboard. If you’d like to make the content available to students, whether immediately or at a later date, click select YES on the “Permit Users to View this Content” line. If you’d like users to view the content at a set time in the future, but not immediately, you should select YES on the “Permit Users to View” line, then check the DISPLAY AFTER box and enter...

Adding an Item – Text, Files, Images, and More

Whether building or maintaining a course site, one of the most common activities is adding files and blocks of text. Depending on the content you’re adding, there are two methods of adding content to a course. If you only want to add a single file — any kind of file, Powerpoint file, PDF file, Word file, video file, audio file — with no accompanying text, the easiest method is to use the Add File tool. If you want to add...

Adding a File Only

Whether building or maintaining a course site, one of the most common activities is adding files and blocks of text. Depending on the content you’re adding, there are two methods of adding content to a course. If you want to add multiple files in a group, text, images that may be viewed onscreen, or a single file accompanied by text, you’ll want to use the Add Item tool. If you only want to add a single file — any kind...

Recording a Lecture with Office Mix

Office Mix is a free plug-in for PowerPoint that makes it easy for faculty or students to record narrated presentations and post them to Blackboard. The below video walk you through the process of recording, publishing, and posting a lecture to Knowledge.     Want more help? Microsoft has developed a series of detailed tutorials on using Mix that can be found on the Office Mix web site. Note: Mix is only available for the Office 2013 version of PowerPoint...

Laptop loan for faculty

The Instructional Design Studio has a limited number of laptops that may be checked out by faculty and staff interested in developing online course content. These laptops have Camtasia software installed, which makes it a breeze to record any onscreen activity, from PowerPoint lectures to software tutorials. Our new laptops include high quality touchscreens, making it easy to annotate your presentations, or write or draw your own. Check out a short demo of the software here … Laptops can be...

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