If you have unavailable content added to your course that you’d like to make available, click the options button to the right of the item’s name. Then choose EDIT from the options list. Scroll down the page until you reach the STANDARD OPTIONS heading. On the line labeled “Permit Users to View this Content” choose YES. (If you need to make the content unavailable, select NO instead). Then click SUBMIT at the top or bottom of the page. If YES...
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...
Most Blackboard items allow you to change their label color using a simple color picker. To change the label color, click the default (black) color box to open the color picker. This launches the color picker. To choose one of the available colors, simply click its box on the picker. Use Color Carefully When adding color, consider the background on which your colored text will appear. Using light, bright colors, such as Yellow or Pale Weak Cyan, can can result...
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...
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...
