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...
Once you’ve created a Piazza space for your course, you will probably want to edit the folder structure so it more accurately reflects how you plan to use Piazza in conjunction with your course. Piazza folders function much like folders or discussion forums on Blackboard: they serve to organize the discussions or questions in your Piazza site. However, where on Blackboard a user first enters a Discussion Forum, then creates a post, in Piazza, one starts creating a post and...
To respond to a question or discussion prompt, simply click in the Students’ Answer space and type your response. Where Piazza becomes interesting, and different from Blackboard’s discussion board, is when an initial response has been posted, and another member of the class has an addition or clarification. While a traditional discussion board is geared toward students individually responding to a discussion prompt, Piazza is unique in that it encourages students to respond to a discussion prompt collaboratively, editing a...
