Category Archives: My Knowledge

Getting started with Knowledge (Blackboard)

This series of videos introduces the basics of using the University of Detroit Mercy’s Blackboard course site, which we refer to locally as Knowledge. Your Computer: You’ll need a proper PC to complete most of your coursework. An iPad, Android Tablet, Windows RT device, or smart phone will be useful for many things, but to post content (online discussion, assignments, etc), take tests, or participate in live classroom sessions you will need a full PC. Mac computers (lap or desktop)...

Manage your My Courses list

Your MY COURSES box lists all the courses you have access to on Knowledge. Because we plan to keep courses on the system for several years, you may quickly find this list becomes too long to navigate. Fortunately, you can show, hide and group entries by term to make this list easier to manage. The following video introduces the elements of the MY COURSES box and shows you how to edit its entries. You may also want to look at...

Reading Course IDs in Blackboard

One way to see what the course ID is for a specific course is to sign into Blackboard, and enter a course. Once you are inside of your course, as a professor you can click on “Files” in the control panel section. This will open up the files menu making the Course ID visible. The first 5 numbers are the “CRN” (Course Reference Number). All courses have their own unique CRN for that semester. Fall courses will all start with...

Adding your Blackboard profile image and bio

To add your image and update your profile, click on your name in the upper right corner once you are signed into Blackboard. Click on the first icon in the upper left labeled “Edit My Blackboard Profile” From here, you can link your Blackboard profile to your Facebook and/or Twitter account(s), or just upload a picture of yourself by clicking on the “Change Picture” icon. then click on the “Upload New” button to upload a new photo Then Select an...

Subscribe to Knowledge calendar

Blackboard Learn’s iCalendar feed has a refresh time of 4 hours. The support for refresh times varies across third party calendars. Google refreshes every few hours while Outlook respects the refresh time set by Blackboard, i.e., 4 hours. So if you set up a calendar on your iPhone and it doesn’t update immediately, DON’T PANIC. It may take as long as 4 hours for the calendar to update....

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