How to Post and Edit Wikis on Blackboard for Students
Here’s a video tutorial that shows students how to edit and use Wikis in Blackboard....
Category Archives: Computer Tips
Downloaded Zip Files Showing Up as Folders on Mac?
If you’re on a Mac, trying to download a zip file from Blackboard (an exported test, say), and it’s showing up as a folder instead of a zip file, a setting in Safari is likely to blame. To solve this problem: Open Safari Click PREFERENCES At the bottom of the preferences screen, uncheck the box labelled Open “safe” files after downloading. You should now be able to download zip packages for re-uploading into Blackboard without a problem without leaving Safari....
Using web folders in Blackboard
When a web folder is set up, all of your course files can be managed from your desktop, dragging in content from multiple drives or folders and organizing it as needed. Also, files can often be edited directly in the web folder, without downloading them, editing them, and uploading them again. The Following set of instructions were written for a computer running Windows 10 operating system. If you have a different operating system other than Windows 10, please refer to...
Install Audacity on a Mac
Audacity is free, open source software that makes it simple to record and edit audio on your computer. Installing Audacity on a MAC isn’t difficult, there’s an extra step that’s often overlooked if you want to save your recordings as MP3s, rather than much relatively large WAV files. To download Audacity, go to the Audacity downloads page (http://www.audacityteam.org/download/) and choose the appropriate version. In this walkthrough, we’ll be looking at downloading and installing Audacity on your MAC. There are...
Record audio with Audacity
Audacity is free, open source software that makes it simple to record and edit audio on your computer. This tutorial will walk you though the basics of recording and editing with Audacity. If you need to install Audacity, you might want to start with this walkthrough. 1. Make sure the right microphone is selected Before you start recording, you’ll want to make sure the right microphone is selected. If you’re using a USB headset, we recommend plugging it in before...
