Blackboard Learning Management System
The Learning Management System (LMS) that YSU has adopted and standardized on is Blackboard. YSU’s Blackboard system is hosted off-site and provides a system that is “highly available” for faculty and students. The production YSU Blackboard system is updated on a regular basis after extensive testing is done on our “test” system. Normally the updates and/or upgrades are scheduled during the Winter break.
By default all new faculty members are given access to Blackboard and faculty members can login to the system using their “MyYSU” User ID and password at the YSU Blackboard Page. Workshops are offered through the Department of Cyberlearning (CL) on how to use the system. Faculty members can also have their Blackboard courses from other institutions restored to the YSU Blackboard system by contacting the Department of Cyberlearning.
Self Paced Tutorials and other instructional videos are available at the On Demand Learning Center for a number of topics including Understanding & Building Your Course, Communicating & Collaborating, and Assessing Learners. For your convenience, links to many common tasks are categorized below. Check the Blackboard Help Center. for more information.
Faculty Links
Getting Started: Basics for Building a Blackboard Course
- Using the Text Editor
- Customizing the Grade Center*
- Creating Announcements
- Sending Emails
- Adding a Mashup to Your Course
- Making Your Course Available to Students
- Creating a Grading Rubrics
- Grading With Rubrics
Understanding and Building your Blackboard Course
- The Rentention Center
- My Blackboard Global Navigation
- Using the New Calendar
- My Blackboard Profiles
- Blackboard Help
- Creating a Blank HTML Page on the Course Menu
- Uploading One or More Files to Your Course
- Course to Course Navigation
- Your Course Environment
- Getting Started with Accessible Course Content*
- Getting Started with Course Content*
- Using Content Editior
- Editing the Course Home Page
- Building a Learning Module
- Creating a Lesson Plan
- Adding an Item to a Glossary
- Adding Textbook Information to Your Course
- Create a Tool Link
- Adding a URL
- Tour the Course File Features
- Attaching Files from Course Files to a Content Item
- Adding Your Own Web Content Through Course Files
- Select the Page Where Users Enter Your Co
- Add an Avatar to Personalize Your Course Environment
- Create Multiple Rules to Release a Content Item
- Sending Blackboard Messages
- Creating a Course Task
- Creating a Course Contact
- Uploading One or More Files to Your Course
- Creating a Tool Link
- Attaching Course Files to a Content Item
Tests, Surveys, and Pools
- Creating Tests
- Setting Test Options
- Reading survey Results
- Tour the Question Finder Feature
- Uploading Test Questions from Microsoft Excel
- Creating a Fill in the Blank Question
- Creating a Short Answer Question
- Creating a Matching Question
- Creating a True or False Question
- Adding Existing Questions to a Test
- Create a Calculated For
- Creating a Calculated Numeric Question
- Creating an Essay Question
- Creating a Fill in Multiple Blank Questions
- Creating a Hot Spot Question
- Creating a Jumbled Question
- Creating a Likert Scale Question
- Creating a Multiple Answer Question
- Creating a Multiple Choice Question
- Creating an Ordering Question
- Creating a Quiz Bowl Question
- Tagging Test ans Survey Questions
- Building a Test Question Pool
- Creating a Random Block and Adding It to a Test
Blogs and Journals
- Creating a Journal
- Creating and Editing a Journal Entry
- Commenting on a Journal Entry
- Creating a Blog
- Creating and Editing Blog Entries
- Commetning on a Blog Entry
Grade Center
- Needs Grading
- Creating Grading Notes
- Viewing Grade Details
- Create a Grade Center Report
- Color Code the Grade Center
- Associating a Rubric with a Gradable Item
- Setting the Needs Grading Status and Grading Interactive Tools
- Grading Assessments Questions by Question
- Viewing and Downloading Grade History
- Working Offline with the Grade Center
Assignments
Managing Group Work
Discussion Board
- Creating a Discussion Board Forum
- Grading Discussion Board Forums
- Creating a Discussion Board Thread
- Replying to a Discussion Board Thread
- Grading a Discussion Board Thread
- Searching the Discussion Board and Collecting Posts
- Changing Discussion Board and Collecting Forum Settings
- Moderating discussion Board Forums
Wiki
- Creating a Wiki
- Adding Rich Content to a Wiki
- Editing a Wiki Page
- Linking Wiki Pages
- Viewing a Wiki Page History
- Grading a Wiki
Advanced Blackboard Tools
- Turning Tool Availablity On and Off
- Making Tools Available to Students
- Changing the Course Language Pack
- Changing your Langauge Pack
- Controlling Guest Observer Access to Your Course
Reporting Course Utilities
- Turn on Statistic Tracking for a Content Item
- Running a Report of All User Acitivity
- Running a Report of All User Acitivity by Forum
- Running and Saving a Course Report - New for Service Pack 8
- Running a Report of All User Activity by Content Area
- Running a Report of User Activity by Group
- Saving a Course Report
- Exporting a Course Package
- Archiving a Course
- Importing a Course Package
Student Performance
Can't Find an Answer?
- Blackboard Help for Instructors
- Ask the Doctors (top right 'contact us' in yellow)
Student Links
Working in Your Course
- Submitting an Assignment
- Taking an Online Test
- Checking Your Grade (service pack 6-9)
- Creating a Discussion Board Post
- Creating a New Discussion Board Thread
- Relpying to a Discussion Board Thread
- Viewing Discussion Board Grades
- Working in Groups
- Creating a Blog Entry
- Creating and Editing a Wiki Page
- Viewing My Contributions to a Wiki Page
- Linking Wiki Pages
Staying Organized and Communicating
- How to Disable the Red Updates
- Using the Course Map
- Sending Emails from Your Course (service pack 6-10)
- Using the Calendar (service pack 6-12)
- Stay Organized by Managing Your Course and Personal Tasks