CII Blackboard Tutorials

The Center for Innovative Instruction has created the following tutorials to help faculty and staff better understand and utilize Blackboard.  Tutorials are available in video and/or PDF formats.  Simply locate the topic that you wish to review, then click on the "Video" or "PDF" link to the right of that title.  We are adding video and PDF tutorials to this list on a regular basis, so please check back often.

Adaptive Release Part-One: What is Adaptive Release?  (New Feature)   Video

Adaptive Release Part-Two:  How to Set Up Adaptive Release  (New Feature)  Video

Archiving your Blackboard Site   Video  iPod

Blocking a Student From a Single Blackboard Course   PDF

Changing Your Blackboard Course Title in 8 Easy Steps   PDF

Copying and Moving Items in Blackboard  PDF

Discussion Board Grading (New Feature)  Video

Early Warning System (New Feature) Video

Email Functions in Blackboard

Note: these videos demonstrate how to use the email functions in Blackboard.  They are not instructions on how to use Webmail at Harper College.  If you have questions regarding Harper College webmail you should contact the faculty IT help desk at (847) 925-6199.

Sending Emails Via Blackboard For New or Non-Blackboard users   Video      PDF

Handouts for Your Students

Changing Your Blackboard Password  PDF

Forwarding Harper College Email (Student Accounts)  PDF

Saving Word Documents in Rich Text Format    PDF

How to Make Your Blackboard Course Available  PDF

How to Make Your Blackboard Course Unavailable PDF

Internal Messaging (New Feature)  Video

Moving a Test from One Blackboard Shell to Another PDF

Performance Dashboard  (New Feature)  Video

Removing a Student From a Blackboard Section    PDF

Saving Word Documents in Rich Text Format    PDF

Statistics Tracking of an Item in Blackboard  PDF

Subscribing to a Discussion-Board Forum   Video   PDF

Viewing Course Enrollments in Blackboard   PDF

Viewing Course Statistics In Blackboard  PDF

Windows Vista and the BB Text box Editor  PDF

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Kevin L. Crow, Ed.D.
Center for Innovative Instruction (Formerly DoIT)
Harper College
Palatine, Illinois.