BLACKBOARD COURSE BASICS
LOGIN TO BLACKBOARD
access Blackboard you can go to:
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http://myutb.blackboard.com
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HIDE/SHOW COURSE MENU
To Hide the Course Menu inside a course you can click on the
arrow head pointing to the left.
Your username consists of the first letter of your first name, the
first letter of your last name and your seven-digit UTB and TSC
identification number.
Your password is the same
PIN you use for Scorpion
Online. You can contact the
Help Desk at (956)
882-4357 to verify your
password or to synchronize
your login credentials.
NAVIGATE AND MANAGE COURSE CONTENT
tabs lead you to different main content blocks. The MY
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COURSES tab will display the modules for the courses and
organizations you are enrolled among other relevant modules.
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To Show the Course Menu inside a course you can click on the
arrow head pointing to the right.
To Manage the list of courses displayed in My Courses Module click
on the personalized icon.
This small gear icon will open a page to manage the list of the courses
to be displayed in this module.
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After clicking the gear icon in the Personalize: My COURSES page,
you can uncheck the Course Name for the courses you don’t want
to be listed in the My Courses module and finally click Submit.
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EDITING CONTENT
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To start editing the content in the course be sure the Edit Mode is
always ON. The Edit Mode option works like a toggle. You can turn
it ON to start editing the content or you can turn it OFF to see all
the available content as students or other users will see it.
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BLACKBOARD COURSE BASICS
CREATE CONTENT AREA
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CONTROL PANEL
To Create a new Content Area point the cursor to the Plus sign
above the Course Menu and select Create Content Area.
The Control Panel contains some options to access the Virtual
Content for the course, the available Course Tools, the Grade
Center and other selections for Course Management.
The Virtual Content
will display all the files
and information stored
in the content collection
for the course.
In the Name field
textbox enter the
name for the new
content area.
The full Grade Center
and its different views
can be accessed by
expanding this Grade Center
Be sure you check
the option to make
it Available to Users.
To change the appearance,
the color and the format
for the course, you can
select Style from Customization
Finally, click the Submit button to
complete the process.
ARRANGE MENU ITEMS
FORMAT COURSE MENU
To arrange the order of the items in the Course Menu you can use
the double head arrows on the left next to each option to drag the
item up or down to move them in the Course Menu.
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Click on the reordering button to
reorder the menu items.
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Select a menu item and then click
on the up or down arrows to move
the item to the desire location.
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Click Submit when done
arranging your items.
You can click on the double arrows
pointing to the right to expand the view
or click on the double arrow pointing up
or down to expand or collapse
To format the Course Menu, under Customization select Style.
or
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Use the double head arrows on the left to move the
menu items up or down. Mouse over the arrows, click
and drag the item to the desire location.
ADD CONTENT
To add content into a regular Content Area select and click the
content area name from the Course Menu and then point to the
first tab Build Content.
To upload a file you can select the Item option to
attach the document and use the Text box window
to enter information or select the File option to
simple attach the file.
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You can select the options under Style to select the
colors for the text and the background or buttons
type from the Button Library included.
ENTRY POINT OF THE COURSE
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To change the entry point of the course under Customization
select Style.
In the scroll down menu you can select the item
from the Course Menu to be used as the Entry Point
or first page of the course. Also, you can attach the
file to include a course banner.
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