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Support for staff using technology in teaching, learning and assessment.

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  • Learning Platform Suite
    • Ally
      • Digital Accessibility
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    • Blackboard
      • Blackboard Original (Index)
        • Getting Started with Blackboard
        • Building / Editing content in Blackboard Original
        • Blackboard Original Users and Groups
        • Blackboard Original Assignments
          • About Blackboard Original Assignments
          • Feedback, Marks and Rubrics
          • Downloading and Archiving Submissions
        • Blogs, Journals & Wikis
        • Discussion Boards
        • Grade Centre
        • Tests, Pools and Surveys
      • Blackboard Ultra (Index)
        • Getting Started with Blackboard Ultra
        • Blackboard Ultra Building and Editing Content
        • Users and Groups in Blackboard Ultra
        • Tracking Student Performance and Progress
        • Interact with Students in Blackboard Ultra
        • Assessment and Feedback Tools in Blackboard Ultra
          • Assignments in Blackboard Ultra
          • Tests and Question Banks
          • Blackboard Ultra Tests using Respondus LockDown Browser
        • Blackboard Learn Mobile App
      • Blackboard Training
    • Box of Broadcasts (BoB)
      • Getting started with BoB
      • Create a CCCU BoB Account
      • Ways BoB could be used
      • Adding BoB media to a Blackboard
        • Copy URL / Link
        • Using the Share Button
        • WAYfless Link
        • Embedding
      • BoB Training
    • Collaborate
      • Get Started with Collaborate
      • Schedule a Session
      • Join Sessions
      • Moderate Sessions
      • Participate in a Session
      • Accessibility
      • Troubleshooting
      • Collaborate Training
    • Kaltura
    • Mentimeter
      • Creating a CCCU Mentimeter Account
      • Guidance and Support
      • How to vote
      • PowerPoint Plug-In
      • Mentimeter Training
    • Padlet
      • Creating a CCCU Padlet Account
      • Logging into your CCCU Padlet Account
      • Padlet Privacy Settings
      • Adding a Padlet to a Blackboard Ultra Module/Course
      • Downloading a Padlet
      • Padlet App – How to Log in
      • Padlet Training
    • PebblePad
      • Get started with PebblePad
      • Workbooks
      • ATLAS
      • PebblePad Alumni Account
      • Guidance and Support
      • PebblePad Training
    • ReCap
      • Getting Started
        • Accessing ReCap
        • In the Classroom Podium Set-Up
        • Get started with ReCap at home
        • Downloading ReCap Off-Campus
        • Update sofware on your home computer
      • Recording with ReCap
        • Starting a Recording Manually
        • On-Screen Annotation Toolbar
        • Ending a Recording Manually
        • Browser Capture Studio
      • Uploading Media to ReCap
      • Editing a Recording
        • How to Edit a Recording
        • How to [re]Generate Auto-Captions
      • Publishing a Recording
        • Sharing a Recording
        • Sharing Media with Externals
        • Password Protecting your Recording
        • Publishing Recordings
        • Signposting content within ReCap recordings for your students
        • Adding ReCap Media to a Blackboard Module
        • Downloading Media for Students
        • How to Create a Sub-Channel (Folder)
      • Playback
      • Managing your Recordings
        • Locating your Recording
        • Deleting a Recording
        • Recycle Bin
        • Creating Folders in your Manage Media
        • Analytics
        • Additional and More Options
      • Annual ReCap Housekeeping
        • About ReCap Housekeeping
        • ReCap Housekeeping Technical Instructions
          • ReCap Housekeeping Video Tutorial
          • Searching for Content Flagged for Removal
          • Unflagging Content Flagged for Removal & (Optionally) Flagging to Ignore in Future Years’ Housekeeping
          • Locating Removed Content
          • Restoring Removed Content
          • Recreating Alternative Versions of Content for Smoother Playback
        • ReCap Housekeeping FAQs
      • ReCap for Assessment
        • ReCap Submissions for Assessment using Blackboard Original before 22/23
          • How ReCap Submissions work
          • ReCap Submissions Marking & Feedback
          • Retention of Submitted Work
          • Support for Students
          • For More Help
        • ReCap Submissions for Assessment using Blackboard Ultra From 22/23
          • How ReCap Submissions work in Ultra
          • Marking and Feedback
          • Retention of Submitted Work
          • Support for Students
          • For More Help
      • ReCap Training
    • Turnitin
      • Turnitin for Original Blackboard
        • Assignment Set Up
          • Before you set-up a Turnitin Assignment
        • Managing and Editing Assignments
          • Editing Turnitin Assignments
          • Monitoring Submissions to an Assignment
          • Update list of student names displayed in Turnitin (Refresh Inbox Data)
          • Clearing a student’s submission from a Turnitin Assignment
          • Moving a student’s submission from Turnitin
          • Submitting work on behalf of a Student
          • Deleting Turnitin Assignments
          • Changing Assignments for Extension Period
        • Similarity Checking
          • How Similarity Checking works in Turnitin
          • Limitations of Turnitin
          • Requirements to return a Similarity Report
          • Technical Instructions: Quick Start
          • Paper View Requests
          • Helping students to interpret the Report
          • When do we see Similarity Reports?
        • Turnitin Feedback and Marks
          • Important Considerations
          • Accessing Submissions
          • Adding Feedback and Marks
          • Saving Feedback and Marks
          • Rubrics and Grading Forms
        • Downloading and Archiving
          • Advice for Programme Teams
          • Download a List of Marks
          • Archiving Turnitin onto a Shared Drive
          • Archiving Original Submissions
          • Archiving Similarity Reports
          • Archiving Submissions with e-Feedback
        • Turnitin iPad App
          • Before you start
          • Getting Started
          • Adding additional Blackboard courses
          • Access & Download for Offline Marking
          • View Similarity, Add Feedback and Sync
      • Turnitin for an Ultra Blackboard
        • Setting up Assignments
          • Before you set-up a Turnitin Assignment
          • How to set-up an Assignment
          • Editing an Assignment
        • Managing Assignments
          • Editing an Assignment
          • Viewing Submissions
          • Locating a student’s submission
          • Update list of student names displayed in Turnitin
          • Clearing a student’s submission
          • Moving a student’s submission
          • Submit work on behalf of a student
          • Deleting a Turnitin Assignment
          • Restoring Deleted Content
          • Changing an Assignment for Extension Period
        • Similarity Checking
          • How Similarity Checking works
          • Limitations of Turnitin
          • Requirements to return a Similarity Report
          • Technical Instructions: Quick Start
          • Paper View Requests
          • Helping students to interpret their Similarity Report
          • When can we see Similarity Reports?
        • Feedback and Marks
          • Important Considerations
          • Accessing Submissions to add Feedback
          • Adding Feedback and Marks
          • Saving Feedback and Marks
          • Releasing Feedback and Marks
          • Rubrics and Grading Forms
        • Downloading and Archiving
          • Advice for Programme Teams
          • Download a List of Marks
          • Archiving Turnitin onto a Shared Drive
          • Downloading Submissions
        • Turnitin iPad App
          • Before you start
          • Getting Started
          • Adding additional Blackboard sites
          • Access and Download for Offline Marking
          • Viewing Similarity, Add Feedback and Sync
      • Turnitin Training
      • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Training
  • What’s New
  • Known Issues
  • Browser Support

Getting Started with Blackboard

If you are new to Blackboard we suggest that you undertake the ‘Blackboard: An Introduction’ training.

Further Getting Started with Blackboard guidance

  • What is Blackboard?
  • Requesting a New Blackboard Course
  • Blackboard Ultra Base Navigation
  • Introduction to the Blackboard Course Environment
  • How to set your Notification Options
  • Finding your Courses and Modules
  • Adding a Course Banner / Tile Image
  • Course Search Permissions
  • Blackboard Training
Posted on 19 May 202120 January 2023Author Stephanie EngelCategories Blackboard

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