Welcome to the FVTC Internet Instructors' Support Site
The FVTC Blackboard
Support Team
Instructional Development & Delivery (IDD) Division Offices, E133,
Appleton Campus.
| Terri Langan | Vicki Sahr | Marge Jeffers |
| langan@fvtc.edu | sahr@fvtc.edu | jeffersm@fvtc.edu |
| 920-735-4760 | 920-735-4816 | 920-831-4397 |
| Faculty training; course design, development, delivery and updating assistance | Student Support and Course Creation/Copy//Deletion | IDD Director (Overall Blackboard Responsibility |
Quality Standards and Semester Checklists <--Click here to view the checklists used by FVTC to assure quality online and blended courses for our students.
Welcome Letter and Syllabus Templates
Are now located inside Blackboard--My Content--Institution Content "Online Templates" folder
Blackboard Support Materials
All materials on this site may be downloaded and customized to meet your needs.
Information provided here is based on key questions and requests for assistance initiated by FVTC Internet instructors using Blackboard to deliver online courses and/or support classroom courses. This site is intended for the use of FVTC's Internet instructors and others who take the FVTC Internet Qualification Series and/or Blackboard orientation sessions. It is by no means a comprehensive Blackboard help site, which is located at http://www.blackboard.com.
Periodically, new information will be added. Bookmark the site so you can check back often!
Obtaining Copyright Clearance/Permission to Use Materials
Copyright Request Form Letter Template
Additional Web sites with copyright permission models:
http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/pgeneral.htm http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/permissionform.html http://www.bham.wednet.edu/copyperm.htm http://www.alaskool.org/resources/help/copyright_info/Forms.html
For Online Students
For Your Students <--Click here for useful information and links to share with your online students.
"How To's" for Instructors
For more information about designing and preparing online learning experiences, click this link: Designing and Preparing Online Learning Experiences
RIGHT-click the links below to "Save Target As..." and download/print the Word handouts you want:
General Info About Blackboard Software
Blackboard Basics - Quick overview of the software
Differences are slight… Bb V 6.1 overview of new features
Blackboard--Getting Started with Course Menu and Content Areas (12-slide PowerPoint Overview of V 6.1)
Quick FAQs -- Visit your FVTC BB Users Group course inside Blackboard. If you do not see this course on your "My Courses" list, contact Terri Langan in IDD, E133G, Appleton campus (langan@fvtc.edu or 920-735-4760).
Making Your Course Available
 | BB6/How to Make a Course Available in BB.doc (Thanks to Bev Kelly for this visually oriented how-to!) |
| Simple Banners for Blackboard Courses (Thanks to Nancy Woodward for this link!) |
Content Areas (Course Documents, Course Materials, Assignments, etc.)
***For more information about adding and managing content in Blackboard, click this link: Adding Content
Digital Drop Box
| Using the Digital Drop Box (Word) (for instructors) |
| Cleaning out the Drop Box (Thanks again to Wytheville Community College for this 2-step process) |
Discussion Board
| Working With the Discussion Board in Blackboard (For instructors) |
| Discussion Board Tips: Creating Archives (For instructors who want to "close" an active discussion, yet leave the discussion available for reading during a semester) |
| Discussion Board Tips: Finding Archived Discussions (May be helpful for students) |
| Discussion Board Tips - Using "Collect" to make the reading easier (Word) (for instructors; may also be useful for students) |
| Cleaning Out the Discussion Board (Word) (for instructors) |
| Discussion Board—Opening Forums and Threads and Adding Comments (Word) (for instructors and/or students) |
Tests and Surveys & Use and Manage Gradebook (in Assessment)
| Test Pools and Tests in Blackboard v (How to create test pools and tests for Blackboard--for instructors) |
| http://www.wcc.vccs.edu/services/blackboard/createQuiz.html Wytheville Community College Blackboard Support Site (bookmark for use when batch-uploading tests and question pools)--Thank you Wytheville! |
| Adding a Survey |
| Adding Tests You've Created in BB |
| Preventing Copying and Printing of Tests in Blackboard (Thanks to Wytheville Community College for these workarounds and to Steve Froehlich for putting the code on our server with Wytheville's permission.) |
| Deploying a Test in Your Blackboard Course |
| Modifying Test Options in BB V |
| Updating Tests in Blackboard |
| Adding a Single Graphic to a Test Question |
| Adding Multiple Graphics to a Test Question |
| Preventing Students from Printing Tests in Blackboard |
| Updating Grades in BB's Gradebook |
| Setting Up and Using Assignments with Gradebook |
| Fixing Broken Links from Front Page Webs |
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Displaying grades in the Gradebook is an ongoing issue in BB V.6. If you are working with letter grades (not points), try using this protocol for displaying the letter grades, A-F: |
Instead of entering a letter grade on Blackboard, enter a number according to the following scale:
4 = A
3 = B
2 = C
1 = D
0 = F
The numbers seem to be displaying correctly in the text field, but not the letters.
THANKS to Dar DeBruin-Hein for the tip!
Additional Links<--Click here to view additional sites that provide assistance with Blackboard.
Your Blackboard Support Team
|
Terri Langan, System Administrator Faculty Training & Support
|
Vicki Sahr, System Administrator Student Support
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Marge Jeffers, IDD Division Director
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| langan@fvtc.edu | sahr@fvtc.edu | jeffersm@fvtc.edu |
| 920-735-4760 | 920-735-4816 | 920-831-4397 |
For permission to download and use these materials for your own faculty or users, please contact Terri Langan, Fox Valley Technical College, Appleton, Wisconsin: langan@fvtc.edu
Last updated: 01/23/2008
