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Tutorials:

Understanding and Building Your Course:

• Overview of Version 9.1  (pdf )
  

• Adding Course Content  (pdf) 
  

• Adding Textbook information (3 min video)
• Course Files (drag and drop multiple files at once - 7 min video)
• Adding a Blank Page to the menu (2 min video)
• Adding a Banner to the Course Entry Page (2 min video)
• Using the new Text Editor (4 min video)
• Adding Multimedia through Mashups (3 1/2 min video)
  
  

Communicating and Collaborating

• Setting up and using a Blog (3 min video)
• Grading a Discussion Forum (2 1/2 min video)
• Creating a Journal (3 1/2 min video)
• Wikis
  Creating a Wiki (2 min video)   
  Editing a Wiki Page (2 min video) 
  Grading a Wiki (2 min video)

Assessing Learners

• Getting Started with the 9.1 Grade Center (pdf)
• Customizing the view of the Grade Center (2 min video)

• Creating Smart Views--make grading easier (3 1/2 min video)

File Naming/Type Requirements

For any file you post into Blackboard, ensure to follow the below requirements:

• Use a supported file type such as MS DOC, XLS, PPT, RTF, PDF.

• Use only letters, numbers and underscores (_) in file names.

• Don't use periods  in your file names  except before the extension.

• Don't use spaces, commas, pound signs (#), question marks, equal signs, dashes or any other special characters in your file names.