eLearning Tutorials & Handouts
Commonly Used Tools
- eLearning Demo Videos for Faculty Part 1
- eLearning Demo Videos for Faculty Part 2
- Entering Text on the Course Page
- Creating Content Folders
- How To Post An Announcement | Handout
- How to Send an Email to all Students in Your Course
- Creating and Editing Assignments
- Grading Assignments
- How to Create a Discussion Forum
- How to Create a Discussion Board Post
- How to Reply to a Post
General
- eLearning Demo Videos for Faculty Part 1
- eLearning Demo Videos for Faculty Part 2
- Group Courses by Term on your eLearning Homepage
- How to Use Activity Streams
- Course Menu Customization
- Photo Roster | Handout
- Where to go to Grade Assignments and Tests
- Viewing the course as a Student (Student Preview Mode)
Content Creation Tools
Course Menu
- What is the Course Menu?
- How to Hide/Restore the Course Menu
- How to Reorder the Course Menu
- How to Add a New Area for Content in the Course Menu | Handout
Adding Content
- Entering Text on the Course Page
- How to Add a Syllabus to a Course | Handout
- How to Add A Weblink in eLearning
- Creating Content Folders
- How to Create a Virtual Whiteboard in ELEARNING (by Dr. Richard Golden).
Managing Content
- Adding Tool Links To Course Menu
- How to Reorder a Course Menu
- How to Add a New Area for Content in the Course Menu
- Copying content from an old course to a new course
- Renaming Contents
- Applying Adaptive Release Rules
Blackboard Ally
Copying and Updating Courses
Content Collection
Communication Tools
Announcements
- How To Post An Announcement | Handout
- Where Students See An Announcement That You’ve Posted
- How To Schedule An Announcement In Advance
Course Messages
- What are Course Messages?
- How to Add the Messages Tool to Your Course | Handout
- How to Send a Message to Your Students
- How to Reply to a Message
- UT Dallas Email vs Messages – What’s the difference?
Email via eLearning
Blackboard Collaborate Ultra (Web conferencing)
- Getting Started: Setup (PDF)
- Blackboard Collaborate Ultra interaction attendee list
- Blackboard Collaborate Ultra interaction chats
- Blackboard Collaborate Ultra My Settings
- Blackboard Collaborate Ultra My Status and Setting and Session Menu
- Blackboard Collaborate Ultra Share Whiteboard and Files
- Blackboard’s Collaborate Session Best Practices
- Accessing Blackboard Collaborate Recordings
- Tracking Attendance for Collaborate sessions
- How to run polls: Part 1 | Part 2
- How to open breakout groups
- How to manage breakout groups
Student Engagement tools
Discussion Boards
- How to Create a Discussion Forum
- How to Create a Discussion Board Post
- How to Reply to a Post
- How to Read Posts on a Discussion Board
- How to Create a Gradable Discussion Board Forum
- How to Grade Student Posts
- How Students see their Discussion Board Grades
- Adding a Discussion Board Link in the Course Menu | Handout
- How to Add a Discussion Board link to Content Area (PDF)
Blogs
Wikis
Journals
Portfolios
Groups
- How to create groups
- How to create self-enroll groups
- How students enroll in a self-enroll Group
- How to create a group assignment
- How to grade group assignments
- Allowing groups to access Blackboard Collaborate
Assessment Tools
Assignments
Turnitin Assignments
- How to Create Turnitin Assignments in eLearning | Handout
- How Students Submit Turnitin Assignments in eLearning | Handout
- How Instructors Can Submit Turnitin Assignments on Students’ Behalf in eLearning (Handout)
- How to Grade Turnitin Assignments in eLearning | Handout
- How to Create a PeerMark Assignment
- How to Review and Grade a PeerMark Assignment
Rubrics
- Exporting a Rubric from a Class and Importing a Rubric into a Different Class (PDF)
- Adding a Rubric to an Assignment (PDF)
Tests
- Intro to creating Tests
- Creating Question Pools
- Building a Test
- Deploying a Test
- Student Preview and Grading
- Copying tests to other courses | Handout
- Adding Exceptions to Tests | Handout
- Applying a LockDown Browser
- Accessing the Test Access Log
- Checklist for Setting up an Online Proctored Exam in eLearning
- How to add a rubric
- How to grade using a rubric
Respondus
- Format
- Import
- Publish
- Uploading a Multiple Choice Test into eLearning using Respondus
- Converting online test from eLearning to paper tests
Self & Peer Evaluations
- Instructions for Instructors
- Instructions for Students