Blackboard

Blackboard is the learning management system for College of the Redwoods. The Blackboard environment provides all faculty an easy-to-use Web tool to enhance their classroom teaching. It is also used to deliver distance education courses through the Web. Blackboard has tools for uploading documents and PowerPoint presentations, creating online assessments, facilitating threaded discussions, recording and displaying student grades, and more.

Announcements

• Creating an Announcement (BB video)

Accessibility

• Tips for Making Your Blackboard Site More Accessible (HighTech Center website)

Archive Utility

• Archive Procedure (CTE document)

Assessments

• Assessments Overview (CTE document)
• Student Tips for Taking Assessments (CTE document)
• Creating Assessments from Text Documents (CTE document)
• Creating Tests (IVC video w/ audio)
• Deploying Tests (IVC video w/ audio)
• Blackboard Quiz Generator (Wytheville College website)
• No Copy / No Print Trick (CTE document)

Assignment Tool

• Assignment Tool Overview (CTE document)
• Creating an Assignment (BB video)
• Completing and Submitting an Assignment (BB video)
• Grading an Assignment (BB video)

Availability

• Making a Course Available (CTE document)

Backup Procedures

• Backup the Entire Course using Archive Course Function (CTE document)
• Backup the Gradebook by Downloading into an Excel File (CTE document)
• Archiving Course Content (IVC video w/ audio)

Banners

• Uploading and Creating a Banner (CTE document)

Course Menu

• Modifying your Course Design (BB video)

Course Cartridges

• A course cartrige is a package of pre-made content provided by a textbook publisher that can be imported into your Blackboard course. The files may include assessments, practice tests, PowerPoint slide shows, and chapter information. Contact your textbook publisher to find out if a course cartridge is available for your textbook. Click here for a list of all publishers providing Blackboard course cartridges.

Digital Drop Box

• Digital Dropbox Overview (CTE document)
• Exchanging Files in the Digital Drop Box (IVC video w/ audio)

Discussion Boards

• Creating a Discussion Forum (BB video)
• Archiving Discussion Board Threads (BB video)
• Working with Discussion Board Options (BB video)

Email

• Email in Blackboard Overview (CTE document)
• Communicating with Email (IVC video w/ audio)

Exporting / Importing Course Content

• Export Course / Import Package (CTE document)

Getting Started with Blackboard

• Blackboard Quickstart (CTE document)

Gradebook

• Gradebook Overview (CTE document)
• Using the Gradebook (IVC video w/ audio)
• Downloading the Gradebook into a Backup File (CTE document)
• Downloading and Printing the Gradebook from Excel (CTE document)

Groups

• Groups Overview (CTE document)
• Creating and Managing Groups (BB video)

Guest Access

• Guest Access Overview (CTE document)

Learning Units

• Building a Learning Unit (BB video)

PowerPoint in Blackboard

• Uploading PowerPoint to Blackboard (CTE document)
• PowerPoint presentations and accessibility issues (HighTech Center website)

Requesting a Course

• Go to http://bb.redwoods.edu and click Request A Course to request a new course shell for your class. You will receive an email your Blackboard course is available to begin using. Course shells are created once each week on Wednesdays by the Instructional Technology Services department.

Staff Information

• Entering Faculty Information (IVC video w/ audio)

Username and Password

• The username (for faculty and students) is your first initial + last name + last three digits of your CR ID number.
• The default faculty password will be emailed to you when you first request a Blackboard course. The default password for students is their six-digit birthday.
• If you forget your password, fill-out the Lost Password Form and follow the instructions to choose a new password.
• Here is a set of instructions on how to use the Lost Password Form (CTE document)

Blackboard Resources

• Online Instructor's Manual (External link)

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Open Hours
Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm

Location
The CTE is located in the Old Library Building, Room LI 102 on the Eureka Campus

Phone and Fax
Phone: 707-476-4514
Toll-free: 800-641-0400 x4514
Fax: 707-476-4404

Evening and Weekend Access
Access the CTE by keycode. Contact Maureen Scott for instructions.

CTE Contacts

Kerry Mayer
CTE Director
kerry-mayer@redwoods.edu
707-476-4326

Maureen Scott
Administrative Office Coordinator
maureen-scott@redwoods.edu
707-476-4198

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