| Tools |
Description |
Format |
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Announcement |
Provide updates and new information to your students in
a way that adds emphasis. |
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> Create an Announcement |
PDF |
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> Edit an Announcement |
PDF |
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Assessment |
Use Quizzes, Surveys, and Self tests to Assess Students performance in the course, allow students to give feedback or opinions, and give tests that provide feedback so they can assess
their understanding of course material. |
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> Adding Assessment to Learning Module |
PDF |
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> Adding Paragraph Question |
PDF |
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> Adding Short Answer Question |
PDF |
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> Create an Assessment |
PDF |
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> Make Assessment Visible |
PDF |
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> Back-up Assessments |
PDF |
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> Restore Assessments |
PDF |
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Assessment Manager |
Grade assessments and provide feedback inside
GeorgiaVIEW Vista 8. |
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> Grading by Questions |
PDF |
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> Grading by Student |
PDF |
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Assignment |
Create and edit assignment inside GeorgiaVIEW Vista 8. |
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> Adding Assignment to Learning Module |
PDF |
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> Creating Assignment |
PDF |
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> Editing Assignment |
PDF |
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Assignment Dropbox |
Review, comment on, grade and return assignments. |
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> Grading Assignment and Return to Students |
PDF |
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> Viewing Assignment Submission and Return to Students for Review |
PDF |
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> Viewing Assignment Submission |
PDF |
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> Publish Exemplary Work |
PDF |
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Back-up and Restore Content |
Preserving content for your course section is very important. The tutorials below will help you preserve content like Learning Modules, Assessments, Grades, and items from the File Manager. |
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> Back-up Assessments |
PDF |
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> Restore Assessments |
PDF |
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> Back-up File Manager |
PDF |
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> Restore File Manager |
PDF |
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> Back-up Grade Book |
PDF |
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> Restore Grade Book |
PDF |
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> Back-up Learning Modules |
PDF |
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> Restore Learning Modules |
PDF |
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Calendar |
View and create dated reminders about events. |
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> Create a Calendar Entry |
PDF |
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> Establish Links in Calendar |
PDF |
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Chat |
Use Chat to
engage in conversations with all users or selected users. Use the Chat tool's Whiteboard to draw
objects, enter text, import images, and create slide shows that can be viewed in real time by other users. |
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> Adding Chat Rooms to Homepage |
PDF |
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> Creating Chat Rooms |
PDF |
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> How to Chat with Students |
PDF |
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> Viewing Chat Room Logs |
PDF |
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Course Content |
The Course Content tool is available in each course. It is the first tool under
Course Tools on the course menu. You can use the Course Content tool to create and organize content in
logical units that are meaningful to Students. This also allows students to access content from a central location. |
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> Add file to current page / folder |
PDF |
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> Add folder |
PDF |
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> Add Content Link |
PDF |
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> Edit Header / Footer using plain text |
PDF |
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> Edit Header / Footer using HTML editor |
PDF |
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> Edit Header / Footer by adding an image |
PDF |
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> Copy content into a new section for GeorgiaVIEW Vista 8 |
Video
Tutorial |
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Discussions |
Ask questions, generate discussion, and encourage Students to
share feedback and ideas. Section Instructors can assign grades for participation, just as they would in a
classroom course. |
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> Accessing Discussion Tool |
PDF |
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> Create a Discussion |
PDF |
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> Grade a Discussion Topic |
PDF |
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> Post a Discussion Message |
PDF |
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> Create a Journal Discussion Topic |
PDF |
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File Manager |
Use File Manager to create and store files used in a course. You can use these files for course
design activities. Each course has a File Manager tool. |
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> Locate the File Manager |
PDF |
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> Best Practices |
PDF |
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> Create files in the File Manager |
PDF |
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> Create folders in the File Manager |
PDF |
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> Get files |
PDF |
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> Edit HTML Files |
PDF |
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> Duplicate Files or Folders |
PDF |
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> Using Web Folders |
PDF |
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> Back-up File Manager |
PDF |
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> Restore File Manager |
PDF |
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Goals |
The Goals tool allows you to record goals for a course. |
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> Create a goal |
PDF |
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> Add a Goal to an Activity |
PDF |
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Grade Book |
Grade Book's main purposes are,
to view, enter, and manage grades for all Students and Auditors,
to enter descriptive data about Students and Auditors (For example: names, addresses, telephone
numbers, areas of interest), and
to grant or deny access to the course for all section members. |
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> Create a Numeric Column |
PDF |
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> Create a Text Column |
PDF |
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> Create a Calculated Column |
PDF |
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> Change a Grade |
PDF |
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> Export the Grade Book |
PDF |
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> Change Column Order |
PDF |
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> Edit entire column of grades |
PDF |
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> Import a Grade Book |
PDF |
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> Accessing People Links in the Grade Book |
PDF |
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> Calculating final averages using columns |
PDF |
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> Release a Grade |
PDF |
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Grading Forms |
The Grading Forms tool provides a more granular way of grading Students' work by identifying specific criteria and levels of performance against the criteria. |
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> Create Grading Forms |
PDF |
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> Example Grading Rubric for Discussion (Word) |
DOC |
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Group Manager |
The Group Manager tool allows you to create empty groups, such as study groups or assignment groups,
that can later be used to group members. |
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> Custom Group |
PDF |
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> Groups With Sign-up Sheets |
PDF |
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> Multiple Group |
PDF |
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Learning Modules |
Use the Learning Modules tool to organize and deliver course content. You can add content to learning
modules, such as Discussions topics. |
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> Add File to a Learning Module |
PDF |
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> Create a Learning Module |
PDF |
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> Create a New Content Link |
PDF |
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> Edit File in a Learning Module |
PDF |
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> Back-up Learning Modules |
PDF |
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> Restore Learning Modules |
PDF |
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Mail |
Mail allows you to communicate with other GeorgiaVIEW Vista 8 users through written
correspondence, in text or HTML format, and file attachments. You can send mail to other users in the
selected course or section. |
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> Copy Messages |
PDF |
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> Create Printable View of Messages |
PDF |
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> Move Messages |
PDF |
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Manage Course |
The Manage Course area is a central place containing features that you use to customize a course: |
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> Rollover dates |
PDF |
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> Adding and removing course tools |
PDF |
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> Hiding or showing course tools |
PDF |
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Selective Release |
Use the Selective Release tool to control the release of items and folders, all from a single page. |
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> Release an assessment to a single student |
PDF |
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> Release an assessment by Member |
PDF |
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> Release an assessmennt by Date |
PDF |
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> Release an assessment by Group |
PDF |
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Syllabus |
Make a syllabus available to Students to provide them with course
information. |
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> Accessing Syllabus Tool |
PDF |
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> Create a Built-in Syllabus |
PDF |
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> Upload a Syllabus File |
PDF |
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Web Links |
You can use the Web Links tool to compile a list of Internet addresses. These Internet addresses can then
be added to folders and learning modules to reference web pages outside of your course. You can set the
web page to open in a new browser window and you can also set release criteria. |
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> Create Web Links |
PDF |
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> Create Web Links Catagories |
PDF |
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Who's Online |
You can use the Who's Online tool to chat in real time with users who are enrolled in any of your courses
and logged in to the Blackboard Learning System at the same time you are logged in. You can access the
Who's Online tool from My Blackboard. If a link to the Who's Online tool appears under Course Tools on
the course menu, you can also access it there. |
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> Introduction to Who's Online |
PDF |
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> Accept Chat Invitation |
PDF |
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> Change Online Status |
PDF |
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> Decline Chat Invitation |
PDF |
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> End Chat Invitation |
PDF |
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> Send Chat Invitation |
PDF |
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> Update the list of online users |
PDF |
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