Blackboard FAQ

Blackboard FAQ

Assignments - How do I accept term papers electronically from my students

Assignments - How do I use SafeAssign

Assignments - I can't find the digital drop box

Assignments - I gave safeassignments but my students report an error 'This course is out of sync with SafeAssign

Assignments – My student submitted the wrong assignment and needs to resubmit it.

Blackboard Basics - Blackboard down? What to do

Blackboard Basics - How do I get started building my online course

Blackboard Basics - How do I log in to Blackboard

Blackboard Basics - How do I place articles for students to read on Blackboard?

Blackboard Basics - How do I put a PowerPoint presentation on my coursesite

Blackboard Basics - How do I put HTML into my blackboard site

Blackboard Basics - How do I upload files using Course Files on the Control Panel

Blackboard Basics - How do separate discussion sections work in blackboard

Blackboard Basics - My course is 'unavailable' What does that mean

Blackboard Basics - One of my students has the wrong email address listed in Blackboard

Blackboard Basics - What do the action bar menu items mean

Blackboard Basics - What is Blackboard

Blackboard Basics - Who can use Blackboard and how much does it cost

Blackboard Basics - Why do I have 3 blackboard sites for the same course

Blogs Journals and Wikis - Can my students see comments

Blogs Journals and Wikis - How do I set up a Blog or Journal

Blogs Journals and Wikis - How do I set up a wiki

Common Errors - Error trying to make the course available to students internet explorer cannot display web page

Common Errors - How do I clear my browser cache

Common Errors - I get an error saying that I'm "missing a plug-in" when I try to open documents in Blackboard

Common Errors - My students are getting strange errors when they try to take an online quiz

Common Errors - Some students can't view their grades on blackboard

Common Errors - Why can't students print my handouts

Common Errors - Why can't students view my PDFs

Course Copy - How can I copy material from one coursesite to another

Course Copy - How do I convert export my blackboard site to a traditional website

Course Copy - I copied a course from several years ago and now I can't delete old announcements

Discussion Board - How do I set up a discussion forum

E-mail - I can't send email to 'all users'

Enrollment - A student dropped and then later re-enrolled in my course and now I cant re-add them to my Blackboard

Enrollment - Can guests view my Blackboard site

Enrollment - How do I add my GTF to the coursesite

Enrollment - How do I create groups

Enrollment - How do I create separate grading sections/views within a combined course site for ease of grading?

Enrollment - How do I enroll students in my online course

Enrollment - How do I find out who is enrolled in my coursesite

Enrollment - I accidentally added someone as an instructor How do I remove him

Enrollment - Uploading a batch file for enrolling multiple users students

Enrollment - What should I do if an OSU grad student wants to take my UO course under the Joint Campus program

Errors - I get an error saying that I’m “missing a plug-in” when I try to open documents in Blackboard.

Grade Center - Can my students see comments

Grade Center - Grades in my grade center are being displayed incorrectly

Grade Center - How can I use an Excel spreadsheet to record grades and then add them to Blackboard?

Grade Center - How do I do weighted grades in Blackboard

Grade Center - How do I download grades to Excel Where's the 'Download' button

Grade Center - How do I drop the lowest grade in a group of assignments when not using weighted grades?

Grade Center - How do I drop the lowest grade in a set

Grade Center - How do I give extra credit in the gradebook

Grade Center - How do I make Smart Views in the Grade Center

Grade Center - How do I use rubrics for enhanced grading

Grade Center - I get an error trying to create or update a weighted column using Safari

Grade Center - I get errors uploading grades from Excel or iClickeriGrader

Grade Center - I want to use the gradebook to record grades from an in-class assignment quiz

Grade Center - I'm a little confused by all the different terms--theres Automatic Grading Manual Grading Grade Details

Grade Center - My scroll bars is missing in the Grade Center

Grade Center - Students aren't getting credit in the grade center for an assignment even though it's marked as 'complete'

Grade Center - Why aren't my weighted columns calcuating correctly

Grade Center - Why can't I delete some columns in the Grade Center

Other Resources - How can I learn more about using Blackboard

Other Resources - I've found a blackboard bug How do I report it

Other Resources - What about students with 'Directory Restricted'

Other Resources - What's a ZIP archive

Personalization - How do I change my Blackboard language

Personalization - I'm overwhelmed by the list of unavailable courses that 'My Courses' shows me as having taught before

Personalization - I'm teaching two sections of the same course this term and don't want to have to maintain two blackboard sites

Personalization - I've lost my course menu All I can see is the course home page

Tests and Quizzes - How do I help students who have been kicked out of a Blackboard quiz

Tests and Quizzes - How do I include an essay and other questions in an online quiz

Tests Surveys and Quizzes - How can I use Softchalk to create quizzes and interactive exercises for my site

Tests Surveys and Quizzes - How do I set up a survey How do I view the results

Tests Surveys and Quizzes - How to Upload Text-Based Tests to Blackboard using Respondus

Tools - How can I Embed a Google Calendar within Blackboard

Tools - How can I post links in Blackboard to readings I find in library full text databases

Tools - How do I access media files for my class?

Tools - How do I add a tool link

Tools - How do I add equations to my blackboard site using MathJax

Tools - How do I embed a Twitter feed on Blackboard

Tools - How do I get course reports to track usage statistics from student activity in my Blackboard coursesite?

Tools - How do I upload Scantron scores into Blackboard

Tools - How do I use Voiceboards

Tools - How does the Self and Peer Evaluation tool work in Blackboard?

Tools - How to create a sign-up sheet in Blackboard

Tools - What browser and plugins do I need for compatibility with Blackboard features?

Tools: How do I host course videos on YouTube?