We're back in our Grade Center.…I'm going to scroll over the far left and scroll up the page.…To create a new grading period, what we're going to do is go to Manage > Grading…Periods, and then click Create Grading Period.…What exactly is a grading period?…Well, you may have a long class, a class that spans several months, and during…those several months, you may have lots and lots and lots of score columns over…a really long period of time.…
It's going to be the same Grade Center.…It's going to be the same students. But what you want to do is organize your…Grade Center, you want to chunk it, by time periods.…You might want to have the first half of your term or the second half of the…term or if you're teaching in a 180- day academic year, you might want to do…first nine weeks, second nine weeks.…What this allows you to do is you can filter the Grade Center view.…So instead of seeing the entire Grade Center, you can see a grading period.…You can also, if you want to, calculate grades just for that period or just…
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10/9/2012Released
6/30/2011- Accessing a course
- Creating announcements
- Viewing the roster
- Working with modules
- Adding new menu items
- Enrolling students and others
- Making content available to students
- Entering grades
- Downloading and editing grades in Excel
- Creating assignments and collecting papers
- Creating online tests
- Adding discussion forums and groups
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Q: This course was updated on 10/09/2012. What changed?
A: This update adds 7 new movies in the "What's New in Blackboard 9.x SP8 and SP9," on topics such as course themes, new and improved assessments, and other new features found in service packs 8 and 9.
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 5s
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What is an LMS?4m 15s
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1. What's New in Blackboard 9.1 SP8 and SP9?
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Using course themes2m 15s
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2. The Last-Minute Guide to Blackboard 9
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Logging in to Blackboard2m 9s
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Creating announcements4m 15s
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Sending emails4m 57s
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Viewing your roster3m 50s
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Downloading the Grade Center3m 17s
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Setting course availability2m 19s
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3. Navigating Blackboard 9
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Working with modules3m 24s
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4. Navigating Your Course Site
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Toggling the Edit Mode1m 26s
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Touring the Control Panel4m 50s
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5. Customizing Your Course Site
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Adding new menu items6m 4s
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Managing tools3m 40s
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Customizing a course9m 11s
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6. Managing Users
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Viewing the course roster4m 54s
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Why not to unenroll3m 50s
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7. Adding and Managing Content
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Uploading files11m 49s
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Using the Text Editor6m 19s
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Inserting a multimedia file9m 56s
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Using the Content Collection3m 35s
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8. Using the Grade Center: The Basics
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Optimizing the Grade Center1m 36s
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Creating score columns6m 37s
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Entering grades5m 19s
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Viewing grade histories2m 27s
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9. Using the Grade Center: Beyond the Basics
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Creating text columns3m 1s
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Managing columns4m 52s
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Creating grading periods5m 34s
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Creating categories5m 42s
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Uploading student grades4m 29s
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Changing grades3m 37s
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Changing a final grade6m 6s
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10. Collecting Papers and Assignments from Your Students
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Creating assignments6m 22s
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Downloading assignments5m 16s
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Grading assignments4m 48s
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11. Creating Online Tests
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Reusing questions3m 41s
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12. Deploying and Grading Tests
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Viewing the student results6m 40s
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13. Communicating with Your Students
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Sending emails6m 20s
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Creating announcements7m 14s
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14. Creating and Managing Discussions
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Facilitating discussions9m 32s
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Moderating forums3m 36s
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Rating posts2m 47s
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Grading discussions4m 19s
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15. Creating Groups
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Creating groups7m 56s
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Adding members to groups1m 5s
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Conclusion
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Next steps4m 32s
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