Join Patrick Crispen for an in-depth discussion in this video Using course themes, part of Blackboard 9.x Essential Training: Instructors.
Blackboard has always let you customize the look and feel of your course to a point. …You can go to Customization > Style, and change the course menu from text to buttons, change the…button background colors; that all changes in Blackboard 9.1 Service Pack 8 or later. …In fact, when I scroll down, I'm going to go to Customization and I want you to notice Style is gone. …Technically they smoosh that page into something called Teaching Style, we'll talk …about that in the next movie. …The reason why Customization Style is less prominent is that Service Pack 8 and Service …Pack 9 have a much more powerful and pretty tool called Course Themes.…
If your institution is using the new BB Learn 2012 theme and if your institution has enabled …this feature, you'll see at the top of the page, up here in the breadcrumb trail, this …sort of multicolored fan of color chips. …It's to the far right of your course is breadcrumb trail just to the left of Edit mode. …Hold your mouse over that or even click on it, and what you'll see are 50 pre-built professional …
Author
Patrick Crispen
Updated
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
Skill Level Beginner
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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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