Tutorials,
Tip Sheets, Newsletters, Articles, Technology Requirements
(including links to plug ins), & Sample Web Sites
Teachers
and staff in the Schenectady City School District will be enrolled
in the Blackboard System. Each will have access to a site called
Blackboard Users
Resource Center.
Once you log in to the Blackboard System, you will have access to
the Resource Center. Here you can find everything from Blackboard
course design to instructional pedagogy for using Blackboard.
Log On
information to Blackboard will be provided to teachers in an email
at the beginning of the school year and in a confirmation email if
you request a Blackboard course site.
New!
SoftChalk LessonBuilder
This is a new
software program that allows users to create interactive lessons
that can easily be uploaded into Blackboard.
The software
will be installed on the computers in the school district.
Teachers can download the software on their home computer.
For more information click here.
Enrolling
Students in your Course Site
Middle
School and High School
All the
students in the middle schools and high schools have been created on the Blackboard
system.
Please do
not batch enroll or batch create students into a
class/course site.
Each
student in your course site must be enrolled individually.
To do this:
Open up the Control Panel of your course site.
Select the Enroll User link.
Search for your students by typing in their student number.
Select the username box underneath the search field. Select
Search.
Select the student that has their id number next to it.
An example would be:
Check the
box before the students name and click the Submit button
on the bottom of the page.
To see a
list of the students that are enrolled in your course:in the
Control Panel click the List/Modify Users link.
Select the List All tab and then the List All
button.
Enrollment for Elementary School
Please contact your
Bb
Instructional Manager for directions.
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End
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At the
end of each quarter, semester or school year, teachers need to
back up and recycle the information on the Blackboard site. There
are four simple procedures that need to be performed:
Please
consult the tutorial on the Schenectady City Schools Intranet for instructions and information
about performing the above tasks.
Gradebook Tips
Same Course, Multiple
Sections
If you are teaching multiple
sections of the same course but don't want to use a Bbd course
site for each section, here is a way to enroll each of your
classes in the same course site and differentiate them by
period/mod in the gradebook.
- In the Gradebook,
add a New Item
and call it Section
- Categorize it as
Other
- Set Possible Points
to O
- Display as
Text
- Within Options,
select Yes to Make
item available to users and
No to Include
Item in Gradebook score calculations.
To add the period/mod number
to the Gradebook:
- Click on
the student name.
- Select User Grade
List.
- Add the period/mod
number to the Grade box, select Submit.
To sort by section,
click the arrow above the Section column.
Making Assessments Available for Students
on Your Course Site
Can't find and
assessment , but you know you created it?
There are two
steps you MUST follow in order to make your assessments available
to your students.
1. Deploy
your Assessment - In the Control Panel, select
the content area where you want the assessment to be
available. On the Add bar, select Test. From the menu,
select the test you want to make available. Submit.
2. Modify
the Test Options - Once you get the receipt that indicates the
test has been make available, select the Modify Test Options link.
Be sure to select the Make the Link Available button.
All Test options are set at the discretion of the instructor.
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