Blackboard 9

Course Environment/General Course Information

Overview

• What's New in Blackboard 9.1? (pdf; 217K) - Description of some of the new and improved features in Blackboard
• Recorded training session: What's New in Bb 9.1? This is a video recording of a live Intro to 9.1 session here at UR.  It's about 50 minutes in length, but chapter markers will allow you to skip to the parts you're most interested in (or you can watch it straight through!)

Please note: Blackboard works best in tested OS/browser configurations.  Find out if you're using a supported browser: Supported Browsers for Blackboard 9.1, SP7

Managing Blackboard "Administrivia"

Quick Course Tasks - Quick and concise instructions to make your course available, change homepage, send email, make announcements, etc.

Managing the Course Menu - Customize the Course Menu on the left side of your course homepage.  Add, delete or modify content and tool links.

Backing up your course with a Course Archive - Create and download an archived copy of your course for backup

Blackboard.com Instructor Manual - Please note that the documentation on Blackboard's support site is for the most recent service pack, which is SP7 (we're on SP5). They will soon be updating it to SP8 documentation.  Many procedures stay the same from one SP to the next, but if you find instructions that don't correlate to what you're seeing, they may be for a different service pack.  In that case, please contact your UR Blackboard support team for help.