IP Address of Test Taking Students
Can be found by following these steps and can be downloaded to an Excel file. Grade Center click Reports click View Grade History click Download.
Adding Extra Credit to a Weighted Column
This question came across my desk at the end of the semester and found confirmation of my solution. Adding extra credit points to a weighted column in Blackboard Learn can easily be accomplished with three grade center columns. Assuming your weighted total column is already created you will need to create an Extra Credit column and … Read more
A new BB Tool
Tagging onto my colleague’s email today check out this new tool Qwickly “Qwickly allows faculty to make courses available, send emails, post announcements, and post content to multiple courses at once.” After logging into Blackboard click the Add Module option in the upper left corner and then scroll (it’s in alphabetic order) to “add” the … Read more
Some BB Tips as we settle into the semester!
Hide past courses True Student View Download Grades Inline Grading Hide GradeCenter Item Blackboard YouTube Channel Lots of BB info and other tips in my OET8000 Course which you are a student in, and that’s real student view!
Some Test Options Tips
There has been much confusion on which Test Options should be selected when deploying a test via Blackboard. Here are some tips and hints that may help to make test deploying and test taking a bit more smooth. Timed tests? Do not check Forced Completion, if student gets kicked out of their exam, they can … Read more
Remember BB upgrade and the ability to have a true Student View
In case you forgot this is just a reminder that you now have the ability to check exactly what your students see when they are in your Blackboard course. You just click on this icon to get to this view. Here is a short video explaining more on this neat feature. Not sure about roles? … Read more
Printing Tests from Blackboard and Exceptions to Availability
Need a hard copy of your test? An easy way to get a clean printing or pdf of your test is to use the browser Chrome and edit the test options to “Open Test in New Window”. To print, (still in the Chrome browser) click the test as if you were taking it and once … Read more
Did you know about Item Analysis for Tests and Quizzes?
The Item Analysis tool provides statistics on overall test performance and individual test questions to help you recognize questions that might be poor discriminators of student performance. You can use this information to improve questions for future test administrations or to adjust credit on current attempts. You can run item analyses on deployed tests, but … Read more
Organize Your Course and Students Using The New Blackboard Calendar Tool
Organize Your Course and Students Using The New Blackboard Calendar Tool OCTOBER 22, 2014 BY CHRISTOPHER SHEEHAN 2 COMMENTS To be successful in online courses, students must quickly learn to be organized. In fact, organization is the key to a successful learning environment. Without organization, students quickly become derailed from the course timeline and must … Read more
Using Common Blackboard Tools in Non-Traditional Ways
Using Common Blackboard Tools in Non-Traditional Ways MAY 29, 2015 BY OBIAGELI SNEED 6 COMMENTS The Blackboard Learning Management system offers a variety of tools that help instructors manage the process of delivering instruction within an online course. Some of these functions are more commonly used such as discussion boards, groups, and the assignment feature, … Read more
Can’t scroll to see all your columns in Grade Center on your Mac?
Here’s the solution! Launch System Preferences, either from the dock or from the Apple menu. Once the System Preferences window opens, select the General preference pane. The middle section of the General preference pane controls when scroll bars appear and a few additional scroll bar options. To return the scroll bars to their pre-Lion functionality, … Read more
Test Feedback – What to choose?
Show Test Results and Feedback to Students from BB Help After they complete a test, test results and feedback are available to students. By setting up rules, you can set the release of progressive feedback to keep test results secure and prevent cheating. For example, you can choose After Submission to present Score, All Answers, … Read more
As we enter the final third of the semester
Grades are coming in, papers are being submitted and your grade center might need some organization. Here is a a link to Grade Center Customization. One tip to remember you can download your Grade Center to an Excel spreadsheet prior to making changes. Just save to your pirate drive in keeping with being a good … Read more