Getting Started - Blackboard 9.1 FAQ

Blackboard is an online learning management system that gives faculty Web-based resources to post syllabi and other course information, offer a discussion board and collaboration options using the wiki or journal tool, offer quizzes, and maintain a gradebook. This content is accessible to students and faculty members anytime anywhere an Internet connection is available.

You can access Blackboard at: http://blackboard.truman.edu
or via Truview: http://truview.truman.edu, just click on the Blackboard icon (preferred method).

Q. How does an Instructor make a course available to students?
A. All courses are created as being unavailable for student viewing.

Select the course you want to make available for student viewing.
Under “Course Management”, click on “Customization”, then “Properties”
Scroll down to “Set Availability” and select the option “Yes”

Q. How do I combine sections into one Blackboard course?
A. Log into Truview: http://truview.truman.edu

Click on the Faculty tab
Click on Blackboard Menu
Select Blackboard Course Sections Combine Request Form

Q. What is ‘Edit Mode’?

A. When Edit Mode is on, instructors can build and modify the course. The Edit Mode button is located in the upper-right corner of the screen.

Q. How do I add a Content Area to my course menu?
A. Some Content Areas are available in a course by default. You can add new Content Areas to your course.

Hover over the “+” button in the upper left corner of the Course Menu.
Select “Create Content Area”
Enter a Name for the new Content Area.
If this area should be available to the users (students) in the course, click the “Available to Users” check box.
An icon of a square with a line through it will appear next to this Content Area if it is not available to users.
Click Submit.

Q. The Course Menu is missing on the left side of the page. How do I get it back?

A. While in “Edit Mode” you can hide the Course Menu by clicking on the “Hide Course Menu“ arrow. The “Hide Course Menu” arrow is located to the right of the Course Menu.

Q. How do I see only one student's grades?

A. The Grade Center gives you the capability to view grades one student at a time.

Click on the Grade Center
Locate the student whose grades you want to view.
Click the chevron of that student’s cell for the contextual menu.
Select “Hide Other Rows”.
You can now view the grades for that one student.
To see the other students' grades, click the contextual menu again, and select Show All Rows.

Q. How do I show test results and feedback to students?

A. Navigate to the location of the deployed test in your course

Click the edit menu
Click "Edit the Test Options".
Scroll down the page to “Show Test Results and Feedback to Students”
If you check NONE of the Check-boxes – Shows the overall test score only.

There are 6 main settings options:

Score per question (Automatically set by default) – Shows the overall test scores and the scores earned for each individual question. PLEASE NOTE: if you leave this default box checked, ALL of the exam questions (but not the answer choices) will be available for the student to view after they submit their exam.
All Answers – Shows the questions and all answer choices.
Correct – Shows the questions and correct answers.
Submitted – Shows the questions and the answer choices selected by students.
Feedback – Shows the questions and any instructor feedback messages for each question.
Show Incorrect Questions – Shows the questions and the answer choices selected by students with an indication that the answer is incorrect.