iTEC Blackboard & Collaborate Handouts
What's New in Blackboard
Blackboard 9 Handout
Blackboard Grade Center Handout
Blackboard Collaborate Ultra Handout
Blackboard Collaborate Ultra Help
Blogs and Wiki's
How to Make Your Course Available to Students
Blackboard Course Quota

Faculty Copyright Permissions & Tutorials
CUNY: Fair Use and Copyright
OER Fellowship Copyright Overview
Permissions Guide
Blackboard PowerPoint Presentation
Pedagogy - Moving from...
Linking to City Tech Library Resources

Blackboard & Collaborate Videos
• Getting started with Blackboard
• Global Navigation and My Blackboard
• Adding an Announcement
• Attaching a file
• Creating a Discussion Board Forum
• Using the Discussion Board
• Creating an Assignment
• Grading Assignments
• Creating a Test
• Obtaining a hard copy of all students' grades
• Send email to students
• Change/Updating your email address
• Blackboard Collaborate Ultra Tour
• Blackboard On Demand Videos
• More Blackboard Learn Videos

Additional Information
• How do I login to Blackboard
• How to create an Assignment
• How to take Attendance on Blackboard
• How to grade Assignments
• CUNY Blackboard Faculty Guides
• CUNY User Guides
• Blackboard Learn Help for Instructors
• Blackboard Video Archives

How do I make my course available?
• A) Log on to Blackboard
• B) Click the course you want to make it
  available for students.
• C) From upper right corner of the browser window,
  click on the "padlock" once.

(Alternative Method)

• A) Make sure the Edit Mode is: ON.
• B) Click Customization.
• C) Click Properties.
• D) Under "Option 3. Set Availability", click on Yes.
• E) Click Submit.

How do I create Announcements?
• A) Click on Tools, then on Announcements.
• B) Click Create Announcement.
• C) Add a Subject and Text to the body with the necessary information.
• E) Click on Submit to complete the process.

How do I upload documents?
• A) Click Content in the Content Area, to open the Content Page.
• B) Click Build Content to show the drop down menu.
• C) Under Create, click Item.
• D) Add Name and Instructions in the text box.
• E) Attach a File from your computer/ removable
  device or from a Course.
• F) Click Submit to save the page.


• Note: 25 MB is the file size limit for a single file.

How do I upload multiple files or folder?
• A) Click Content in the Content Area, to open the Content Page.
• B) Click Build Content to show the drop down menu.
• C) Under Create, click Item.
• D) Add Name and Instructions in the text box.
• E) Click Browse Course.
• F) Click Upload Files under Upload.
• G) Either click Browse or drag and drop files or folder you want to upload.
• H) Click Submit.
• I) Select the files or folders you want to upload and click Submit.

How do I create an External Link?
• A) Click Content in the Content Area, to open the Content Page.
• B) Click Build Content to show the drop-down menu.
• C) Under Create, click URL.
• D) Add Name, URL, and Instructions in the text box.
• E) Change Options as needed.
• F) Click Submit to complete the process.


• Note: If you do not see a tool you are looking,
  you need to enable it from Tool Availability under Customization.

How do I create Staff Information?
• Staff Information is no longer in Bb9. Use Contacts instead.
• A) Click on Tools, then on Contacts.
• B) Click on Create Contact.
• C) Add the necessary Contact information.
  Email is the only required field.
• D) Click Submit to complete the process.
  Students see staff information from Tools area.

How do I create an assignment?
• A) Click Content in the Content Area, to open the Content Page.
• B) Under the Create Assessment tab, select Assignment.
• C) Add Name and Instructions in the text box.
• D) Under Grading, add the amount for Points Possible.
• E) Edit Optional settings as desired.
• F) Click Submit to complete the process.

How do I find a student's sent assignment?
• A) Click Assignments under Grade Center.
• B) Locate a student, assignment column and click drop-down arrow.
• C) Click View Grade Details.
• D) Under Action column, click View Attempt
• E) You will find the student's sent file under section Review Current Attempt.

How do I create a SafeAssignment?
• A) Click Content in the Content Area to open the Content Page.
• B) Add Name and Instructions in the text box.
• C) Add the amount for Points Possible.
• D) Change Optional settings as needed.
• E) Click Submit to complete the process.

Please note that Blackboard course Export and Archive packages within a course will now have new retention policy starting this week. Blackboard users have 30 days to save them on a computer or a removable device.

How do I save my course archive (file) on my computer?
• A) Click on Packages and Utilities, then click on Export/Archive Course
• B) Click on Archive
• C) Click on the small box to Include Grade Center History (optional)
• D) Click on Submit
• E) Click OK; it may take little time to appear the archived file
• F) Click on the Export/Archive Course
• G) Under File Name, there should be the archived file; and it will begin with ArchiveFile_NYT01_...
• H) Click on the ArchiveFile_NYT01_... to save it on the computer

How do I save my course Export (file) on my computer?
• A) Click on Packages and Utilities, then click on Export/Archive Course
• B) Click on Export Package
• C) Scroll to the Select Course Materials section and click the materials to include in the export file
• D) Click on Submit
• E) Click OK; it may take little time to appear the archived file
• F) Click on the Export/Archive Course
• G) Under File Name, there should be the exported file; and it will begin with ExportFile_NYT01_...
• H) Click on the ExportFile_NYT01_... to save it on the computer

How do I find all students' sent assignments?
• A) Click Assignments under Grade Center.
• B) Locate the column of the assignment.
• C) Click the drop-down arrow next to the name of the assignment, click Assignment File Download.
• D) Click small boxes to select all students.
• E) Click Submit.
• F) Click "Download assignments now" link to save the zip file.

How do I create a Mashup?
• A) Click Content in the Content Area, to open the Content Page.
• B) Under the Build Content tab, select YouTube Video.
• C) Search for Content. List of videos will appear on the screen. Click Preview to watch before selecting the title or click Select.
• D) Give a name in the Name field and a description is optional.
• E) Change Editing Mashup Options as needed.
• F) Click Submit to complete the process.

How do I copy a course?
• A) Click on the source (course you are copying from) course
• B) Under Course Management, click Packages and Utilities
• C) Click Course Copy
• D) Click the Browse button to look for a Destination
  Course ID
• E) Click the radio button under Course ID and click the Submit button
• F) Check the box(es) to select materials you want to copy
• G) Make sure not to include Enrollments in the copy process
• H) Click Submit button.


• Note: Allow some time to complete copy process.

How do I merge my courses?
• A) From Blackboard Home page, click Click Here to Create and Manage Merged Courses.
• B) Click Setup New Merged Course button.
• C) Click on square box(es) to select child course(s)
• D) Click Submit.
• E) Click on the radio button to select a parent course.
• F) Click Submit.
• G) Click OK to confirm.


• Note: Make sure to enable (make the course available to students) parent section only.

How do I Archive my course?
• A) Click on Packages and Utilities, then click on Export/Archive Course.
• B) Click on Archive.
• C) Click on the small box to Include Grade Center History.
• D) If needed, click Calculate Size to check the file size of the course.
• E) Click on Submit.
• F) Click on the Course Name, then it will save the exported zip file to your download folder.

How do I import course materials?
• A) Click Import Package / View Logs.
• B) Click Import Package button.
• C) Click Browse to locate the zip file.
• D) Check mark box(es) to select materials to import.
• E) Click Submit button. Wait for email confirmation.