Once you’ve completed your design, you can download it in a number of different formats: image file (PNG, JPEG, SVG, GIF), document file...
Blackboard’s course sites have a suite of asynchronous social tools -- Journals, Blogs, Discussion, and Wikis -- that provide students with...
University of Detroit Mercy recognizes the importance of syllabi as documents that reflect the creative and intellectual endeavors of its faculty....
Steps Students Can Take ...
To prepare for a possible emergency on campus
This brief series of introductory videos walks students through the basics of logging into and using Blackboard.
The Canva design platform provides many different options. This article focuses on the basic elements options: lines & shapes, graphics, and...
LockDown Browser is available on Windows, Mac, Chromebook, and iOS iPad app (NOT available on iPhone).
Before taking a test, students...
The free, web-based content creation tool Canva can be used to create a variety of attractive items for use in a Blackboard course site. In...
Grades listed in Blackboard are helpful for tracking your performance in a course. They should always be taken as a guide, rather than the final...
Compressing the pictures in a PowerPoint presentation can do a great deal to reduce the presentation's overall file size. To compress...
While the web-based versions of Office apps Word, PowerPoint, and Excel are both useful and convenient, they are not as full-featured as the...
Interested in getting your students to use their mobile devices as a part of your lecture rather than a distraction from it? Top Hat's...
SafeAssign DirectSubmit allows faculty to submit a student's work for a plagiarism check, rather than having the students submit their works...
In an Ultra-style course site, click SafeAssign under the Books & Tools heading.
Choose SafeAssign.
Test feedback options let you decide when students see feedback on their test and how much they see at any given point.
Before the class where you will use Engage
1. Go to the Create and Manage Polls home page or if you're using the Engage plug-in...
Note: You cannot use the mobile app to access Engage activities that have been linked to Blackboard.
Please access the...
A powerful feature of Engage is its ability to sync poll and attendance grades to your Blackboard course Gradebook.