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- Blackboard help, including detailed How-Tos and FAQs, is now available through the Ask ITS knowledgebase.
- NYU Blackboard is currently used by more than 3,000 faculty and 38,000 students at New York University.
Choose from the following ITS Blackboard tutorials to learn about popular features of NYU's content management system.
Each tutorial is available within the AskITS knowledgebase. Some, as indicated below, are also available as a Quicktime Video
(Quicktime Player required) or Flash Video 
(Flash Player required) or as a downloadable
PDF
(Adobe Reader required).
Setting up a Blackboard Course Site
- Course Access and Availability
- How to Use the Course Request Form
- Student Enrollments & Checking the Roster
- Making a course available to Students
- Add User by Role
- Modifying the Course Menu
- Customizing Your Course, & Setting Entry Point
- Adding or Modifying an Announcement
- Adding Course Content
- The Syllabus Tool
- Reusing Content
Communicating & Collaborating
- Using the Discussion Board
- Adding or Modifying an Announcement
- Sending an Email
- Creating Groups
- The Virtual Classroom & Chat tools
Grading Student Work
- Getting to Know the Grade Center
- How to Enter, Delete, or Exempt Grades
- Creating a Grading Schema
- Downloading Assignment Submissions
- Downloading a Test or Survey
- Grade Center: Student View
- Creating Weighted Columns
- Adding Grade Columns
Presenting Content and Learning Paths
- Creating Learning Units
- Adaptive Release
- The Performance Dashboard
- The Early Warning System
- Using the Early Warning System to Communicate with your Students
Managing Assessments and Student Submissions
- Creating, Deploying and Grading a Test
- Creating, Deploying, and Grading a Survey
- What is Self & Peer Assessment?
- Creating, Deploying and Viewing a Self & Peer Assessment
- Creating, Deploying and Grading an Assignment
- The Assignment Tool vs. Digital Drop Box
Page last reviewed: November 9, 2009