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Coming Soon: NYU Classes
NYU is transitioning from the University's current Learning Management System — NYU Blackboard — to NYU Classes, with most schools moving to NYU Classes in the Spring 2013 semester, and a targeted completion date of August 15, 2013. For more information, see www.nyu.edu/nyuclasses-project.
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
- Student Enrollments & Checking the Roster
- Add User by Role
- Modifying the Course Menu
- Customizing Your Course, & Setting Entry Point
- Announcements
- Adding Course Content
- The Syllabus Tool
- Making a course available to Students
- Reusing Content
- Restoring an Archived Course
Communicating & Collaborating
- Adding or Modifying an Announcement
- Creating Groups
- Sending an Email
- Using the Discussion Board
- 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 Test or Survey Results
- Grade Center: Student View
- Adding Grade Columns
- Creating Weighted 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, Administering and Grading an Assignment
- Creating, Administering and Grading Tests
- Creating, Administering, and Viewing Surveys
- What is Self & Peer Assessment?
- Creating, Administering and Viewing a Self & Peer Assessment
Page last reviewed: February 6, 2013