Using Blackboard

BlackBoard is a course management system, or in plain language, it is a web-based collection of helpful course resources. Entire courses can be delivered in BlackBoard, but here at Willamette BlackBoard is usually used as an course resource in addition to a traditional face-to-face classroom. Once created, Blackboard courses can be copied and reused over and over again. A BlackBoard course can be set to include a wide variety of resources, such as:

• An "announcements" page
• A secure gradebook
• A Discussion Board
• A place to securely create and/or take quizzes (which can be set to autograde) and surveys
• A password-protected place to store documents and multimedia

Please use the following links to visit Willamette's BlackBoard main page, request a new BlackBoard course, etc. If you have questions or need help, please call me at x6122 or email me at <cramerc>.

• Willamette's BlackBoard Course Request Page:
  http://www.willamette.edu/wits/resources/blackboard/newcourse.htm
  
  
• Willamette University's BlackBoard Page:
  http://blackboard.willamette.edu/
  
  
• How to enroll in a Willamette BlackBoard course:
  http://www.willamette.edu/wits/resources/blackboard/student-intro.htm
  
  
• Willamette's BlackBoard Course Removal Request Page:
  http://www.willamette.edu/wits/idc/blackboard/bbremove.htm
  
  
• Willamette's Blackboard External Users Enrollment Page:
  http://www.willamette.edu/wits/idc/blackboard/bbenrollform.htm
  
  
• BlackBoard Manual
  http://www.blackboard.com/docs/r6/6_1/instructor/bbls_r6_1_instructor/
  
  
  
• Using the BlackBoard Discussion Board:
  http://www.willamette.edu/wits/idc/documentation/old/DiscussionBoard.htm
  
  
  
• Eight ways to get students more engaged with online discussions
  http://www.willamette.edu/wits/idc/documentation/old/Eight_Ways.htm
  
  
• The BlackBoard Corporation Page:
  http://www.blackboard.com/