Faculty FAQ Index
Blackboard and Course Site Access
Creating a course site in Blackboard
Combining multiple sections or multiple courses into a single course site
My Blackboard course site is not listed
Course Site Availability
When are students added to course sites?
I don't want students having access to my course site until later.
When are course sites made unavailable to students?
Hiding old courses from My Blackboard homepage.
Student Access
When do new students have access to Blackboard and when do students stop having access upon leaving?
A student cannot see my course site from their Blackboard homepage
A student is having trouble logging into Blackboard
A student in one of my courses is not receiving emails I send through Blackboard.
User Management
I want to add a Teaching Assistant (TA) to my course site
I want to give another instructor access to my course site
A student dropped out of my class. How do I remove them from my Blackboard course site?
I'd like to create student groups - how do I do this?
Course Content and Design
Copying course content from a previous course site into a current course site
Importing course content from an exported course package
Adding content to a course site
Moving items from one content area to another within a course site
Creating Tests and Surveys
Creating a test in Blackboard, using Test Manager
Deployment and availability of a test
Can students save their tests?
Can students view a test after they have taken it?
Moving questions from a test to a pool.
Creating a test using questions from a Pool.
Points for students to consider when test-taking
Can I use Blackboard to conduct a survey?
Deployment and availability of a survey.
The Gradebook
How do students view their grades in Blackboard?
Downloading and backing up a Blackboard Gradebook
Weighting grades in the Gradebook.
Including extra credit in Gradebook calculations.
Communication Tools
Chat Room and Virtual Classroom
Building Blocks
Final Grade Submission
IDEA Online
iTunes U
Pronto
SafeAssign
