Support Menu

• Consulting
  • Instructional Design
  • Instructional Technology
  • Creative Design and Production

• Course Support
  • Course Quality Checklists
  • Steps and Schedules

• Instructional Media Lab

• Technical Support
  • Extended Hours
  • Satellite Offices and Tech Buddies

• Tutorials

Bb Learn Support (New!)

Bb Learn on Demand Tutorials for Faculty (Created by Blackboard, Inc.)

Bb Learn on Demand Tutorials for Students (Created by Blackboard, Inc.)

Bb Learn Step-by-Step Guides

• Overview
  • Bb Learn Introduction
  • QuickStart for Instructors
    
• Organizing Content
  • Create Content
    • DreamWeaver
    • e-Reserves
    • Streaming Media
  • Create a Lesson Plan
  • Create a Learning Module
• Developing Learning Activities
  • Create a Discussion
  • Create an Assignment
  • Create a Test
    • Respondus
• Communicating with Students
  • Working with Messages
  • Create an Announcement
  • Working with Groups
• Grading Student Work
  • The Grade Center
  • Grade an Assignment
    • Safe Assign
  • Grade a Test
  • Grade a Discussion
  • Upload Grades from Bb Learn to LOUIE
  • Use the Bb Learn Gradebook with GPS
  • Working Offline with Excel
• Your Migrated Course
  • Getting Started with a Course Moved from Vista
  • Getting Started with Your Course Environment
  • Working with Your Newly Migrated Course
  • Differences between Vista and Bb Learn
  • Known Issues and Workarounds
  • Fixing Problems in a Migrated Course

Bb Learn Manuals

• Instructor Manual
• User Manual
• Content Management Manual

Miscellaneous

• Adding Designers (Course Builders) in Bb Learn
• Creating a Content Area
• Semester Rollover
• Are there any commonly used content elements I can copy and paste into my class?
  • How Do I Import the Faculty Institutional Review Board (IRB) Resources into Bb Learn?
  • Academic Integrity Information
  • Contacting the Student Technology Center
  • Contacting Cline Library
  • Contacting Disability Resources
• ELC Internal Use Only: Procedures for creating Training Practice Class Shells

Teaching and Learning Support

Academic Integrity

• Academic Integrity @ Northern Arizona University

Accessibility

• FAQs regarding Accessibility

Assessing Students

• Using Rubrics to Grade Online Discussions and Journals
  • Example: Movie Guide Grading Rubric
  • Example: Online Discussion Rubric
  • Example: Staged Rubric for Research Paper
  • Example: Team/Leadership Skills Rubric
• FAQs regarding Assessing Students

Instructional Design

• Teaching Quality Checklist
• Technical Quality Checklist
• Ten Ways To Make Online Learning Groups Work
• Encourage Communication Between Faculty and Students
• Discussions: Clearly State Discussion Expectations
• Discussions: Getting a Discussion Going
• Discussions: Encouraging Participation
• Discussions: Staying on Track - The Landscape Post
• Discussions: Establishing an Appropriate Online Tone
• Creating a WebQuest
• The WebQuest Design Process
• WebQuest Activity Ideas
• FAQs regarding Instructional Design

Planning Your Course (a three-tutorial sequence)

• Creating Learning Expectations
• Assessing Student Learning
• Creating a Learning Activity

Tools and Software Support

Online Course Evaluations

• Online Course Evaluation Administration
  • Create a New Evaluation
  • Edit an Existing Evaluation
  • Mapping an Evaluation to a Specific Course Section
  • Modifying Course Mappings
• FAQs regarding Online Course Evaluations

Clickers

• Classroom Response Systems (Clickers)

Collaborate (formerly Elluminate)

• FAQs
• Tech Support from Blackboard

Dreamweaver

• Dreamweaver 8 for Bb Learn

iTunes U (http://itunes.nau.edu)

• Podcast Basics
• Downloading Podcasts
• Creating Podcasts
• Uploading Podcasts
• Understanding and Editing Access Levels

Respondus

• Respondus
• FAQs regarding Respondus

Other Tools

• Creating Web Pages with Word
• Introduction to Blogs

*To listen to Podcasts from NAU on iTunes U, you must have iTunes software installed. Download and install the current version of Apple's iTunes software.