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Instructors can easily add, organize, and link to course materials. In your Blackboard course, with “Edit Mode” on, select “Build Content” from the action menu items to add various types of content including:

  • Items
  • Content Folders
  • Course Links
  • External Links
  • Learning Modules
  • Syllabi

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Add an Item

  • Navigate to a content area within your course, then click “Item” from the “Build Content” menu.
  • Enter text in the text input box and/or attach files and/or link to external content.

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  • Set the timeframe when students can see the content item and/or select whether or not to track the number of times students access/view the item, or you may maintain the default settings for these options.
  • Click “Submit” to create the item.

 

Add a Folder

Content Folders are handy for organizing materials within a particular content area. To begin, navigate to a course page and turn “Edit Mode” on. An action menu will appear containing several action buttons.

  • Click on the “Build Content” action menu button to expose a dropdown listing of content types to choose from.
  • Select “Content Folder” listed under the “New Page” heading.
  • Name the folder and decide when to make it available to students.
    • Enter a name for the folder and designate a color for it.
    • Enter any descriptive information you may want for the folder.
    • Using the “release options”, choose when to make the course folder available to students.
  • Click “Submit” to complete the creation process.

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Note: You should see the newly created folder in the content area where you added it.

Add a Course Link

You can cross-link sections of your Blackboard course by adding a course link.

  • Click on the “Build Content” action menu button to expose a dropdown listing of content types to choose from.
  • Select “Course Link” listed under the “Create” heading.
  • Link to an item, page, or tool in your course.
    • When you click “Browse” next to “Choose Item” in the “Create Course Link” page, a popup window containing all of the items in your course will appear in the upper right of your monitor. Using this window, you will select the item, page, or tool you want to link to.
    • Name the link and enter any descriptive information you may want for the link.
  • Decide when the link will become available to students.
  • Click “Submit” to complete the creation process.

Note: You should see the newly created course link in the content area where you added it.

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Add an External Link

An external link can be used to direct students to a web content residing outside of your Blackboard course.

  • Click on the “Build Content” action menu button to expose a dropdown listing of content types to choose from.
  • Select “URL” listed under the “Create” heading.
  • Enter URL information (e.g. http://www.cmu.edu), decide the behavior of the link (e.g. launch a new window).
  • Select whether you want to the link to “Open in a New Window” or display in the same window as where the link is placed.
  • Using the “release options,” choose when to make the link available to students.
  • Click “Submit” to complete the creation process.

Note: You should see the newly created course link in the content area where you added it.

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Add a Learning Module

A Learning Module is a collection of course content with options for navigating through the content: a gated approach/sequential order or a structured path that allows students to navigate in any order. Setting up content in a Learning Module is similar to that of adding items to a folder, but some functionality is added, like the sequential order feature and a table of contents feature.

  • Click on the “Build Content” action menu item to expose a dropdown menu listing various content types. Select “Learning Module” listed under the “Create” heading.
  • Enter “Learning Module” information and select from options for how users should navigate the content.Enter a name and descriptive information for this Learning Module.
    • Select options for this module.
    • Select “Yes” if you want for students to follow the sequential viewing of this module.
  • Click “Submit” to complete the creation process.

A “Learning Module” folder is created. Click the “Learning Module” link to begin building/adding content for the module.

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Add a Syllabus

The “Syllabus” is essentially a template that instructors can use to create, present, and modify their syllabus in a Blackboard course.

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  • Click on the “Build Content” button to expose a dropdown menu listing various content types.
  • Select “Syllabus” listed under the “Create” heading.
  • Enter a name for the syllabus, then select either to “create a new syllabus” or “use an existing file”.
  • Click “Submit” to create the syllabus object.
  • Add content to the Syllabus, select the visual style, and add “Lessons” (projects, assignments, etc.).
  • A page will appear with several text input boxes for you to enter and customize information for the syllabus (e.g., description, learning objectives, required materials). Enter/edit the syllabus information, section headings, and content.
  • Choose when the syllabus will become available to students in the course. Click “Submit” to complete the creation process.

Add Lessons to a Syllabus

  • Click on the “Add Lesson” button. A lesson editing page will appear.
  • Enter a title, set the Lesson properties, and enter content.
  • Click “Submit” to complete the process.

Delete Lessons in a Syllabus

  • Select the checkbox next to the “Lesson” to be deleted, then click the “Delete Lesson” button.