Adding Content - Items, Folders, Web links, Videos

2018 Faculty - Copying and Pasting from Microsoft Word into Blackboard You will have the best results if you type your text directly in the editor and format it with the available options. You may see issues when you copy and paste text from... Read More

2018 Faculty - Embedding Videos in Blackboard You can embed videos from various sources in Blackboard. For example, the Library subscribes to Films on Demand and Kanopy. Both of these resources have streaming videos that you can embed in your... Read More

2018 Faculty - Embedding a YouTube  Video in Blackboard Blackboard allows you to add mashups to your course. The mashups feature allows you to identify content outside of your course and bring it into Blackboard. One example of a mashup is... Read More

2018 Faculty - Creating a Learning Module in Blackboard A learning module is an organized collection of course material presented with a table of contents.   1. Select a content area (ex. Course Materials). 2. Click the Build Content... Read More

2015 Faculty - Edit, Copy, or Delete Content in Blackboard   Click the down chevrons throughout your Blackboard courses to make changes to your content, to copy or move your content, or to delete your content.    The down chevron has several... Read More

2015 EXPIRED - Faculty - How to Upload a Zip File and/or SoftChalk Content to Blackboard   Option 1: Upload a zipped file to Blackboard   Note:  The student does not have to download any content; rather, the content will automatically be... Read More

2022   Faculty - Workaround for YouTube Mashup: Embed a YouTube Video in Blackboard If you embed the YouTube video mashup in an item within Blackboard, the YouTube video mashup will not display in full screen mode in the following... Read More

2022 Faculty - Building Content in Blackboard: Understanding the Icons   This article will show you the types of content you can add in your course and what the icons look like in Blackboard when they are added. It's important that... Read More

2022 Faculty - Open Educational Resources (OER) Video In this video you will learn about the Open Educational Resources (OER) services available through the library as well as the resources that are available. Additionally, learn to use... Read More

2022   Faculty - Adding a Web Link in Blackboard   You have the ability to add a web link or a link to a website directly in Blackboard. Below are directions on how to add a web link to you Blackboard course.     1. Locate the URL... Read More