BlackBoard
An Easy Way to Embed Jing Desktop Videos
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010When you use the Screencast button in Jing you are returned a url which you can paste anywhere. However, sometimes you want to embed the video in your blog, website or BlackBoard. Here’s how. First create a button in Jing to return the code you need. Then use the code.
Create an Embed button in your [...]
Embed a Picassa Slide Show in BlackBoard or Your Blog
Thursday, May 13th, 2010Complete directions here: http://bit.ly/aaUfTZ
Embed a News Feed in Your BlackBoard Course
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010If your course is one in which you would like students to keep an eye on the news, you can embed a newsfeed from Google News in the Announcements of your BlackBoard course.
Directions
Go to the google News Widget page http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/documentation/newsshow/wizard.html
To put it in Blackboard:
Open your course and go to the Control Panel.
Click Announcements or another [...]
Embedding Documents in BlackBoard
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010Just as you can embed videos and PowerPoint presentations in BlackBoard, you can also embed documents. The advantage to embedding a document is much the same as embedding other files:
- it both appears and is more accessible
- it adds to the visual impact and makes your page more engaging.
Which service will host your documents?
In order [...]
5 Steps to Creating a Test in BlackBoard
Monday, March 29th, 20101. Create the test items, use one of these methods.
one by one
importing them from a previous course
creating from a word or text document
View a video of Step 1 by clicking here
2. Deploy the test by inserting it into a content area in the course.
Use the Add Test icon.
View a video of Step2 by [...]
Create tests in Blackboard from Word doc
Monday, March 29th, 2010You can convert Multiple Choice, Multiple Answer, True/False, Essay, Fill in the blank, and Matching questions from a document into BlackBoard test items thanks to a Quiz generator program available online from the College of Southern Idaho.
Instructions
1. Get questions into the proper format
Open a document that contains questions or go to Word or Notepad and [...]
Embedding Videos in BlackBoard
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010The process for embedding videos in Blackboard depends on whether you are embedding videos hosted on YouTube or videos from some other source. Choose the process that fits the type of video you want to display.
Embed A YouTube video in Blackboard 9.1
BlackBoard 9 has an Add YouTube Video option under Build Content. This adds one [...]
