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An Easy Way to Embed Jing Desktop Videos

When 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 News Feed in Your BlackBoard Course

If 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

Just 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

1. 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

You 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

The 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 [...]