Switching Modalities

Faculty Resources

Documentation	Objective
Log in to Blackboard	Log into blackboard and access your course.
Uploading a Syllabus	Create a content area and then add the syllabus to the course.
Adding Information	The types of information you can have in blackboard: Item - a rich-text area that can hold multiple files or a content in the page. File - upload a word document, excel document, PDF, etc Blank Page - a content-rich document that you can create directly from within blackboard.
Add a Web Link	Create a web link to websites that you would like the students to visit.
Send Emails	Instructors can send email to individuals in the course. Emails can be sent to individual users or to groups of users.
Sending Messages	Messages are a private and secure text-based communication that occurs within a blackboard course. Although similar to emails, user must be logged into the course to read and send messages.
Create an Assignment	Create an assignment for your students to submit their work within the blackboard course.
Entering Grades in the Grade Center	Manually enter grades into a grade column for your students to see.
Getting Started with Zoom	A video conferencing application available to all faculty, staff and students at UHD. Zoom's features are ideal for live synchronous meetings with your whole class, office hours, or chatting with individual students.
Schedule a Zoom Meeting	How to schedule meetings in Zoom, and send email invitations through your preferred calendar application.
Faculty: Frequently Asked Questions	For frequently asked questions and their recommended resolution.
Faculty Training Resources	Our extensive repository of documentation for Blackboard and other supported tools.

Student Resources

Documentation	Objective
Log into Blackboard	Log into blackboard and access your course.
Check your Grades	You can see grades for all of your courses or one course at a time.
Submit an Assignment	How to upload assignments to Blackboard Learn.
View Announcements and Notifications	Check your notifications and announcements for new updates.
Using Email	How to send email from Blackboard Learn.
Using Messages	The Message tool allows you to send messages to other members of your course. You can address mail to individuals, to the entire class, to your instructor or a group of students.
Test Best Practices	Technical recommendations to prepare for an online exam.
Student Training Resources	Our extensive repository of documentation for Blackboard and other supported tools.