Exporting Grades from Blackboard into E-services

You can have Blackboard send your grades to eServices automatically rather than input them manually. To do so, follow the instructions below:

1. Go to the Full Grade Center and click the Create Column Button.

2. Name this column FinalGrade (note: Uppercase F and G and no space)

3. Set the Primary Display to Text and the Second Display to None.

4. Click Submit

5. Enter grades as Letters for each Student.

 

6. Log into e-Services

7. Click on Import Grades from Blackboard

8. Read the warning and then click the Import button.

9. Read the second warning and click Ok.

10. Review the Import Report then click Continue.

11. You can check if the grades were imported successfully and alter any grades at this point. Click on save; the next page will ask you to Submit your grades, click the Submit Grades Now button.

12. Enter your Password and Click Confirm Password. The process may take several seconds. You will get a confirmation that your grades have been submitted and are now FINAL.

13. You may logout or return to the Course List to repeat this process for another class.

Getting Blackboard Survey Results

After a survey has been given, the results can be viewed from the Grade Center.  Find the survey's column and from the drop menu, select Attempts Statistics.

The statistics will show the percentage of survey takers that selected each available response. Results are always anonymous, though you can see whether a particular person took the survey or not from the grade center column.

For further help, contact us at 713-221-2786, bb@uhd.edu

Embedding a Prezi Presentation into Blackboard Course Content

    1.   Log in to Blackboard.

    2.       Enter the course where you want to add your Prezi slide presentation.

    3.      Make sure to turn edit mode ON at the top.

 

       4.      Go to your course menu and select a Content area

    5.      On the open content page click the Build Content button, and then select Item.

    6.  In the open Item window, fill in a name for the Prezi presentation; add an explanation to the text box, if needed, then click the HTML Code View option.

     7. Go to your Prezi site (http://www.prezi.com) login to your Prezi account. Select the Prezi you want to embed into your course, click the Embed button and copy the embed code.

    

8.   Return to the open HTML Code View and paste the Embed code into the HTML Code View window.  

       

 9.      Click the Update button to close the HTML Code View screen and your Prezi will be embedded into the Content Item window. 

         

10.  Your embedded Prezi slide presentation is posted into your course content.

More Blackboard documentation here

Attendance: Check Users' Last Course Access in Blackboard

The Last Access column, which is included by default in the grade center, contains the date of the last course access for each user. 

Check the last course access:

1. Under the Course Management area select Grade Center, Full Grade Center.

The last access column is located with the other default columns in Blackboard 

(Last Name, First Name, Student ID, Last Access, and Availability).

 If this column is not visible it could be hidden and can be added by showing the column.

Show hidden columns:

1. Under the Course Management area select Grade Center, Full Grade Center.

2. Move the cursor over the Manage button and select Column Organization. 

3. The default columns are displayed at the top of the page and will be marked hidden if they are not visible in the full grade center.

4. Select the check box and move the cursor over the the Show/Hide button.  Click show selected columns. 

5. Select Submit to save.

Creating a Discussion Thread with a Video

NOTE: This function requires a YouTube account.

Responses and original threads can be recorded using your computer’s webcam in the Discussion Board by logging into YouTube and publishing content.  This functionality is available not just in Discussions but anywhere you find the text editor.  

1.         Select the course menu item where the discussions are located. Select the discussion you are responding to. 

2.         Select the Create Thread button

3.         Give the thread a subject line and select the webcam icon.

 

NOTE: If you do not see the icon select the double arrow on the right side of the text box.

4.         Select “Record from webcam” from the following pop-up window

5.         Select “Allow” from the Adobe Flash Player Settings to activate the camera.  Select Start recording to record your message, when you’re done press Stop recording.  

6.         Select the upload button that appears after the recording has stopped.

7.         Select the sizing options preferred and select insert

8.         The video is now added in the text area.

9. Add any attachments desired and select submit.  

10.       The video will appear in the discussion forum and user can reply by selecting reply.