This is a tool developed at the University of Durham and we think would be add significant value at the University of Bristol.It is a tool which you make available through a content area in your course so that students can enrol themselves (sign up)

There are two ways, either as an individual list or batch creating a number of lists that have similar settings but different names.Creating an individual listTo create a sign up sheet then you need to access the appropriate content area. Then,•

Yes you can. You need to access the point in Blackboard and it will display the number of places filled and the people who have signed up. As an instructor you will also have an Add button and a Modify button. To manually add people then click on Add

Once the groups are full, or the sign period has ended then you can transfer the membership if the sign up list to a specific Blackboard group. This will allow you to use other group functions, in particular adaptive release.To do this, simply access

If you don't want your student to submit an assignment until they have completed a checklist or evaluation you can use adaptive release to stop the submission point showing until the task has been completed.<!--[if gte mso 9]> <w:WordDo

Some older courses in Blackboard don't always show adaptive release, to add the adaptive release options to your course essentially you need to "switch it off and on again". To do this:1.  Click on the control panel in your course2

Firefox 3  is not currently a browser supported by Blackboard. While Firefox 3 generally works well with our version of Blackboard there are specific problems associated with some Blackboard functionality, such as uploading files. Attempts to up

As part of our preparation for the next academic year we are about to wipe the Test Server. If you are a user of the main Blackboard service i.e. www.ole.bris.ac.uk, please ignore this message as it will not impact on you or your courses in any way.C

The easiest way is to simply click on the sign-up point on your Blackboard course and it will list the people under that sign up sheet. You can then email them, export the list to excel, add these people to an existing Blackboard group.

On a few courses post upgrade we have encountered a problem where the staff information has been added, however, when you access it from the course view through the staff information button the area is empty. We aren’t sure why and this has bee

There are a number of steps that need to be undertake to set a course up for guest access. Most of these can be undertaken by the individual instructor. However, there is a setting which can not. This will need to be set by people with System Admin a

To enrol an individual as an instructor on a course when you have the UoB Blackboard Sys Admin rights, then you need to do the following;click on the sys admin tabclick on course and search for the course that you wish to enrol them onfor the course

As you maybe aware we have just upgraded the group management tool. I've observed on a few courses that the outcome is the tool has been disabled at the course level. If this is the case for you, i.e., in the course control panel you do not have

We have just upgraded the group management building block that we purchase from BatchGE. We will be releasing a number of revised FAQs over the next few days.There is some enhanced functionality that this tool offers, including the ability to randoml

FYI in at appears that post upgrade some people have encountered the problem where their text box visual editor (the wysiwyg editor that looks like a word processor) has disappeared. Currently there doesn’t appear to be a pattern to this so we

Over the last few years we have been tightening up the roles of those with system administration on Blackboard, this has been driven by concerns over data protection and security of the system. There are now two primary system roles, system support a

The wider context to this question is the need for a more efficient means of tracking which students aren’t engaging with the material, achieving a base level in online assessments or handing in material late.Probably the most efficient way of

To create a course you need system admin rights on Blackboard - if you need to be able to do this then please email bb-help@bristol.ac.uk.Access the system admin tab, and click on courses. Then click on the Course+ button in the top left corner. You

FYI - we have heard reports that there has been an issue with data transfer from SITS to the Datahub which has meant that the students / units for the new academic year are still being updated. This may result in some of the data in your courses bein

You can display documents as a PDF file in Blackboard,  which would stop students being able to alter the content, however students will still have the ability to save the document as a PDF to their computer.

The batch enrol button has moved since the upgrade To batch enrol enrol users on courses you need to access the sys admin tab, click on courses, and then from the pull down menu (top right) select "batch enrol users".Other faq's are av

From within your Blackboard Course:1.  Click on the control panel2.  Click on Manage Groups (listed under User Management in the top right)3.  Click on Add Group4.  Enter the name and description of your group and select the optio

There are two ways to enrol students in a group, you can add them manually or you can batch enrol.  This FAQ will teach you how to add users manually.  There is a seperate FAQ to learn how to Batch enroll. 1.  In the control panel clic

The search tool is available from the Blackboard Tool list (green box, on the left hand side when you login to Blackboard) and this will allow you to search the content store on Blackboard.To find a specific document then Step 1: click on search from

An archive is an exact copy of all interactions on the course, ie. content, discussion boards, file exchange, quizzes, surveys etc.,To archive a course simply;   1. Access the Control Panel,   2. Select Archive (bottom left area)&