Posted by Benjamin Sharon | Jul 17, 2023 | Add Content, Blackboard Ultra
Personalizing our Blackboard courses is a way to provide students with a unique online and educational experience. One way to personalize your Blackboard course is to add a picture or image (Banner) to the top of your course. Banners are also a useful way to indicate which course you are in which is especially helpful if you teach many courses a semester. Read on to learn how to personalize your course using the banner feature.
Read MorePosted by Benjamin Sharon | Jul 13, 2023 | Blackboard Ultra, Tests, Surveys, and Pools
Including images with test questions or answers can help to visually illustrate a concept.
Read MorePosted by Benjamin Sharon | Jul 12, 2023 | Blackboard Ultra, Tests, Surveys, and Pools
Making the same questions over and over can be tedious and a waste of your limited time. Learn how to create question pools and randomize them for your tests.
Read MorePosted by Benjamin Sharon | Jul 10, 2023 | Blackboard Ultra, SafeAssign
SafeAssign is a plagiarism detection service, offered by Blackboard. This service helps instructors prevent plagiarism by detecting unoriginal content in student papers. In addition to acting as a plagiarism deterrent, it also has features designed to educate students about plagiarism and the importance of proper citation of any borrowed content.
Read MorePosted by Benjamin Sharon | Jul 7, 2023 | Blackboard Ultra, Tests, Surveys, and Pools
Calculated numeric and calculated formula questions are good for when you want students to solve a mathematical problem. They are still auto-graded questions but they are more open ended than a standard multiple choice question.
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