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Blackboard Email

The email tool allows you to send email to other people in your course without launching a separate email program, such as Gmail, Hotmail, or Yahoo. You can send email to individual users or to groups of users.

Interpreting Blackboard SafeAssign Reports

Blackboard Course Banner Images

You can make a very nice banner graphic or "header" for your course, to display at the top of the Announcements page. NOTE: If this image isn't formatted correctly, it will not display correctly if a user views their courses in the Blackboard tile view.

Handling Images in Blackboard Tests

1. Add images to test questions

The Bb Test Canvas lets you add images directly to any test question. While you are creating or editing a question, the third toolbar on the Question Text box has a button to “browse” for the image. First, put your cursor in the Question Text where you want the image to appear, and then click the Insert/Edit Image button.

Customize Blackboard Course Theme

Log into EKU Blackboard site using your EKU email username and password.

Attach OneDrive File in Blackboard

Issue: I want to submit a file saved in my Microsoft OneDrive to an assignment in Blackboard

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Create Discussions in Blackboard

Develop successful online discussions

Help your students feel comfortable and provide them with guidelines as they begin to participate in discussions.

Using the Course Tiles View in Blackboard

Blackboard lets users choose to see their courses in "list view" or "tiles view." Users select the view by clicking the buttons at the top left above their entries: All users can have whichever view they prefer and can switch at any time.

Chat (Instant Message) a co-worker or co-workers

This knowledgebase article covers how to chat or IM a co-worker/co-workers

Schedule a Microsoft Teams meeting in Outlook

This knowledgebase article covers scheduling a Teams meeting within Outlook

Sign in to Microsoft Teams

This article covers how to log into Microsoft Teams

G Suite Course Kit Assignment Tool: Student Checking Grades

When you receive a grade on an assignment in Google Course Kit, you will receive an email and you will see it on your Blackboard Stream. If you click the gray 'View my grade' button you will see your grade.