Blackboard Tools for Creating, Adding, and Editing Content
Article Index:
Create Content
Learn to add, edit, delete, organize, and manage different types of content such as learning modules, folders, documents, assignments, discussions, and more.
- Use the AI Design Assistant to help with course structure suggestions and document layouts. Go more in depth and use the AI Design Assistant to help with generating course discussion prompts, journals, assignments, test questions, question banks, rubric creation, AI conversations for student assignments, and more.
- Create Course Materials such as videos, documents, web links, files, and more.
- Add Content from External Sources through the Content Market for tools such as McGraw Hill, Cengage, and more.
- Edit and Manage Content by reordering items, deleting unused files, and improving content accessibility.
Reuse Content
Once content is created, it can be reused for future courses. Learn how to do this through exporting archived courses, importing course packages, and copying content from previous/other courses. Instructors can also check on the copying status by accessing Course Tasks and Logs.
Batch Edit
Update settings on all copied or imported content in one location for easy course setup and maintenance. Learn how to access, navigate, edit/change dates, edit visibility of content, and more with Batch Edit.
Release Conditions for Content
Set visibility and access to content for students with rules on who, when, and how they can access content in a course. Learn to set release conditions rules to open content for groups, on specific dates, based on student performance, forced sequencing of content, and more.
Content Collection
Store, share, and publish content outside of Blackboard courses using Content Collection. Learn how to manage and use this storage space as well as how to create and edit content in the Content Collection.
Best Practices for Presenting Content
Review Blackboard's suggestions for presenting content to students to make it more engaging. Learn about accessibility, writing for the web, creating effective layouts, enhance the visual appeal, and reducing the size of a course for ease of navigation.
Mobile-Friendly Courses
Get assistance with optimizing content to display as you intend in Blackboard Mobile App. Learn how to get started, create mobile-friendly content, supported files, and more.