Important Bb Upgrade Information for All Faculty -- WSU will be migrating our Blackboard LMS from 8.x to 9.1.8 on May 15, 2012.  If you are interested in seeing the features available in Bb 9.1.8, please sign up for one of these webinar's.  What’s New in 9.1.SP8 for Educators--For educators and instructors interested in learning about the latest functionality within Blackboard Learn, SP8, and how it facilitates more effective and efficient teaching, this presentation is for you: Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 1pm or Tuesday, February 21, 2012 1pm. Additional training information will be available over the coming months.

• Community System (Bb) login
• Naming Files for Internet or Email Use
• Course Availability
• How to view Blackboard course section # in My Courses
• Why do Blackboard tests stay open longer?
• Turnitin Academy [License info is available in Community System on FacStaff Central.]

• Bb STUDENT Manual 8.0
• Introduction to Blackboard 8 - Students
• Blackboard-Viewing the Course Calendar
• Blackboard-Viewing Announcements
• Blackboard-Viewing Course Documents
• Blackboard-Viewing Assignments
• Blackboard Basics-E-mail and the Digital Dropbox
• Blackboard-Viewing Grades (Tests/Assignments etc.)
• Blackboard-Viewing External Links
• Blackboard-Viewing the Glossary
• Blackboard Communication
• Blackboard-Discussion Boards
• Discussion Board Basics Guide (Video)
• Blackboard Viewing the Collaboration page
• Blackboard-Viewing Course Documents
• Blackboard-Viewing External Links
• Blackboard-Viewing the Glossary
• Blackboard-Viewing Group Pages 

• Bb FACULTY Manual 8.0
• Introduction to Blackboard 8 - Faculty (.pdf) (Video)
• Blackboard 8 - New Features (Grade Center) Faculty
• Bb 8 Grade Center
• Discussion Board-Creating Forums, Threads & Grading
• Discussion Board Overview (.htm)  (Video)
• How to use the Discussion Board 'Collection' Function
• Getting Started - Creating Assessments in Blackboard
• Export Test from Blackboard Course-Import in Another
• Export/archive a Blackboard course
• Import an archived Blackboard course
• Copy a Course shell (when both exist) (.pdf)  (Video)
• How to mark an item for review (.pdf)  (video)
• How to create a test/quiz in a Bb course  (.pdf)  (Video)
• How to make a Bb test/quiz available (.htm)  (Video)
• How to create a question Pool in a Bb course (video)
• Copy a test/quiz Pool from Bb course (.pdf)  (Video)
• How to post an Assignment in Blackboard
• Importing a Course Cartridge
• How to install and Use Skype
• Respondus Software - How to Install & TestBank Info