In this tutorial, we will be going over how to easily organize your discussion posts as well as what to do when discussion board overlap occurs. 

When creating an announcement in Blackboard, it is common to just copy the text from Microsoft Word. The text within Word has code attached to it that can cause major formatting issues when copied into Blackboard. Fixing/avoiding this issue is very simple and that's what we will be demonstrating in this tutorial. This method can be used for every text based function in Blackboard, not just for announcements. 

This image offers a list of the capabilities of Blogs, Journals, Wikis and Discussion Boards.

Pools are collections and groups of questions that you can include in tests and surveys. 

For more information or clarification, please visit the site below:

https://help.blackboard.com/en-us/Learn/9.1_SP_10_and_SP_11/Instructor/070_Tests_Surveys_Pools/108_Creating_and_Editing_Pools

In this tutorial, I will be showing you how to copy a test from an existing course into a new course. This process can also be used to do a complete course copy.

This tutorial will show you how to hide grade center columns from your students. 

In this tutorial, you will learn the basics of uploading a slideshare presentation to your blackboard course.

If you are installing Office on a laptop or other machine that will not be housed primarily on UK's campus, the Office 365 Pro Plus version would be preferable and does not require activation: https://download.uky.edu/software.php?title=Microsoft%20Office%20365%20ProPlus

The older enterprise versions of Office stay activated by communicating with a Key Management server that is located on campus, and they must be connected to UK's network at least once every six months in order to stay active.  If you are getting...

This tutorial will show you the basics of using SafeAssign.

Issues/Things to consider:

1. It is not recommended to upload more than 300 files in one session.  I’m not sure how long you should wait between sessions, but I would guess at least 24 hours.

2. Individual files cannot be larger than 10MB.

3. You can zip up to 100 files into one package (instructions below).

4. Shared folder (more below): This folder is viewable to anyone with access to the Direct Submit tool through the course. Multiple instructors and Teaching Assistants can view submissions...

Getting access to Adobe Connect

     -      Adobe Connect is a secure service provided through UK, therefore individuals must request Meeting Host accounts before they can create rooms of thier own.  To do this, click here and follow the directions on the page.

Preparing for your meeting

     -      Getting an Adobe Connect room ready for a meeting is easy! This page has written and video instructions on how to create a...

Kaltura is a feature within Blackboard that allows you to upload lecture videos directly. Use the links below to access the relevant Blackboard Wiki from UKIT:

What is Kaltura?

How to add videos using Kaltura?

Video Platform Video Management...

The following tutorial will show you how to copy over some or all of the materials in a course.

APAT/UKIT suggests the following course copy settings:

IMPORTANT: (1) If the course you are copying from (the one you are in) is a course from Spring 2009 or before, DO NOT CLICK SETTINGS. This will copy in the settings from a Blackboard 8 course and could result in formatting problems.

                      (2) Before Tests (deployments) and Assignments are copied over, "Grade Center Column and Settings" must be checked. The following errors will occur if "Grade Center...

This tutorial will walk you through the steps of creating quizzes within Camtasia lecture videos. Other related tutorials include:

1) Recording lecture videos using Camtasia: https://hive.as.uky.edu/tutorials/how-use-camtasia-record-lecture-videos

2) Editing and producing Camtasia Videos: https://hive.as.uky.edu/tutorials/editing-and-producing-camtasia-videos-...

3) Uploading a...

This tutorial will show you how to upload a Camtasia video that contains a quiz into Blackboard in a way that will allow that quiz to function properly within your Blackboard shell.  BEFORE starting this tutorial, make sure that you have already created and produced your Camtasia video and that it is saved somewhere on your computer.

If you learn better visually, please scroll to the bottom where a video tutorial is available.

Steps:

1.  Create a Zip Folder

Go to the saved Camtasia video on your computer. ...

The campus Virtual Private Network client connects your home computer/laptop directly to the UK network and allows you to access protected computer systems within the UK network firewall, such as your office desktop or mapped network drives.

This installation doesn't remove any previous versions of the VPN client, so please uninstall any old versions through the Control Panel before you proceed with these steps.

Hold print is used when you want to send a print job to the printer but not have it print immediately.  This is convenient when you need to print on envelopes or letterhead and need to change the paper in the tray before you proceed with the print job.  Locked print protects the held print job with a user code so that the print job is secure.  

Video 101: Shooting Basics from Vimeo Video School on Vimeo.

Mobile Video Tips and Techniques from Vimeo Video School on Vimeo.

Interview Video from UK College of Arts...

This tutorial describes how faculty can import and fine-tune PubMed publications on their profile pages. Content moderators can also modify any profile page to help keep content on the website accurate and up-to-date.

How to create a profile on the A&S website, the first time a user logs in.

Instructions for posting news items to a department and the College frontpage.