Frequently Asked Questions!
Blackboard Basics
- How do I sign up for eStarkState training classes?
- Help! I am getting an error when I try to log into Blackboard.
- How do I determine Never Attends?
- What are the guidelines to submitting a Help Desk ticket?
Semester Start
- 10 Easy Steps to Course Preparation!
- How do I merge my courses?
- Why can’t my students enter my class? – How to open your course
- How do I change the start/end date of my course? (Open early or keep it open later.)
- How do I copy a course?
- How do I delete all the content in my course?
- How do I Automatically Adjust Dates in a Copied Course?
- How do I add a supporting teacher to my course?
- How do I remove faculty from my course?
- Blackboard looks different in the Classroom – Adjust the browser zoom settings
- How do I set activity stream and email notifications in Blackboard?
- How do I track attendance?
- I clicked on the Attendance tool. How do I delete the column in the grade book if I am not using it?
Communication/Media/Zoom
- How do I upload a video to YouTube and embed it to Blackboard?
- How do I upload a video to YouTube on my cell phone?
- How do I add Zoom to my class?
- How do I use the Whiteboard in Zoom?
Tests and Quizzes
- How do I give a student extended time on a test?
- How do I deploy a test from a publisher or imported from another course?
- How do I copy a test to another course?
- How do I print a test?
- How do I clear a test attempt?
- How do I submit test attempts for students?
- How do I regrade a test or quiz question?
- How do I grade by question?
- How do I change default points on a test?
- How do I import a test or pool into Blackboard?
- What are the proctoring instructions?
- Do I need a password when using Respondus Lockdown Browser?
Grade Center
- How do I create and organize a points-based grade center?
- How do I create a weighted grade center?
- How do I add extra credit to a weighted grade book?
- How do I Download the Grade Center to Excel?
- Help! How do I fix my grade book?
- How do I add zeroes for uncompleted assignments in my gradebook?
- Why aren’t my discussion posts showing up in “Needs Grading?”
- My grade center will not load. How to clear your browser memory.
Content/Discussions/Assignments/Student Activity
- How do I incorporate Artificial Intelligence in my courses?
- Why can’t I see content I added?
- How do I edit a Discussion Forum?
- Why can’t my students see the discussion forum?
- How do I stop student posts but leave the discussion forum open?
- How does the adaptive release work? My students say that can’t see my assignment.
- How do I view discussion posts?
- Can I create discussion forums linked to multiple groups?
- How do I download submissions to an assignment?
- How do I use the Retention Center?
- How do I create a group for extended time?
- How do I create a group for projects and collaboration?
- How do group assignments work?