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Ans: Most Blackboard course sites will not be available until the first day of the course assigned. Please allow 24 hours for courses to appear.
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Q1: My course is not available on blackboard which I got assigned today in my timetable.
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Ans: Go to Play store in your mobile and install instructor application. Once it gets installed put Your institution name as “ JazanU” and your login credentials.
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Q2: How to get mobile application for using blackboard
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Ans: To get assignments and tests to display in the To Do module, add a Due Date when creating or editing the assignment or test.
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Q3: How do I get assignment and test to show up in To-Do module.
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Ans: Yes, you can manually add dates to the Blackboard course calendar. You can create, edit or delete one event or repeating events.
Select the plus (+) button or select a specific date on the calendar
Type the New Event Name
Choose a calendar to associate the event with, such as a course calendar or your personal calendar.
Select start and end times
Type the Event Description
Select Save
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Q4: Can I manually add dates in calender
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Ans: Files can be added either through the Text Editor, which has an option to attach a file, or by clicking on the "Browse My Computer" button below the Text Editor. Both options will allow all users to attach a file to a Discussion Board Thread.
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Q5: How do I add file to the thread of discussion forum
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Ans: To send an email to the entire class, take the following steps:
To send an email: From the Control Panel, click Course Tools > click Send Email> and select "All Student Users" in the adjacent content frame
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Q6: How do I send email to my entire class from within blackboard?
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Ans: You can use the Groups feature in Blackboard to allow students to collaborate on projects, assignments, quizzes or any other collaboration-based course work. This feature provides private areas that students can use for discussions, chats, file sharing and quick email access among group members
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Q7: How can I use groups in Blackboard
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Ans: The Export Course tool can be used to backup and export from Blackboard the entire course or just select portions of the course
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Q8: How to back up my course
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Once an assignment is created, a column is automatically created for the assignment in the Grade Center. There is no need to create an item in the Grade Center for the assignments
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Q9: How Do I add assignment in grade center
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Ans: From the Create Assignment page, scroll down to Section No. 2, Assignment Files, and click the Browse My Computer button. Locate the file you wish to add and click the Open button. Select the submit button once you have finished creating your assignment. The attached file will now be available to students when they go to view or complete the assignment.
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Q10: How do I attached file to my assignment
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Ans: No, you can specify that certain assignments are not used in Grade Center calculations. To do this, you enter the Grade Center, click on the action link next to the assignment name, and click on "Edit Column Information". Scroll down to Section No. 3, Options, and select "No" for "Include item in Grade Center score calculations".
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Q11: Do all assignments have to be included in grade center calculations
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1. Ans: In the Control Panel click the Action Link to the right of Grade Center
2. Find the column for the assignment that needs to be modified and click the Action Link next to the column name
3. Click Modify Column
4. Enter the correct value for Points Possible in the text box
5. Scroll down and click the Submit button
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Q12: How can I change point possible for assignment
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Ans: Images, files and external links can be added to test questions within the question by using the Insert/Edit Images button in the third row of the text box editor
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Q13: How do I add images to the test questions
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Ans: Faculty can combine questions from several tests by creating a new test and then using the Reuse Questions button to add questions from existing pools or assessments into the new exam
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Q 14: How can I combine questions from several test to one particular test
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Ans: Questions can be modified before the test has been taken by students. After that, the text of the questions and answers cannot be changed, but the correct answer and point values can be updated. Blackboard will automatically regrade the student submissions
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Q15: What if I find an error after several students completed the quiz
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Ans: Its upto your department head decisions but We do not recommend that you use the Force Completion option when setting up a test. This option requires that students complete the test in one sitting, without closing their browser
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Q16: Should I use “Force completion” feature in test
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Ans: This is accomplished from within the Edit Column Information area for the test column within Grade Center. In Column Information under Score Attempts Using, the grading options include:
• Grade of Last Attempt
• Grade of Highest Attempt
• Grade of Lowest Attempt
• Grade of First Attempt
• Average of Attempt Grades
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Q17: How does Blackboard know which test attempt to include in grading
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Ans: Yes, during the process of deploying the test, Multiple Attempts can be set under Test Availability. The options include: Allow Unlimited Attempts or allow a set Number of Attempts.
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Q18: Can I allow students the opportunity for multiple attempts on a test
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Ans: Yes,You can enter grade directly.
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Q 19: can I enter the grades for those assignments directly into the Grade Center
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Ans: Just click next to the column in grade center,you will find the option to hide from students.
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Q20: How to hide columns in grade center from students.
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Ans: The subscribe option is for students or instructors to receive an email when new postings are posted in a forum or thread. The email could include the body of the post or just a link to the post in the email, depending on the settings selected.
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Q21: Why would I want to allow my students to subscribe to forums
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Ans: To create a Discussion Board Forum you will first need to add the Discussions tool link to your course menu. Click on the Discussions tool and you will have the ability to click on the Create Forum button. You will then enter in all the required field information and settings for your forum, then click Submit.
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Q22: How do I create Discussions on the Discussion Board
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Ans: Instructors can Exempt students from any grade item in the Grade Center. Certain considerations in the course allow for grade exemptions, such as: students that transfer to a school, add a course late, drop a course, or require other accommodations. Exempted items are not added into any statistical or total grade calculations.
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Q23:Why would I need to Exempt a Student from a particular Grade Center item
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Ans: be sure you are using a web browser that is compatible with Blackboard. We recommend using either Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. These seem to be the most stable when working with Blackboard. If you use a browser such as Internet Explorer or Apple Safari, you may get inconsistent results in different sections of Blackboard.
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Q24: I am not able to access blackboard.
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Ans: Yes. You can promote one or more students to the role of Presenter, which would allow them to upload files and show them to everyone in the session. You can also demote them back to the Participant role when they are finished
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Q25: can I use blackboard collaborate for students presentation
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Ans: In this case, you would go to your session settings and uncheck the box that enables them to share their audio. You can also turn off the ability for them to share their video, use the text chat tool, and to mark on whiteboard slides and shared files.
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Q26: What should I do if I don’t want participant to open microphone
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Ans: It is only possible for anyone (staff or student) to download a recording if you enable it. Therefore it is important to enable video recording downloads when creating sessions.
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Q27: Can students download recording
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Ans: Please view this website https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95414
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Q28: How to update chrome
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Ans: Goto your course -> virtual lecture,->select previous lecture ->right
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Q29: How do I view attendance report in blackboard ultra
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Ans: No, only moderators can record sessions. If a session has been recorded, participants and presenters can view the recordings after they are available.
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Q30: Can participants or presenters record lecture
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