Blackboard 7.3 Release Notes
Release Notes (PDF)

For First-Time Blackboard Users:
New Student Handout (PDF)  
Instructors: You may print this handout for your class or direct your students to this page.

Respondus:
Respondus Demo Videos: If you are using Respondus to create tests, you might be interested in this set of training videos provided by Respondus, Inc.
Respondus-formatted Test Banks:  Respondus provides a database of publisher test banks that are available in Respondus format. 

Blackboard Instructor Resources:
How to export a course
How to clear temporary internet files and java cache
Blackboard Level 7.3 Instructor Manual
Creating Assignments
Making a test available to students
Using the Digital Drop Box
Assignments vs. Drop Box
How to Close a Forum
How to Use the Gradebook
How to Calculate Weighted Grades (As received from Blackboard)
How to Copy a Course

Test Scripts:

The following "tools" can be used to help prevent students from being disconnected from the Internet during a test and to help prevent cheating.  You can use one or more of them together within a test.  It is best to copy and paste these into the "Instructions" area of the test.  You will need to expand the menu of the text box and click the "html" button for this to work.
For a demonstration, see: HTMLview

StayAlive Tool
The "Stay Alive" tool helps prevent students from being disconnected from the Internet during a test.
Including this line of code will open a small new browser window on the user's computer and the user should not close the window until after submitting the assessment. To use the tool, you must copy the following line of code and paste it into the text box of one question in the test.  NOTE: Do NOT copy the StayAlive Tool into a question in a pool.  

 <script language="Javascript" src="/bin/stayalive/stayalive.js"></script>

Preventing Students from Printing Tests
To prevent students from being able to print a test, insert the following code into the text box of one question of your test.  NOTE: Do NOT copy this tool into a question in a pool.

 <style type="text/css">@media print {BODY {display:none}}</style>

No Right Click
To disable students' ability to right-click (and copy), insert the following code into the text box of one question of your test.  NOTE: Do NOT copy this tool into a question in a pool.

<script language="Javascript" src="/bin/stayalive/norclick.js"></script>

No Copy
To prevent students from copying question text, insert the following code into the text box of one question of your test.  NOTE: Do NOT copy this tool into a question in a pool.

 <SCRIPT language=Javascript src="/bin/stayalive/nocopy.js"></SCRIPT>

New users:
Creating Assessments & Managing Grades
Using Question Pools

Resources:
Free PowerPoint viewer: If students do not have PowerPoint on your computer, they can download this free viewer to enable you to open PowerPoints that you have posted in Blackboard.

For Advanced Users: 
How to load a PowerPoint with Animation

Blackboard Compatibility:
Blackboard Compatibility Chart (PDF)

If students need help with Blackboard, they should contact the Student Help Desk. 

eNSU now offers toll-free Blackboard support to students at a distance.

1-800-376-2422

Hours: 8AM to 5PM, Monday - Friday