[BB] Discussion Grader add in to Blackboard

The Discussion Grader is now available on our Blackboard system.  It allows you to assign participation points to each student, based on their postings to a discussion forum.  When posting the grades you can see all the messages from that student.

 

Note that this is by forum, not thread.  If you are going to use this you will probably want to make individual forums for each graded unit.

 

The Discussion Grader can be found in the Course Tools area of the Control Panel of your course sites.  Let me know if you have any questions.

 

Bill Vilberg

305-284-3949 (work); 786-218-3052 (cell); 305-255-9138 (home)

 

[BB] New way to add people to your Blackboard sites

It is now possible to add someone to your course and give them special rights (TA, instructor, etc.) in one step, "Add Users by Role."  This link is found in the "Course Tools" section of the Control Panel.   I would encourage you to use it all the time, even if you are adding someone as a student, since it also provides more feedback than the "Enroll User" system in Blackboard.

 

The Course Tools section of the Control Panel contains links to the based Blackboard tools and the add ins that we have installed.  Advanced Group Management, Discussion Grader, Safe Assignments, and now Add Users by Role are all in this area.

 

Bill Vilberg

305-284-3949 (work); 786-218-3052 (cell); 305-255-9138 (home)

 

[BB] Advanced Group Management

The Advanced Group Management tool had a problem.  You could not use it to create a group.  I have installed the latest version so it should be functioning now. 

 

This tool is an improvement over the Group Management tool that is still available.  If you use groups, I encourage you to use the Advanced Group Management tool to create the groups and assign the users.  It provides more options and power than the Blackboard tool. 

 

Bill Vilberg

305-284-3949 (work); 786-218-3052 (cell); 305-255-9138 (home)