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Blackboard Support

Welcome to the Blackboard Support page for students and staff, please click on the links below to print or download a guide. For any Blackboard enquiries, please email: blackboard@canterbury.ac.uk|.

STUDENT STAFF
ACCESS
Gaining access to Blackboard [guide|] [guide|]
Enrolling students and staff [guide|]
Creating and managing groups [guide|]
DESIGN
Blackboard 7 Screenreader
Changing top-level structure [guide|]
Changing the appearance of a Blackboard    
FEATURES
Basic Features 
Basic Getting Started Guide [guide|]  
Using announcements   [guide|]
Using staff profiles   [guide|]
Using email via Blackboard [guide|] [guide|]
Adding content and using folders   [guide|]
Print and saving files   [guide|]
Communication tools
Setting up & copying a wiki within a course   [guide|]
Editing a wiki within a course [guide|]  
Using a blog within a course [guide|] [guide|]
Using a wiki within a course [guide|] [guide|]
Using a discussion board [guide|]  
Discussion board
Set up and user guide   [guide|]
Pedagogy guide   [guide|]
Submission and Assessment
Using assignment manager [guide|] [guide|]
Using Turnitin  [guide|] ** ***
Submitting to Turnitin    
Gradebook   [guide|]
Building a test in Blackboard   [guide|]
Building a survey in Blackboard    [guide|]
Using Blackboard tests [guide|]  
Using Blackboard surveys [guide|]  
e-Portfolio area
Using a blog within e-Portfolio [guide|] [guide|]
Sharing a blog from e-Portfolio [guide|] [guide|]
Using a wiki within e-Portfolio  [guide|] [guide|]
Sharing a wiki from e-Portfolio  [guide|] [guide|]
The e-Portfolio tool    [guide|]
MANAGEMENT
End of year procedures    [guide|]
Using course statistics   [guide|]
Copying materials between boards    [guide|]
Best use of PowerPoint in Blackboard     
Batch Group Enrolment   [guide|]
OTHER TECHNICAL
Accessibility Guide   [guide|]
Adding .ZIP files to Blackboard   [guide|]
GETTING FURTHER HELP 
     


** denotes that staff should contact your Faculty Learning Technologist for training and advice.

*** denotes that students should contact their tutor for a copy of the their programme's own Turnitin guide, which includes how to submit their work via Blackboard plus any specific arrangements for their programme.  A general guide to submitting work to Turnitin is available on the University's Turnitin site (link is provided above).