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