Faculty Support

Are your students receiving an “invalid file” message when you try to complete an assignment?  Provide your students with the information linked below.
Making Bb a Trusted Site

Have you received reports from students that the test timer is covering the submit button during exams? Provide your students with the information linked below.
Using the Compatibility Viewer

 Blackboard 9 Guides
These guides will cover each area of the new Blackboard interface.  When you click the link you will need to provide your username and password to verify that you are an instructor for NSU. 
Blackboard Guides

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.

Turnitin
Turnintin Instructor Guide
Video tutorial for creating assignments
Video tutorial for the assignment inbox

Blackboard Instructor Resources:
Turn iIt In
Blackboard Level 7.3 Instructor Manual
Creating Assignments
Creating Assessments using a Text File
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