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Remove old courses from my Online@UT account?| Course Management | Description | Online | |
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Semester Transitions |
Learn about some important steps to back up your course sites and transition to another semester. |  |
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Online@UT's Assessment Tools |
This workshop will offer you strategies, examples of best practice, and the skills you need to use the assessment tool well to enhance student learning. |
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Download Gradebook |
Learn how to download a gradebook for reference, calculation and back-up. | |
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Grading
Assignments |
Grading assignments through Blackboard provides an easy way to offer feedback and keep notes on each student. |
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Gradebook Basics |
Learn how to use the gradebook tools effectively for your students. Covers managing gradebook items, weighting grades, and the upload/download features. |
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Archive |
Download content and student information for a course record . | |
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Course Name |
Learn how to modify your course name. | |
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Course Design |
Learn how to modify your course design. | ||
Export |
Download content for a course record. | |
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Student Access |
Control student access to Online@UT based on role. | |
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Working offline |
Creating content areas and gathering learning resources can be done online and offline. Learn more about planning your future courses in offline mode. | |
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Copy Content |
Online@UT Course Copy option is a tool capable of copying or moving course content from one course site into another or to another location in the same course. | |
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Copy Site |
Course instructors use the Online@UT Course Copy option to manage course sites from semester to semester. | |
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File Groups |
Learn how to work with groups of files. | |
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Format with Word |
Knowing how to format with Microsoft Word can help you achieve better looking documents for posting into your Online@UT course site. | |
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Learning Unit |
Learn how to build a learning unit. | |
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Math and Science Notation Tool |
Learn more about using the Math and Science Notation tool. | |
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Planning Guide |
Download an Online@UT Planning Guide to help you plan your course site. | ||
Syllabus |
Learn how to add a syllabus to your course site. | |
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Announcement |
Learn how to add an announcement to create a welcome statement or inform students about new material. | |
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Assignment Manager |
Learn about the advantages of using the assignment manager. | ||
Create an Assignment |
Learn how to create an assignment. | |
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Discussion Board Overview |
Learn how to archive discussion board threads. | ||
Discussion Board User Management and Moderation |
Learn how to customize discussion board options. | |
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Discussion Forum |
Learn how to build a discussion forum . | |
| Specialty Tools | Description | Online | |
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Blackboard Scholar in Online@UT – How-to Guide |
Learn how to SAVE your bookmarks online, SHARE resources with other Scholar users, DISCOVER new links, and TAG your bookmarks for SORTING and easy RETRIEVAL from any computer. | |
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Blogging – How-to Guide |
Learn how to set up blogs in your Online@UT course. | |
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Teams LX – Quick Start Guide |
Learn how to set up shared web space inside Online@UT for students to create multi-page websites as class projects. | |
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Google Scholar in Online@UT – How-To Guide |
Learn how to use this supplemental research tool that allows faculty and students to search, locate, and link to scholarly literature from within Online@UT. | |
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SafeAssign in Online@UT – How-To Guide |
Learn how to encourage original student writing, proper attribution, and citation by checking student submitted texts against a variety of online databases. | |
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Sign-Up List in Online@UT – How-To Guide |
Learn how to create a variety of online sign-up sheets in your Online@UT course site. | |
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| User Management | Description | Online | |
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Add Users |
As an instructor, you can opt to add teaching assistants, guest instructors, and graders to a course site. | |
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Create and Manage Groups |
Learn how to create and manage groups. | |
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Online Roster |
Learn how to access your online roster. | |
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Blackboard 7 Instructor Manual |
You can download a PDF of the manual for our current version of Blackboard's software, or view the online manual. | |
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Community Organization |
Learn more about creating an Online@UT Community Organization site. | |
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Keeping Course Content |
If you leave UT, you may use the export course feature to export the course content, or you may archive the course if you wish to retain all student interactions with the course site as well as the content. | ||
NetID |
Learn more about your University NetID. | ||
Re-route Email |
Learn how to route UT email to another email account. |