Blackboard Resources – CityU Portal

Student Resources

General Blackboard Help
- Blackboard Overview
- Upload/Edit your Blackboard Avatar & Profile (PDF)
- Email through a Blackboard Course
- Global Navigation
- Blackboard Calendar (PDF) (VIDEO)
- Blackboard Alerts/Notifications (PDF) (VIDEO)
- Blackboard Mobile App
Assignments/Tests/Grades
- Submit an Assignment
- Find my SafeAssign Report
- Interpret my SafeAssign Score/Report
- Find Grades and Feedback (PDF) (VIDEO)
- Download Assignment In-line Feedback
- Finding Rubric Feedback
- Record a Voiced-over PowerPoint
- Taking a Test

Blackboard Tools
End of Course Evaluations
- FAQs
- How to Fill Out My End of Course Evaluations
- Forwarding CityU Email (Europe)
Collaborate Ultra (Web Conferencing)

Portfolios
- Best Practices
- Overview (PDF) (VIDEO)
- Create your Portfolio (PDF) (VIDEO)
- Create from Assignment
- Add Artifacts (PDF) (VIDEO)
- Edit
- Sharing (PDF) (VIDEOS)
- Changing Directory Status
- Find Shared with Me
- Submit to an Assignment (PDF) (VIDEO)
- Comments (PDF) (VIDEO)
- OneDrive Upload & Share
- Archive Blackboard Portfolio (PDF) (VIDEO)

Faculty Resources

General Blackboard Help
- Blackboard Use Policy (Login Required)
- Check Your Browser
- Announcements (PDF) (VIDEO)
- Overview (PDF) (VIDEO)
- Profile/Avatar (PDF)
- Global Navigation (PDF) (VIDEO)
- Calendar
- Blackboard Alerts/Notifications (PDF) (VIDEO)
- Retention Center
- Email (PDF) (VIDEO)
- Bb Mobile App
- Blackboard Inc. Resources
Assignments
- Create an Assignment
- Date Management
- How to Create a SafeAssignment (PDF) (VIDEO)
- 5 Tips for Using SafeAssign with Students
- Review Student SafeAssign Report
- Direct Submit with SafeAssign
- Using Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Tool
Blackboard Tools
- Discussion Board
- Collect Discussion Posts
- Edit a Discussion Board
- Create a Discussion Board
- Reply on a Discussion Board
- Discussion Views/Thread Actions
- Grade a Discussion Board
- Groups
- Group Discussion Boards
- Wikis
- Blackboard Annotate (PDF) (VIDEO)
- Student Preview (PDF) (VIDEO)
- Best Practices for Test
- Create a Test/Survey (Simplified)
- Create a Test/Survey (Comprehensive)
- Export a Test/Survey
- Import a Test/Survey
- Deploy a Test/Survey
- Journals
- Blogs
- Content Collection
Grade Center
- Overview
- Set up and Manage Grading Alerts
- Grade Center Health Check
- Date Management
- Download Course Survey Results
- Manage Grade Center Columns (PDF) (VIDEO)
- Create a Column
- Create a Weighted Total
- Hide/Unhide Columns
- How to Ignore an Attempt (PDF) (VIDEO)
- How to Grade Using a Rubric
- How to Grade an Assignment
- Inline Grading (PDF) (VIDEO)
- Download Assignment In-line Feedback
- Assignment Feedback
- How to Grade a Discussion Forum
- Grade with a Rubric (PDF) (VIDEO)
- Give Audio or Video Feedback
- Grade with a Secondary Rubric
- Create & Add Rubric
- Import & Export a Rubric
- Downloading the Grade Center
- Creating a Smart View
- About the CityU Grading Schema
- Retention Center

Course Content
- Course Preparation Checklist
- Shell Development Manual (Login Required)
- Course Delivery Manual (Login Required)
- Prepare your Faculty Contact Image
- Faculty Contact Information (PDF) (VIDEO)
- Faculty Contact Examples
- Copy Content (PDF) (VIDEO)
- Move Content (PDF) (VIDEO)
- Content Editor
- Content Editor Quick Guide
- Download, Edit, Replace Syllabus or Schedule (PDF)(VIDEO)
- Add a Course Link
- Add a Web Link
- Create a Folder
- Date Management
- Voiced over PowerPoint
- Course Files
Accessibility
Collaborate Ultra (Web Conferencing)
Kaltura Video
End of Course Evaluations
Portfolios
- Best Practices
- Overview (PDF) (VIDEO)
- Sharing (PDF) (VIDEOS)
- Changing Directory Status
- Find Portfolios Shared with Me
- Comments (PDF) (VIDEO)
- OneDrive Upload & Share