Sign in to Blackboard at blackboard.wichita.edu using your WSU username and password. This is the same place your students go.

New course shells appear in Blackboard 30 days before the first day of presession for any given term. If you do not see a course you expect to teach, it may be more than 30 days before presession for that term, or the course may not be set up yet.

If you have a course export saved as a package file from another learning management system, you can bring that content into your Blackboard course.

Import a course package

1. Open your Blackboard course and go to the Course Content page.
2. Select the three dot menu above the content list on the right.
3. Select Import Content, then Import Course Content.
4. Browse to the package file on your computer and select it. The content imports and appears at the end of your content list.

An export from Canvas or Moodle uses a different format. Blackboard has separate migration guides for those systems if you have that kind of export.

Blackboard gives you two kinds of containers to organize your Course Content page: learning modules and folders. A learning module holds content and can hold folders inside it. A folder is a simpler container that holds content items.

Why learning modules work well as the top level

• Students can move from one item to the next inside the module, so all of the material for a topic or time period stays in one place.
• You can add a description and a cover image, so the purpose of each module is clear to students.
• You can turn on a set order so students work through the items in sequence.
• If you convert a module to a folder later, these features are removed. Starting with modules keeps them available to you.

How the levels nest

Blackboard allows up to three levels on the Course Content page. For example, a folder inside a folder inside a learning module. Folders placed inside a learning module hold content items.

How you name and organize your learning modules depends on how you teach. Select a tab below for the approach that fits your course.

Upload a file

1. On the Course Content page, select the plus sign where you want the item to go.
2. Select Upload and browse to the file on your computer.

You can also drag a file from your computer onto the Course Content page to add it in place.

What a document is

A Document is a single page you build inside Blackboard from a set of blocks. A block can be text, an image, an uploaded file, media, or a knowledge check. You use a Document when you want text and files to appear together in one item, rather than as several separate links.

Build a document

1. Select the plus sign, then Create, then Document.
2. On the new document page, select the plus sign in the panel and choose a block to add.
3. Add text with the editor, add files or images, and arrange the blocks in the order you want.

1. On the Course Content page, select the plus sign where you want the assignment.
2. Select Create, then Assignment.
3. Add your instructions or questions on the assignment page.
4. Set the due date, the points, and any conditions for when it becomes available.

1. On the Course Content page, select the plus sign where you want the test.
2. Select Create, then Test.
3. On the test page, select the plus sign to add questions, text, or a file.
4. Choose the questions you want and add them. Questions number automatically in the order you add them.
5. Set the test options, then make the test visible when you are ready.

Each assignment, test, and graded discussion creates a gradebook item automatically. You can also add items by hand and group items into categories.

Choose how the overall grade is calculated

Open the Overall Grade page and choose a calculation type:

• Points: the overall grade is the sum of the points earned out of the total points possible.
• Weighted: each category or item counts as a percentage of a final grade worth 100 percent. You assign the percentages.

If you use Weighted, you can set whether items within a category count proportionally, so items worth more points have more effect, or equally.

Choose how the grade displays

You can show the overall grade as a letter, a percentage, points, or Complete and Incomplete.