When someone has the role of Instructor, Teaching Assistant, Course Builder or Grader in a course, this person will see the menu [Course Management] in Blackboard’s bottom left-hand side.
| Name of the menu area | Description | Components |
|---|---|---|
| [Course Tools] | Here, all tools that are activated in the course can be accessed and managed by the roles of Instructor, Teaching Assistant, Course Builder and Grader. | Which components are displayed here depends on which tools are activated in the course. (see [Customization] > [Tool Availability]) Examples: [Announcements] [Blogs] [Collaboration] [Discussion Board] [Email] [Journals] [Safe Assign] [Glossary] [Self and Peer Assessment] |
| [Content Collection] | This is an area with links to all the files within this course. | [Content Collection] |
| [Grade Center] | This is the area where all results of Students can be managed and viewed. | |
| [Evaluation] | Here, the roles of Instructor, Teaching Assistant and Grader can monitor the progress of the Students. | [Early Warning System] [Performance Dashboard] [Course Reports] |
| [Users and Groups] | Course Users and Groups can be managed here. | [Users] [Groups] |
| [Customization] | With this menu item, the properties of the course can be adjusted. | [Enrollment Options] [Guest and Observer Access] [Properties] [Style] [Tool Availability] |
| [Packages and Utilities] | A number of functions for importing, exporting, copying and cleaning up content. | [Bulk Delete] [Check Course Links] [Course Copy] [Export/Archive Course] [Import Course Cartridge] [Import Package/View Logs] |
| [Help] | The help function of Blackboard for the roles of Instructor, Teaching Assistant, Course Builder and Grader. |
Any course in which one has administrative rights – Course Management
- By clicking the button
next to a menu item, the underlying menu is opened. - By clicking the same button once again, the underlying menu is closed.
- With the button -> , the underlying menu is opened in the content frame.
- With the button next to the [Control Panel], you can close the entire [Control Panel] menu and open it again.