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Blackboard Access Troubleshooting

Having trouble with Blackboard? Check out this Troubleshooting guide.

Illuminate for School Leaders
Powerpoint for Deans and Assistant Deans
Illuminate for Department Leaders
Powerpoint for Department Heads and Academic Program Directors

Blackboard Learn Ultra Help for Instructors
The starting point for everything Learn Ultra for you, as an instructor. You can choose to explore and learn about accessibility on Learn, assignments, course content, grading, tests, pools and surveys, and how to better interact with students or how to set up a course and track performance, among other interesting topics.
GTC Teaching Tidbits: Blackboard Ultra
Explore a technique, tip, practice, or idea to expand your knowledge of and comfort with using Blackboard Ultra provided by GTC's Center for Professional Excellence.

Group Messages in Blackboard
Sending Group Messages in Blackboard to multiple students at once.
Preferred Name Change in Blackboard
Use these instructions to change your preferred name in Blackboard.
Send Course Messages
Quick guide for sending messages in Blackboard.

Blackboard Overall Grade Settings (1 minute read)
Instructions for ensuring that your overall grade is displaying properly for students.
Download Grade History from the Gradebook (2 1/2 minute read)
Track changes made to any grades within a course by downloading the grade history.
Download Student Submissions (2 1/2 minute read)
This short guide will show you how to download student submissions in Blackboard.
Gradebook: Replace Test Grade with Final Exam (9:19 minutes)
This nine minute video covers how to set up your gradebook so that the Final Exam will replace the lowest test grade if the Final Exam is a better grade.
Gradebook Setup & Overall Grade Video (5:17 minutes)
This video will go over how to setup the Overall Grade column.
Test Submission Views in Blackboard (2 minute read)
Setting up student test submission views in Blackboard and Respondus LockDown Browser.
Upload Test Questions (8-minute read)
Blackboard Help Guide for Uploading questions into Blackboard Tests or Test Banks
Using Rubrics for Grading (12 minute read)
This guide explains how to grade using Blackboard Rubrics.
Using SafeAssign (3 minute read)
Quick guide for using SafeAssign within a Course or using SafeAssign Direct Submit.

Adding Vital Source to Bb Ultra
This document demonstrates adding VitalSource to the Start Here Module. VitalSource is required for Inclusive Access Materials.
Blackboard Master Shell Quick Start Guide
Quick Start Guide with reminders of what to do when setting up a Blackboard Master Shell.
Start Here Module Guidelines
Overview of what needs to be included in the Start Here Module.
Start Here Module Video (9:27 minutes)
This video will go over the different components of the Start Here module.
Student Visibility in Blackboard
Use these instructions to adjust the Students Visibility setting to hide or show unenrolled (withdrawn) students in Blackboard.