Blackboard Basics

Setting Up a Blackboard Course Shell and Adding Course Content

Blackboard is the Course Management System used at Northern Kentucky University (NKU). The Professional & Organizational Development Center at NKU provides Blackboard training for university faculty. This web-based training module was created to provide Blackboard training to the faculty who are unable to attend a hands-on training session.

Goal:
At the completion of this learning module, participants will be able to setup an NKU Blackboard course shell and begin adding course content such as syllabus and lecture notes.

Objectives:

• Change the course settings option to Available.
• Modify/change the course navigation menu to include a link called “Syllabus”.
• Add a course syllabus to the course.
• Add a PowerPoint to the course
• Add faculty contact information to the course.
  
  

Instructions:
The links to the left provide step-by-step instructions setting up a Blackboard course at NKU.