These tutorials are PDF files and will require Adobe PDF Viewer.

Getting Started with BB 9:

PDFs
New Interface and Basics
Dashboard Notification
Edit Mode
Visual Editor
Adding Course Content

Videos
Your Course Environment
Select the Page Where Users Enter Your Course
Adding a Banner to Your Course Entry Point
Creating a Blank Page on the Course Menu
Adding an Avatar to Personalize Your Course Environment
Editing the Course Home Page

Enrollment:

Enrolling Users
Making Students Unavailable
Viewing Student Enrollments

Announcements:

PDF's
Linking the Announcement to Other Locations
Modifying and Deleting Announcements
Posting Announcements and Options

Video
Creating Announcements

Course Content:

PDFs
Adding Course Content General Overview
Editing Content, Files & Links
Adding Course Menu Items

Videos
Using the Text Editor
Building a Learning Module
Creating a Lesson Plan
Creating a Blank Page
Adding a URL
Create Multiple Rules to Release a Content Item (Adaptive Release)
Turning On Statistics Tracking for a Content Item

Course Calendar:

Accessing Course Calendar and Adding an Event
Editing an Event
Deleting an Event
Early Warning System

Discussion Board:

Discussion Board Overview
Adding a Forum to a Discussion Board
Adding a Thread to a Forum in a Discussion Board
Hiding and Archiving Threaded Discussions
Managing Forums
Starting a Thread
Threaded Discussions
Viewing and Replying to Posted Threads

Email:

PDF's
Sending Email

Videos
Sending Email
Sending Blackboard Messages

Assignment Tool:

Creating an Assignment
Downloading Assignments for Manual Grading
Grading Group Assignments
Grading Individual Assignments
Manual Assignment
Sending Graded Assignments Back to Students
Viewing Group Assignments
Viewing Individual Assignments
Needs Grading Feature

Course Tools:

Blogs

Creating a Blog
Editing a Blog
Creating a Blog Post
Commenting on a Post

Journals

Creating a Journal
Creating a Journal Entry
Commenting on a Journal Entry
Editing a Journal
Deleting a Journal
Changing the Availability of a Journal

Mashups

PDFs
Creating Mashup Items (Flicker, SlideShare, Youtube)

Video
Creating a Mashup

Wikis

PDFs
Creating a Wiki
Creating a Wiki Page
Contacts

Videos
Creating a Wiki
Editing a Wiki Page
Adding Rich Content to a Wiki
Grading a Wiki

Assessment Tools:

Adding Questions to a Pool
Adding Questions to a Survey
Adding Questions to a Test
Creating a Rubric
Creating a Survey & Survey Manager
Creating a Test (Quiz & Test Manager)
Importing a Rubric
Question Pool Manager
Self and Peer Assessment
Setting Options for a Survey
Setting Options for a Test & Quiz
Using the Pool Manager
Using the Survey Manager
Viewing & Grading Assignments
Viewing & Grading Tests
Viewing Survey Attempts

Grade Center:

Accessing the Grade Center
Change and Overide Grades from the View Grade Detail Page
Creating an Assignment
Creating Calculated Columns
-Average Calculated Columns
-Minimum and Maximum Column
-Total Column
-Weighted Column
Creating Grade Columns
Creating Reports
Download the Grade Center Spreadsheet
Emailing within the Grade Center
Entering Grades
Entering Grades from the View Grade Detail Page
Grade Center Overview
Grade History
Manually Change and Overide a Grade
Organizing the Grade Center
Upload Grade Center Spreadsheet

Group Management:

Group Home Page and Group Tools
Creating Group Assignments
Group Settings and Creation
-Create a Group Set with Self Enroll
-Create a Single Group with Manual Enroll
-Create a Group Set with Random Enroll
-Create a Single Group with Self Enroll
-Create a Single Group with Manual Enroll

Misc:

PDFs
Setting Tool Availability
Hide Details of a Content Item
Adding My Messages Module
Add Test Student Tool
Browser Tester Tool

Videos
Adding a Glossary Term
Adding Textbook Information to Your Course
Turning Tool Availability On and Off
Making Tools Available to Students

For additional previews and tutorials of some functions, visit the Blackboard corporate site.

• Blackboard 9.1 Feature Overview for Higher Ed
• Blackboard On-Demand Learning Center**

NOTE: Some features discussed in the sites above will not be available for the initial UST release of Bb 9.
   
** The Blackboard On-Demand Learning Center contains materials and discussions for various versions and product lines of Blackboard. Not all content is applicable.  We recommend that you review the Course Environment and Course Content sections.