• Integrated into Banner,
• Contact Bob Larrabee at 800-739-7744 – x 3355  blarrabee@neit.edu

• Go to http://blackboard.neit.edu and login into the system with your username and password.
• Click on the name of your course in the “My courses” box on the right hand side of the screen
• Use the navigation buttons on the left hand side of the screen to access the weekly content or Bb tools.

• Integrated into Banner,
• Contact Bob Larrabee at 800-739-7744 – x 3355  blarrabee@neit.edu

• Call response desk 800-739-7744 - x3511 response@neit.edu

• Close the browser window with the “Red X” or o Click the “log out” icon at the top of the page.

• Once you log into Bb, you will see three “tabs” near the top of the page under the NETECH logo, The “NEIT” tab is your default home page.
• Your name will be displayed just under the “NEIT” tab.
• The “Courses” tab is a list of all NEIT courses including MCDean courses.
• The “System Admin” tab may or may not be visible to you based upon your assigned role in the system. Please be very careful in the System Admin area if you have access to it this controls the entire system.
• The “NEIT” page consists of a Tools box, and “Announcement” box, a “Quick Tutorials” box and a “My Courses” box. The page content and display can be modified by the “Modify Content” and “Modify Layout” buttons on the top right of the page.
• The “Tools” and “Announcement” boxes offer you access to the tools and announcements of each course you are involved in without entering the courses through the “My Courses” box. Simply click on any link to see the corresponding information.

• Enter any course by clicking on the course name in the “My Courses” box to see the Course Menu and Tools Panel for that course.

• Click on the Detail View at the bottom of the navigation window to see the expandable file menu of the course.
• Click on the Quick View at the bottom of the navigation window to go back to the button view.

• All Bb courses are navigated by clicking on a button in the left navigation menu and entering the corresponding page in the large window on the right hand side of the screen. 
• Each screen will be populated with text or web links to other information.

• A course menu should reflect the course content and the instructor plan for student learning. It should be direct enough for students to find the content they need when they need it but flexible enough to allow for student interpretation of content and sequence.

• The Control Panel consists of six boxes that are organized into specific areas of Bb course management:
  • Content Areas: what content the students will use
  • Course Tools: what tools will be available and how they will be used
  • Course Options: what the course will look like
  • User Management: Who will be in the course and how they will be organized
  • Assessment: What online quizzes, exams or surveys will be used and how they will be organized as well as how student scores will be stored, managed, displayed and calculated.
  • Help: Provides access to online manuals, quick tutorials and the system administrator.

• Open your course
• Enter the control panel
• Select “Staff Information” from the “Course Tools” box
• Select “Add Profile”
• Fill in the web form with the appropriate information.
• Click Submit

• Click on “Mange Course Menu” in the Course Options box and add or remove content menu items
  • Content areas deal with the actual subject material
  • Tool links deal with the various tools built into the system
  • Course Links deal with creating alternate paths to content already loaded into the system in other areas.
  • External Links deal with other web material outside of the Bb course.
• Change the number in the pull down menu to the left of each item to rearrange the order of the display
• Click the Modify button to the right of any menu item to rename.

• Click on Manage Course Menu in the Course Options box and add a new content area. Name it by typing in a name or selecting one from the pull down menu. Click submit
• Once created, a new folder will be available in the Content Areas box in the Control Panel
• Click on the new link in the Content Area box and add new items, folders, external links, course links, or tests from the icons at the top of the page or by pulling down other types of content from the menu on the top right of the page.
• Any items from the pull down menu are accessed by using the “Go” button.
• Any content can be modified by clicking the modify button to the right of the item.
• Any item can be copied or moved by clicking the Copy button to the right of the modify button.

• The menu and tools panel are customized by entering Manage Course Menu and removing, modifying or re-sequencing the order of the buttons.
• The Tools can also be added or removed in “Manage Tools” in the Course Options box.

• Click the “Manage Tools” in the Course Options box.
• Click “Tool Availability” and check/uncheck the appropriate boxes to hide or display a tool.

• Open your course
• Enter the control panel
• Select “Course Design” from the Course Options box on the bottom left
• Select the “Course Banner” option
• Click and “Browse” button and select a “.gif”, “.jpg” or “.png” image file to upload into the course. You will have to size it to fit outside of Bb.
• Click Submit

• Announcements are created in the Announcement menu within the Course Tools box in the control panel
• Click “Add Announcement” and fill in the web form for the announcement.
• Each announcement can be control by selecting a start/stop date or by making it a permanent announcement.
• You can provide a link to an area in your course by using the “Course Link”

• Go to “Settings” in the Course options box and use the pull down menu to course the first page that the students see upon entering the course.
• The Announcements page is the default entry page.

• Calendar items are entered in the Course Calendar
  • Calendar events are created in the Course Calendar menu within the Course Tools box in the control panel.
  • Click “Add Calendar Event” and fill in the web form for the item.
• Syllabus lessons and Content Items are entered in the appropriate Course Content folder
  • Click on the folder and click on the “Add Item” or “Add Folder” icon and then fill in the form to create the information. Content can be loaded by typing in the text box or attaching a file.
• Discussion Forums are created by clicking on the “Add Forum” icon on the Discussion Board page. Once the forum is created you can add new “Threads” or questions to manage the discussion.

• Archive, export, import, copy and recycle controls are all accessed via the Course Options box in the control panel.
• Recycle Course: Recycle a Course by selecting areas to keep and areas to remove.
  • To Recycle a course, click on Recycle Course in the Course Options box and choose the folders of content that you wish to reuse then type the word “Remove” in the box above the submit button. The action is permanent and cannot be undone.
• Copy Course: Copy Courses taught by the same Instructor into either another course, a new course or an exact duplicate of the course.
• To Copy a course, click on Copy Course in the Course Options box and select either the “new course”, existing course” or “exact cop” option and click “OK”.
  • For a new course, enter the name of the new course in the Destination Course ID and select which content and tools you wish to copy and click the submit button. The copy process will be queued by the system and copies within the next few minutes.
  • You must choose to copy the enrollments in order to put yourself into the course. Contact Tom Thibodeau or Bob Larrabee if you cannot find the course after you have copied it
  • For an existing course follow the same instructions above. You will only be allowed to copy into a course that is already under your name.
  • To make an exact copy of the course you just have to enter the new course ID and click Submit.
• Export/Archive: Manager Create Course packages through Export and Archive features.
  • To export a course to your hard drive click on Export Course and then click on Export, select the content and tools you wish to export and click submit. The system will place a “.zip” file on your desktop for you to store where you wish. Do not “unzip” this file.
• To Archive the course, click on Archive Course and click on Archive.  The Archive process will make a complete copy of the course.  You can choose to save the Grade Center History as your only option.  The system will place a “.zip” file on your desktop for you to store where you wish.  Do not “unzip” this file.
• Import Package: Add a package containing an exported Course the current Course.
• To Import a course, click on Import Course and browse to the appropriate “.zip” file
• Select the content and tools that you wish to import and click submit.
• The Export/import process can also be used to share courses with colleagues.

• All instructor views of tools are in the Control panel.

• Students see the exact interface as instructors do except for the System Admin tab and Control Panel link.
• Students navigate the system by clicking on the navigation buttons and selecting items and folders of content.
• Glossary terms are in the Course Tools.

• Learning Units enable Instructors to set a structured path for progressing through content within a Course. This allows Students to view content in an intuitive, self-paced style. All types of content, such as items, Assignment, and Assessments may be included in a Learning Unit. The Instructor may allow Students to access content in a Learning Unit nonlinearly or force them to view it sequentially. For example, a Learning Unit on Shakespeare is created, including files, Assignments and an Assessment. The Instructor may require Students to proceed through the Learning Unit in a specific order or they may allow Students to view the contents in any order. Content within a Learning Unit is added and managed just like content in a folder. The Learning Unit is a shell to which other content, such as files, is added. Learning Units can be modified like any other item within a Content Area.
• To add a Learning Unit
  • Select a Content Area, such as Course Documents, on the Control Panel.
  • Select Learning Unit in the drop-down list on the Action Bar and click Go.
  • Complete the Add Learning Unit page and click Submit.

• Select a Content Area, such as Course Documents, on the Control Panel.
• Select Learning Unit in the drop-down list on the Action Bar and click Go.
• Complete the Add Learning Unit page and click Submit.

• After a Learning Unit is added to a Content Area, a slide show within it may be created. The slideshow will allow users to view the content of the Learning Unit, sequentially.
  1. Open the Content Area that contains the Learning Unit.
  2. Click the name of the Learning Unit to open it.
  3. Select Add File in the Action Bar. The Add File page is used to add files to a Learning Unit and create a slideshow. This includes Course Links, links to local files and links to files in the Blackboard Content Systemto the Learning Unit. This option may be used multiple times to add multiple files to a Learning Unit.
  4. Use the numbers to the left of each item to order the content. If the Learning Unit is viewed sequentially, this is the order in which the content appears.

• Learning Unit items can be re-ordered by choosing a new item number to the left of the item in the Learning Unit folder.
• Learning Unit items can be removed by clicking the “Remove” button to the right of the item in the Learning Unit Folder.

• Weave Blackboard content items, tools, and assessments together using internal links to reinforce concepts, stimulate communication and connect assessments with other course tools, material, and achievements. Placing Course Links on content pages can help direct students to other relevant course materials and streamline course navigation. Inserting Tool Links within content paths encourages participation at relevant points in the course. Used in conjunction with Learning Units and Adaptive Release, strategically placed links to other content items, tools, tests and surveys gives you control over how students experience the course and guides them through material so that they can build knowledge and skills in logical pathways to achieve course objectives and master the material.

• Glossary “Terms” are added from the “Glossary Manager” within the “Course Tools” box in the control panel.
• Click on the “Add Term” icon and fill in the web form.

• You may upload/download a glossary by creating a comma delimited file of your glossary terms and their definitions.

• Click the Remove button at the far right of every term to remove the term.
  

• All items that have Review Status enabled will have a “Mark as Reviewed” button to the right of the content. Students must click the “Mark as Reviewed” button once they have read the item.
  

• Any content item that has been modified with an adaptive release “rule” will not be visible to a student unless the student completes a required actions or performance objectives.
  

• For a basic rule
  1. Open a Content Area from the Control Panel.
  2. Select Manage next to the content item. The Manage page appears.
  3. Select Adaptive Release. The Adaptive Release page appears.
  4. Complete one or more sections of the Adaptive Release page and select Submit.
• For an advance rule
  1. Open a Content Area from the Control Panel.
  2. Select Manage next to the content item. The Manage page appears.
  3. Select Adaptive Release: Advanced. The Adaptive Release: Advanced page appears.
  4. Select Add Rule in the Action Bar. The Add Rule page appears. Enter a name for the rule and click Submit.
  5. Use the options in the Action Bar on the Manage Criteria page to build the rule. For example, select Add Date to add date criteria to the rule. When that criterion is complete, another option in the Action Bar may be selected to build on the rule. Select OK when the rule is complete.
  6. Repeat Step 4 thru Step 6 to add multiple criteria to an item.
     

• To modify the rule name:
  
  1. Open a Content Area from the Control Panel.
  2. Select Manage next to the content item. The Manage page appears.
  3. Select Adaptive Release: Advanced. The Adaptive Release: Advanced page appears.
  4. Select Manage next to the Rule that needs to be updated. The Manage Rule page appears. Modify the Rule Name and select Submit.
• Follow the steps below to modify the criteria of an advanced rule:
  1. Open a Content Area from the Control Panel.
  2. Select Manage next to the content item. The Manage page appears.
     
  3. Select Adaptive Release: Advanced. The Adaptive Release: Advanced page appears.
     
  4. Select Modify next to the Rule that needs to be updated. The Manage Criteria page appears. Criteria may be added, modified, and removed. Select OK when the changes are complete.
     
  5. Repeat Step 4 to change any additional rules related to the content item.
• Follow the steps below to modify a basic Adaptive Release Rule:
  1. Open a Content Area from the Control Panel.
     
  2. Select Manage next to the content item. The Manage page appears.
     
  3. Select Adaptive Release. The Adaptive Release page appears.
     
  4. Make any necessary changes and select Submit.
• Follow the steps below to remove an Adaptive Release rule:
  
  1. Open a Content Area from the Control Panel.93
     
  2. Select Manage next to the content item with the rule you would like to remove. The Manage page appears.
     
  3. Select Adaptive Release: Advanced. The Adaptive Release: Advanced page appears.
     
  4. Click the checkbox next to the rule you would like to remove. Multiple rules may be selected. Click Remove.
     

1. Open a Content Area from the Control Panel.
   
2. Select Manage next to the content item. The Manage page appears.
   
3. Select Review Status. The Review Status page appears.
   
4. Click enable and select Submit.
   
   

• Instructors may create one or more Adaptive Release rules which narrow the availability of a content item. It may be difficult to remember which users in a Course may access each piece of content. The User progress page displays details on the visibility of a content item and the Adaptive Release rules pertaining to it. For example, this page lists the visibility of an item on a user-by-user basis. If Review Status is enabled for the item, an icon is displayed to show whether the user has reviewed the item or not along with a date and time stamp for when the review was registered for that user.
• If no Adaptive Release rules have been created for that item, the visibility column is based simply on availability of the item itself. For example, if the item is available, the Visible icon is displayed for all users.
  

• Once Review Status is enabled for an item, the Instructor may check the status of Student reviews from the User Progress page or the Performance Dashboard. These pages both indicate whether or not a Student has marked an item as ‘Reviewed’.
• The User Progress page allows the Instructor to see the Review Status of the item for all users in the Course. Follow the steps below to open the User Progress page:
  1. Open the Content Area that includes the item you would like to check from the Control Panel.
  2. Select Manage next to the content item. The Manage page appears.
  3. Select Review Status: User Progress. A check box appears in the Reviewed column next to each user who has marked the item as Reviewed. The time and date of the review also appear.
• The Performance Dashboard allows the Instructor to see the Review Status of all currently available items for a single user in the Course. Follow the steps below to view the status of the item on the Performance Dashboard:
  1. Select Performance Dashboard under Assessments on the Control Panel. The Performance Dashboard appears
     
  2. Select the number under the Review Status column next to the user in question.
  3. The Review Status page for this user appears. The Instructor may check the Review Status for each item that has Review Status Enabled, either through an Adaptive Release Rule or the Review Status option. OR Click the Adaptive Release icon to open the Course Map. The Map displays the Review Status for all items in the Course for that user.
     

• Course statistics are accessed via the assessment box in the control panel
• On the Course Statistics page select “Overall Summary of Usage” from the Report pull down menu.
• Select the dates you want to run the report for
• Choose the users you want to include
• Click Submit
• Use this report to check up on student activity in the course. The report will tell you how long each student has spent in the Bb course and where they have spent their time.
  

• Statistics Tracking at the content item level allows Instructors to view detailed statistics on content item usage for all Course users. In addition to the availability and Review Status information available on the User Progress page, these detailed statistics can help Instructors determine how many times the particular content item was viewed and exactly when it was accessed. Select Manage next to an item in a Content area to enable, disable and view Statistics Tracking.
• Statistics Tracking is separate from Course Statistics accessed from the Control Panel. Course Statistics provides information about Content Area access versus the item-by-item access displayed on the Statistics Tracking page for a content item.
  1. Select Manage next to an item in the Content Area. The current status is displayed on this page.
     
  2. Select Statistics Tracking. The Statistics Tracking page appears.
     
  3. Select Enable/Disable Tracking.
     
  4. Select Enable to turn tracking on.
     

• Follow the steps below to view statistics for a content item:
  
  1. Select Manage next to an item in the Content Area. The current status is displayed on this page.
     
  2. Select Statistics Tracking. The Statistics Tracking page appears.
     
  3. Select View Statistics on the Statistics Tracking page.
     
  4. Select the Time Period for the report
     
  5. Select the appropriate Users filter: All Users or Selected Users. Press CTRL to select more than one user from the list.
     
  6. Select Submit to run the report.

  The report displays three sections of data: Access by Date, Access by Hour of the Day, and Access by Day of the Week. The Access by Date section displays information for all enrolled users. Access information for system guests and unenrolled users (previously enrolled users who were removed from the Course) is displayed under the Guest user. Observer access to content items is not tracked.
  

• To send the report to a printer in a printer-friendly format, select Print. The report will be printed exactly as it is displayed on the screen.
• To export the report data for further, off-line data analysis, select Export Data. Save the data using the File Download pop-up windows that appears. The comma-separated values (CSV) file can now be opened in any statistical analysis program (such as Microsoft Excel).

• The Early Warning System is a rule driven communicationfeature that can send email messages to students and their observers when criteria of the rule are met. For example, a rule can be set to send email to any student who scores below a 60 on an exam. The score entered into the Grade Center, whether automatically or manually, spawns the message.

• Online communication through Blackboard is handled in a variety of ways: Announcements, email, chat rooms, virtual classrooms, discussion forums and early warning.
  
  • Announcements are one-way communications to the students through the built in announcements system
  • Email in Bb is a send only system that is read in a users email account outside of Bb.
    
  • Chat rooms are synchronous instant messaging systems
    
  • Virtual classrooms are synchronous messaging systems with a white board.
    
  • Discussion forums are asynchronous messaging system that allows users to participate in a discussion on their own time schedule
    
  • Early warning is a built in system to communicating to student a warning message based upon certain rules set up by the instructor for student performance.

• Go to the Announcements in the Control Panel and click Add Announcement
• Fill in the web form and
• Click “permanent” to make the announcement always available or
• Choose a start and finish date to turn the announcement on and off according to the dates and times.

• Once in the Add Announcement page, scroll down the section three and browse to the course section you would like to like to.

• Calendar events are created in the Course Calendar menu within the Course Tools box in the control panel.
• Click “Add Calendar Event” and fill in the web form for the item.

• Click Tasks in the Course Tools area of the Control Panel. o Click Add Task from the Tasks page.
• To modify a task, click Modify and the Modify Task page will appear.
• Progress on tasks cannot be monitored.

• A course roster can be viewed through the Grade Center, the List/Modify User section of the User Management box and the Roster button under Course Tools.

• Enter the control panel o Select “Staff Information” from the “Course Tools” box
• Select “Add Profile”
• Fill in the web form with the appropriate information.
• Click Submit

• A virtual classroom session will take time to get used to managing as it will require you to work with students in a live online environment that can be confusing at first.
• The best way to manage the first few session that you do would be to prepare for them just like you would prepare for a live on ground class. Create a set of questions to ask the students and have a set of prepared images and content to include in the whiteboard.
  

• Click on the Discussion Forum on the Communications page
• Click on the Forum you wish to participate in
• Click on the Thread that you wish to discuss
• Click “Reply” button to respond the main Thread question or
• Read posts that others have left and click Reply to continue the discussion
  

• Click on the Forum you wish to participate in
• Click on the Thread that you wish to discuss
• Click “Reply” button to respond the main Thread question or
• Read posts that others have left and click Reply to continue the discussion

Open a thread and view the posts. Each post has an Overall Rating field with five stars. The stars show the overall rating that the post has received from users. Click on the Rate this Post drop down list and select a rating from 0 to 5 stars. Your rating is now included in the Overall Rating and your individual rating appears in the Rate this Post field. A user may not rate the same post more than once.

• Sorting, filtering and printing can all be done after you Collect the threads in the forum
• Enter a forum and then a thread and click the Collect button on the top right of the thread page.
  
• Click on the filter and sort pull down menus to make your selections
  
• Print the collection with the Print command at the top of the page.
  

• Enter the discussion forum from the Communications tool menu
• Click Add Forum to add a forum
• Click add thread to add a thread
• Once created, thread status can be modified in the Status pull down menu.
  

• The Discussion Board is the perfect place in a Course for peer review. Each Student may start a thread and include their work in the initial post. Other Students then review the work, assign a rating to the initial post, and include comments in a response. As users respond, the feedback expands as users reinforce and build on points made by other Students. Users can respond to a post using a 5-star rating system. To enable this feature, select Allow members to rate posts when creating the Forum.
  
  

• As you set up a new forum click on the forum options to allow other roles.
  
  

• Set up a moderator on the Manage Forum Users page. Otherwise, the Forum manager must take responsibility for approving posts.
• Open the Forum.7
  1. Click Moderate Forum. The Moderate Forum button will only appear in the action bar if you have a Forum Role of Manager or Moderator.
  2. The Moderation Queue will appear with a list of posts that are awaiting approval. The posts appear in chronological order. Those at the top have been in the queue for longer than those at the bottom.
  3. Click Moderate for a post. The Moderate Post page will appear displaying the message.
     
  4. Select Publish or Return. If returning the post, add a message to the author explaining why the post is being returned and some suggestions for modifying the post so it is appropriate for the discussion.
     
  5. Click Submit. If the post is approved it will now be shown in the Forum. If the post is not approved, it will only appear to the author and the Moderator in the Forum. The post will be marked returned and the Moderator comments when returning the post will appear as a reply.
     
     

• Click the box to the left of the thread and
  o Use the change status pull down menu on the Threads page

• Follow these steps to enable subscriptions:
  
  1. Create a new Forum or click Modify next to an existing Forum. The Add Forum or Modify Forum page appears.
     
  2. Choose from one of the following options:
     • Allow members to subscribe to threads. Use this option to restrict subscription to specific threads within a Forum.
       
     • Allow members to subscribe to Forum. Use this option to allow subscriptions to all threads within a Forum.
       
  3. Choose from one of the following options:
     • Include message in the email. Use this option to include the message text in the email notification and a link to reply to the message.
       
     • Include link to a message. Use this option to include a link to the message in the email notification.
       
  4. Click Submit when finished.
     

• Use the Modify button to change the original forum settings.
  

• Click the appropriate link on the top of the thread page to access the appropriate control
  

• Use the Copy Forum function
  

• Enable tags during the thread creation process
  

• To grade a post you must enable the discussion grader in the Course Tools box in the control panel for the forum or thread that you want to grade by assigning a forum or thread to a grade center column
• After reading student comments you must then post a grade in the grade center.
  

• Navigate to the Grade: page.
• Click the number in the Grade field or click Clear Grade to delete the existing Grade.
  
• Enter a new Grade and click Submit.
  

• Click Performance Dashboard on the Control Panel.
  
• The number of Forums where a user has posted appears as a link in the Discussion Board column. Click the link to view details.
  
• A page appears that lists the following information:
  
  • Total Posts
    
  • Date of Last Post
    
  • Average Post Length (number of characters)
    
  • Minimum Post Length (number of characters)
    
  • Maximum Post Length (number of characters)
    
  • Average Post Position
    
  • Grade (if the post is not yet graded, the Instructor may click a link to the Grade Center to add a Grade)
    

• Go to the Test Manager in the Assessment box in the Control Panel
  • Click on Add a Test
  • Fill in the name, description and instructions
  • Click Submit
  • Choose question types in the pull down menus
  • Fill in the questions and answers, click submit
  • Choose another question type from the pull down menu, etc.

• Once tests are created you will develop a list of tests on the test manager page
• Each test can be removed or modified individually.
• When you modify a test you re-enter the create a test screen
  

• Creation setting are determined on the create question page.
• Creations setting are available to add images to questions and answers, feedback, categories and default points for each question.
  

• Test are added to a content area by clicking the Add Test icon at the top of the content page.
  

• Test options occur after you add the test to the content page
  
• Test options include, availability, new window, multiple attempts, password protection and other items.
  

• Review individual test responses in the Grade Center by clicking on the item grade and then clicking on Grade Detail in the item grade cell
• Click on View attempt on the detail page to see the student answers.
  

• Open the Pool Manager
• Click Add Pool (just like adding a test)
• Click on Creation Settings to select options
• Click Submit
• Add questions
  
  

• Open the Pool Manger
• Click on Import Pool
• Browse to a Bb pool file
• Click Submit
• Choose questions to import
• Click OK
  

• Once you have created a test instead of inputting individual questions you can import questions from a “Question Pool or Assessment”
• Click on Question Pool or Assessment from the pull down menu and select the pool or assessment that you wish to pull the questions from
• Select the questions and Click submit.
  

• Once you have created a test instead of inputting individual questions you can import questions from a “Random Block”
  
• Random Blocks enable the Instructor to use a random selection of questions from a Pool. Be aware that it is not possible to add a Random Block of questions from another Test or Survey.
  
• Select Random Block from the question pull down menu
  
• Select question types if applicable
  
• Click Submit
  

• Surveys are create just like tests but in the Survey manage
• Surveys are identical to test except that they are not graded and they are anonymous.
• Surveys are deployed on content pages by using the pull down menu to the right of any content page.
  

• Survey results are reviewed in the grade center for the item by using the pull down menu next to the item name and clicking view attempts.
  

• Survey results are reviewed in the grade center for the item by using the pull down menu next to the item name and clicking view attempts.
  1. Open a Content Area, such as Course Documents, from the Control Panel.
     
  2. Select Add Assignment from the Action Bar pull down menu
     
  3. Complete the Add Assignment page and click Submit.
     

• Click on the grade cell for a student in the grade center for the assignment and use the pull down menu to view the grade detail
  

• Click on the grade in the grade center for the assignment and use the pull down menu to view the grade detail
  

• Click the modify button to the right of the Assignment on the content page to modify the name or description
• Manage responses through the Grade Center
  

• Assignments allow Instructors to create coursework and manage the Grades and feedback for each Student separately. Instructors may create Assignments that lists the name, point value and description of the Assignment; files may also be attached. After an Assignment is added to a Content Area, Students may access the Assignment, complete it in a separate file, and send it back to the Instructor. The Instructor may respond to each Student separately, sending comments about their individual Assignment and attaching files, if necessary.
  
  

• Click on the grade cell for a student in the grade center for the assignment and use the pull down menu to view the grade detail
  
• Enter a grade in the grade cell text box, add comments and return it to the student.
  
  

• Fill out the comment section and return it to the student without entering a grade.
  
  

• Right click and save the file from the grade detail page in the grade center
  
  

• Refer to http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/665 for a full discussion
  
  

1. Click Control Panel within a Course.
2. Click any of the links within the Content Areas section.
3. Select Self and Peer from the Select drop-down menu.
   
4. Click Go.
   
5. Enter a name for the Assessment in the Name field.
   
6. Enter instructions for the Assessment in the Instructions Visual Text Box Editor (VTBE).
   
7. Use the VTBE to reference any Content System files. Optional.
   
8. Set the Submission Start Date and Submission End Date by using the date and time fields.
   
9. Set the Start Date and End Date for the peer evaluations by using the date and time fields.
   
10. Allow Anonymous Evaluations by clicking the Yes radio button. Click No to disallow.
    
11. Allow Self Evaluations by clicking the Yes radio button. Click No to disallow.
    
12. Allow Submitters to view their own Evaluation Results by clicking the Yes radio button next to Show Evaluation Results to Submitter. Click No to disallow.
    
13. Define how many of their peers' Assessments each student is expected to evaluate in the Number of Submissions to Evaluate field.
    
14. Make the Assessment available by clicking the Yes radio button. Click No to make it unavailable.
    
15. Track the number of views by clicking the Yes radio button. Click No to disable tracking.
    
16. Click the Display After and/or Display Until check boxes to control when the content is available.
    
17. Set the date and time restrictions for the attached content by using the date and time fields under Display After or Display Until.
    
18. Click Submit.
    
    
    

1. How to add a Question to an Assessment
2. Click Modify next to the appropriate Assessment.
   
3. Click Assessment Canvas.
   
4. Click Add Question.
   
5. Enter the question in the Question Text Visual Text Box Editor.
   
6. Enter a Model Response in the Visual Text Box Editor.
   
7. Click Yes to make the Model Response Available.
   
8. Click Submit.
   

1. Click Modify next to the appropriate Assessment.
2. Click Assessment Canvas.
3. Click Criteria next to the appropriate question.
4. Click Add Criteria.
   
5. Enter criteria text in the Criteria Visual Text Box Editor.
   
6. Enter the number of points possible for this question in the Points Possible field.
   
7. Click All or Nothing or Partial Credit to decide how to Assign Points.
   
8. Click Yes or No to decide whether or not to Allow Feedback to User.
   
9. Click Submit.
   
   

• There are two ways to preview the Assessment once it has been created, by Submission and Evaluation. These options provide the Instructor a chance to see the Assessments as their Students will. Instructors can use these preview options to fine tune the Assessment.
• The Preview option is available from the Assessment Canvas for the appropriate Assessment. Select either Submission or Evaluation from the drop-down list and click Go.
  

• Click the Control Panel menu item within the Course.
• Click the Self and Peer Assessment link under Course Tools.
• Click the name of the appropriate Assessment.
• Click Submissions, or
• Click the Control Panel menu item within the Course.
• Click the Self and Peer Assessment link under Course Tools.
• Click the name of the appropriate Assessment.
• Click Evaluations
  
  

• Click the Control Panel menu item within the course.
• Click the Self and Peer Assessment link under Course Tools.
• Click the name of the appropriate assessment.
• Click Results.
  

• To Import:
  • Click Control Panel within a Course.
  • Click any of the links within the Content Areas section.
  • Select Self and Peer from the Select drop-down menu.
  • Click Go.
  • Click the Import radio button.
  • Click Go.
  • Click Browse… to locate the Assessment File.
  • Enter a Name for the imported Assessment. If this field is left blank, the imported Assessment name is used.
  • Click Submit.
• To Export:
  • Click Modify next to the appropriate Assessment.
  • Click Export Assessment.
  • Click Save.
  • Click OK.
    

• The Grade Center provides extraordinary flexibility to meet the needs of basic and advanced users, institutional requirements, and a diverse student population. Instructors can easily and efficiently perform most Grade Center activities from a central view.
• The Grade Center includes features to communicate and share assessment data directly with students, parents, and institutional administrators. A reporting feature can assist instructors and other key stakeholders to understand student progress and make informed decisions to improve performance.
  

• Click on the Grade center in the control panel
• Click on Add Grade Column
• Complete the Grade Column Form
  

• Create a category first in the Under the Mange Menu
• Select a category in the pull down menu in the add grade form
  

• Select the Modify Grade Column and modify the creation screen
  

• Enter the Manage menu and select the Organize the Grade Center
• Click the box to the left of the item and then select the show/hide command at the top of the page
  
• Mouse over the left most box and the mouse will change to and up/down arrow. Click and drag the box to move the item in the display
  
• Items can also be removed by clicking remove item from the item pull down menu.
  

• Add a Smart View from the Smart View menu inside the Manage menu
  

• Click on the grade detail menu from the pull down menu of the item or the student grade
  

• Select the student grade in the grade center corresponding the assignment you wish to send feedback on
  

• You can simply enter a new grade in the cell for the student grade or
• Use the pull down menu for the grade detail for the student grade item and click the Override button to enter a new grade.
  

• Go the Manage Menu and select Grade Schema and build your own
• Add a new schema or copy the standard schema and click modify to change the letter grade numerical equivalents.

• To calculate a set of grades you must add a Calculated Column and select Weighted from the Action Menu
• Complete the Column form with name, description, etc
• Select the items or categories that you want included in the calculation by highlighting them and click on the arrow button to the right of the items or categories
• Enter the percentage weight of each item or category
  
  • Categories will allow you to drop the lowest or highest grade by entering the number of lower or higher grades you wish to drop.
    

• Contact Bob Larrabee at 800-739-7744 – x 3355 blarrabee@neit.edu
  

• Contact Bob Larrabee at 800-739-7744 – x 3355 blarrabee@neit.edu