Instructor Guides

Help Guides by Semester Timeline

Before the Semester

Getting a Blackboard Course

Copy Content from One Course to Another

Manually Create Zoom Meetings in Blackboard

Adding People to Your Course

Using the USC Libraries’ ARES Course Reserves System in Blackboard

Merging Courses

Make a Course Available to Students

Schedule a Blackboard Consultation or Department Training!

During the Semester

Grading Assignments

Grading Tests

End of Semester

Make a Past Course Available to Students

Student Course Evaluations

Help Guides by Category

Course Management

Accessing Blackboard

Browser Checker

Why can’t I log into Blackboard?

Why isn’t my course in Blackboard? (Instructors)

Navigation and Basic Functions

My Courses List

Navigate Outside a Course

Navigate Inside a Course

Course Management

Getting a Course

Merging Courses

Adding People to Your Course

Make a Course Available to Students

Adding Course Materials

Organizing Content

Organize Your Course Materials via Folders

Learning Modules

Creating Course Link and Folders

Adding Content

Using the Content Editor

Content Collection

Uploading Files

Adding Media (Images, Videos)

Library Reserves

Copying Content

Using Publisher Content

Importing a Course Template

Access Another Instructor’s Course Contents

Communicating with Students

Announcements

Creating an Announcement

Notifications

Course Notifications

Sending Email

Sending Email

Assignments and Tests

Assignments

Creating Assignments

Reviewing Assignments

Grading Assignments

Turnitin

Creating a Turnitin Assignment

Grade a Turnitin Assignment

Viewing Turnitin Originality Reports

Rubrics, Grading, and Providing Feedback for a Turnitin Assignment

Tests

Tests

Surveys

Pools

Item Analysis

Other

Third-Party Tools

Manually Create Zoom Meetings in Blackboard

Third-Party Integrations

Requesting a Third-Party Tool Integration

Poll Everywhere

Qwickly

Turnitin