CT Community Colleges - Blackboard Resources for Faculty & Staff - Blackboard Vista Training Documentation & Tutorials

Tool or General Category	VideoVi	Description and/or documentation links related to videos
Planning and Preparing to use Blackboard Vista	video	At left: Link to a comprehensive video introduction (for faculty AND students) about how to log into myCommNet, access Blackboard Vista, and using Banner Self-Service linked at left is on the myCommNet login page, under the heading "Watch a "How to?" Video".
		Accessing your college email account using Outlook Web Access
		Essential Pre-Vista Skills Website
		Best Practices Summary Presentation
		Effective Teaching Practices for Web-Enhanced, Hybrid & Online Classes
		Organizing, Planning and Presenting Course Content
My Blackboard & Course List		Edit & Understand the Course List on the "My Blackboard" page
Get Started with Blackboard Vista	video	Get Started with Blackboard Vista
Get Started with Blackboard Vista		Copying Sections Forward from Previous Terms
File & Folder Management		Compress PowerPoint File Size during the Save Process Save Word and PowerPoint Files as PDF in Office 2007
	video	Upload up to 10 individual files into File Manager
	video	Create and upload zip files into File Manager
Manage & Customize Your Course
	video	Working With and Customizing Icons
		Backing Up Your Course Section
		Tips for Reducing Blackboard Vista Course Size
Organizing & Presenting Content and Activities
	video	At left: Video demo of how to save a Word file (e.g., an instructor bio) as a PDF, then upload it and add it as a link to your Bb Vista Home Page.
		Save Word and PowerPoint files as PDFs in Office 2007 Add File Links to your Home Page
	video	Create a Folder and Add Content Item or File Links
	video	Create a Learning Module and Add Content Item or File Links
		Change Internet Explorer settings to prevent getting "kicked out" when opening MS Office docs
Syllabus	video	Add a Syllabus to your Blackboard Vista section
Announcements	video	(please click video link at left)
Assignments & Group Activities	video	Create Groups & Group Activities
	video	Create and Grade Assignments
	video	Add Written Comments to Assignment Files Submitted By Students
		Add Voice Comments in Microsoft Word to Papers to Be Returned to Students
Assessments	video	Create and Grade Assessments
Discussions	video	Create and Grade Discussions
Goals tool		Using the Blackboard Vista "Goals" Tool
Grade Book and Grading Forms	video	Working with Grade Book; & Using Grading Forms to Create Rubrics for Discussions, Assignments, and Grade Book Columns
Grade Book and Grading Forms		1000 Point Grading System
Roster (and Profile Settings)	video	Modifying your Blackboard Vista profile enables you to display biographical info and a photo in all of your course sections, using the Roster tool.
SafeAssign		Using SafeAssign in the Connecticut Community College System
Selective Release		Use Selective Release to Prepare Your Course for a New Term
Web Links	video	Create Web Links and Enable Your Students to Contribute Web Links

If you have an idea for a topic that you think would make a good "quick-hit" tutorial for the 60-Second Vista series, please email Tobi Krutt, Manager of Technological Tools & Training, System Office.