The following guides provide help and instruction for staff using MyAberdeen.
Centre for Academic Development Quick Guides are designed to offer step by step guides to get you started using common tools and applications within your MyAberdeen courses along.
These are complemented by Blackboard’s own documentation and videos which offer both broad introductory guides and in-depth instruction for specific tools and features that you will encounter within the learning environment.
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Centre for Learning & Teaching Quick Guides
- MyAberdeen - Building Your MyAberdeen Course – The Basics (PDF) (.doc)
- MyAberdeen - Creating an Assignment (PDF) (.doc)
- MyAberdeen - Creating a Multiple Choice Test (PDF) (.doc)
- MyAberdeen - TurnitinUK (Integration with MyAberdeen) (PDF) (.doc)
- MyAberdeen - QuestionMark Perception Tests (PDF) (.doc)
- MyAberdeen - Wikis (PDF) (.doc)
- MyAberdeen - Blogs (PDF) (.doc)
- MyAberdeen - Journals (PDF) (.doc)
- MyAberdeen - Creating Groups (PDF) (.doc)
- MyAberdeen - Discussion Boards (PDF) (.doc)
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Blackboard Video Tutorials & Documentation
Overviews
- The New 2012 Theme for Service Pack 8
- The Course Environment (termed Module Environment in Learn 9.1)
- Getting Started with the Course Environment
- Course to Course Navigation (new for 2012 Serice Pack 8 interface)
- Blackboard Instructors Manual for Learn 9.1 (Online)
- Blackboard Instructors Manual for Learn 9.1 (pdf)
- Getting Started with Your Migrated Course from WebCT
Building Your Course
- Getting Started with Course Content
- Editing the Course Homepage
- A Tour of the Course Files Area
- Attatching Course Files to a Content Item
- Using the Text Editor
- Linking to Tools
- Attaching Files to an Item
- Adding Web Content (html packages)
- Making Tools Available
- Using Web 2.0 Tools within your Course (PDF & Recording)
The Content Collection
- Creating a Folder in the Content
- Uploading Files to the Content Collection
- Uploading a Zipped Folder to the Content Collection
- Downloading Files in a Zipped Package from the Content Collection
- Emailing a File from the Content Collection
Communication & Collaboration Tools
- Discussion Board Tour
- Grading a Discussion Forum
- Grading a Discussion Thread
- Creating a Group
- Creating Group Sets
- Creating an Announcment
Assessment Tools
- Creating a Test (Blackboard on-demand video)
- Tests Pools and Surveys (Blackboard Help HTML web pages)
- Tests Pools and Surveys (Blackboard on-demand videos)
- Creating Mobile compatible Tests (Blackboard Mobile)
- Customising the Grade Centre View
- Creating a Grade Rule
- Anonymous Marking
- Creating a Grade Centre Report
- Downloading Assignments