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Bb Tip: Collaborate on projects and papers with Bb groups

September 25th, 2008 by Haiyan Zhou

http://blackboard.duke.edu/help/groups.html

If you want to divide a large class into groups small enough to manage and collaborate on projects and papers, or you just want a private space separate from the rest of the class, you can via Blackboard Groups to set up groups and add your students to groups. Within a group, students have access to a private discussion board, chat tool and document exchange area.

To explore and discover additional Blackboard features, see the Blackboard support website. If you need a tutorial for the Blackboard survey tool, request an office visit and we will come to you.

Bb Tip: Get student feedback quickly!

August 28th, 2008 by Haiyan Zhou

Get student feedback quickly using the Blackboard survey tool. Create polls to find student interests and opinions, create evaluations of materials or teaching approaches that you try, and gauge student comprehension of course material when anonymity is important. Surveys do not have correct answers or point values and all information is anonymous. Check out the link above to learn how to create a survey, make your survey available for your students, and view your survey results.

To explore and discover additional Blackboard features, see the Blackboard support website. If you need a tutorial for the Blackboard survey tool, request an office visit and we will come to you.

Bb Tip: Easy Way to Access Library Resources Off-campus

July 30th, 2008 by Haiyan Zhou

EZProxy allows you to use your Duke NetID to access library resources, especially online articles and databases, from off-campus without having to download any software. Check out the link below for the general process used to link to library resources directly from Blackboard:

http://blackboard.duke.edu/help/link_library_resources.html.

To explore and discover additional Blackboard features, see the Blackboard support website (http://blackboard.duke.edu/) If you need a tutorial for adding web links in Blackboard, request an office visit (http://blackboard.duke.edu/forms/officevisit_begin.do) and we will come to you.


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