Blackboard Tech Support: Heartland Community College

Blackboard Tech Support: Handouts For Students

On this page you will find handouts about using Blackboard at Heartland Community College.

Check back for more handouts to come.

Blackboard 9 System Requirements Checklist

This handout lists the general requirements for running Blackboard online courses.

Handout: Blackboard 9 System Requirements Checklist (Adobe PDF, 1 page, 117 KB)

Blackboard Tech Support: Handouts For Instructors

On this page you will find handouts about using Blackboard at Heartland Community College.

Check back for more handouts to come.

Blackboard Banner Graphics Blackboard System Requirements Blackboard Training Handout Converting PowerPoint to PDF for a Blackboard Course Course Copy a Blackboard Course Downloading a Grade Center to Excel from Blackboard Embed Audio in a Blackboard Course Embed Video in a Blackboard Course Full Text Resources and Blackboard Resizing and Adding Images for Blackboard

Blackboard 9 Banner Graphics

This handout describes the steps to create and add a banner graphic to your online course using Microsoft PowerPoint or Adobe Photoshop.

Handout: Blackboard 9 Banner Graphics (Adobe PDF, 2 pages, 1.12 MB)

Blackboard 9 System Requirements Checklist

This handout lists the general requirements for running Blackboard online courses.

Handout: Blackboard 9 System Requirements Checklist (Adobe PDF, 1 page, 117 KB)

Blackboard Training Handout

This handout will assist you with the screens you will encounter when designing your online course(s).

Handout: Blackboard Training Handout 05/26/2010 (Adobe PDF, 26 pages, 3.03 MB)

Converting PowerPoint to PDF for a Blackboard Course

This handout describes the steps to convert a PowerPoint presentation to an Adobe PDF file for upload into a Blackboard course.

Handout: Converting PowerPoint to PDF for a Blackboard Course (Adobe PDF, 2 pages, 866 KB)

Course Copy a Blackboard Course

This handout describes the steps to copying a Blackboard course to a future semester or another course section including synchronizing the Safe Assignments in the course.

Handout: Using Course Copy to Copy a Blackboard Course (Adobe PDF, 3 pages, 725 KB)

Downloading a Grade Center to Excel from Blackboard

This handout describes the steps to downloading a Grade Center in a Blackboard course and opening it in Microsoft Excel.

Handout: Downloading a Grade Center in Blackboard (Adobe PDF, 2 pages, 763 KB)

Embedding Audio in a Blackboard Course

This handout describes the steps to embed audio (.MP3) files into Blackboard course.

Handout: Embedding Audio into a Blackboard Course (Adobe PDF, 2 pages, 1.25 MB)

Embedding Video in a Blackboard Course

This handout describes the steps to embed a youTube video into Blackboard course.

Handout: Embedding Video into a Blackboard Course (Adobe PDF, 2 pages, 1.40 MB)

Full Text Resources and Blackboard 9

This handout describes the steps to linking to HCC Library e-Reserves and linking to full text library database articles/resources in your Blackboard course.

Handout: Full Text Resources and Blackboard 9 (Adobe PDF, 8 pages, 1.40 MB)

Resizing and Adding Images for Blackboard

This handout describes the steps to resize an image using GIMP (a freeware photo editing application) and add that image to your Blackboard course for quicker loading times.

Handout: Resizing and Adding Images for Blackboard (Adobe PDF, 4 pages, 1.14 MB)