SacCT FACULTY TUTORIALS
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Getting Started
- SacCT 9.1 Quick Start Demo - video
Watch this demonstration to learn about basic tools and features in SacCT 9.1 to help you setup your course.
Adaptive Release
- Bb On Demand Learning for Creating Multiple Rules - video [Blackboard]
Users must satisfy ALL criteria in a rule. For example, if you add multiple groups to a single criteria then no user can see the item unless he/she is a member of all groups added. To allow multiple groups to have access to an item, each group must be in a separate rule. Please read the help text at the top of the Adaptive Release Advanced page.
Announcements and Scheduling
- Bb On Demand Creating Announcements - Video Tutorial [Blackboard]
- Bb On Demand Creating a Course Task - Video Tutorial [Blackboard]
- Bb on Demand Creating a Course Contact - Video Tutorial [Blackboard]
Assignments
- Bb On Demand Learning for Assignments - Documents and videos [Blackboard]
- Getting Started with Assignments (PDF) [Blackboard]
- Downloading Assignments (video) [Blackboard]
Blogs and Journals
- Bb On Demand Blogs and Journals - Video Tutorials [Blackboard]
Course Content
- Building Course Content - Documents and videos [Blackboard]
- Understanding and Building Your Course - Documents and videos [Blackboard]
Discussions
- Bb On Demand Using the Discussion Board - Video Tutorials [Blackboard]
Mail and Messages
- Bb on Demand Sending Email - Video [Blackboard]
- Bb on Demand Sending Blackboard Messages - Video [Blackboard]
Tests, Surveys and Pools
- Bb On Demand Learning for Tests, Surveys, and Pools - Documents and videos [Blackboard]
- Comparison of Assessments in WebCT to Tests in Bb 9.1 [Kathy Saville, Marshall University]
- Respondus: Creating Tests for SacCT (SacCT 9.1) - Use Respondus to convert a single quiz or exam from WebCT to Blackboard, and then upload that new test to SacCT 9.1.
- Using Respondus LockDown Browser - How to set your tests to require Respondus LockDown Browser.
- Add graphics, links and files to test questions [Cape Fear Community College]
- Test questions batch file upload guidelines - New test questions can be uploaded via the Upload Questions button from within a specific test, survey or pool. Files can be formatted as .txt or .csv.
- Using the BYU Test Generator to Format Questions for Test Upload - Learn how to use a free online formatting application to easily format questions for upload to Blackboard's Test, Survey, and Pool manager. While you can build tests directly in Blackboard, this is sometimes time-consuming and tedious. This tool allows you to create questions in Word, paste them into the test generator to create a properly formatted file that is ready to upload directly into Blackboard. The closed-captioned movie tutorial takes you through the steps. Files and links referenced are included below the movie. [Cape Fear Community College]
Wikis
- Bb On Demand Wikis - Video Tutorials [Blackboard]
Last updated: February 1, 2013
Announcements for SacCT
Faculty Resources for SacCT
Migrating an Existing SacCT Course (PDF)
Getting Started with a Moved Course from WebCT (PDF) [Blackboard]
Comparison Chart - WebCT to Bb Learn [Kathy Saville, Marshall University]
Help for Instructors [Blackboard]
- Assessing Learners [Bb On Demand Learning]
- Communicating and Collaborating [Bb On Demand Learning]
- On Demand Learning Center for Faculty [Bb On Demand Learning]
- Understanding and Building Your Course [Bb On Demand Learning]
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