Teaching Tools

This article provides an overview of all the question types available in Blackboard tests, and provides guidance on how to set them up.

Use these quick tip videos to help curate content and create new content for your Blackboard course unit.

VoiceThread can be used to capture your screen and audio to create online blended learning materials. This webpage details how you can do this.

Powerpoint has a screen recording tool that allows you to capture your screen and audio to create your online blended learning materials. This webpage details how you can do this.

Microsoft Sway is an online authoring platform that can be used to produce web friendly content such as newsletters or presentations. The webpage gives and overview of the benefits of using Sway.

Our colleagues in the Faculty of Humanities have come up with a method whereby students can upload their videos to the University’s Video Portal, and paste the generated link into Blackboard. This will enable you to view the videos in the Blackboard assignment tool, without placing a strain on Blackboard’s servers.

The recommended mobile app for scanning and submitting hand-drawn work is Adobe Scan. If a student’s device does not support Adobe Scan, we have suggested some alternatives they can try.

Guide to setting up a Grade Centre Smart View in Blackboard to easily see and email a subset of students according to when they last accessed your Blackboard course unit.

There is an ever-increasing range of digital tools at your disposal to deliver and enhance your Teaching; here is a summary of the tools we support.