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Using Blackboard

The Blackboard HELP for staff website has been developed as a resource for academics who use Blackboard. It provides:

  • Getting started information for new users
  • Information on administering a Blackboard subject
  • Step-by-step guides on how to use Blackbaord
  • Details about new features
  • Links to Blackboard resources developed by other instiutions

The following guides have been provided by Swinburne Profeesional Learning (SPL) for sessional and other academic staff.  Some are user guides, others are just updates on the new version of Blackboard.

Blackboard 6.1.5s rich text editor (pdf, 34 kb)
Guide to User Management (pdf, 212 kb)
Guide to building content (pdf, 195 kb)
Guide to using Blackboard Course Tools (pdf, 186 kb)
Guide to using Course Options (pdf, 262 kb)
Guide to using some Assessment Tools (pdf, 237 kb)