1. WELCOME TO BLACKBOARD
Content Management
Lesson 2 – 1
Accessing course
 Course Home Page
 chevrons
 edit mode
 course banner
 rearranging modules
Created by Leonora Bularzik
Center for Faculty Development
4/7/2011
Abu Dhabi University
jbularzik@gmail.com

2. OBJECTIVES
• Participants will be able to:
– Access the course in multiple ways
– Locate their course home page tools
– Use chevrons to open tools
– Open and close edit tool to change views
– Edit course banner for personalization
– Change module placement

3. WHERE IS MY COURSE??
Two ways to enter into your course
Click on the Click Directly
1 2
Courses Tab on the Course Title
Under the Module
“My Courses”

4. WHERE IS MY COURSE??
1
Clicking on the Course Tab Leads to
your Course List
Now Click Directly on
the Course Title to enter
your course

5. WHERE IS MY COURSE??
You can set options so for what you want to see under
your course title.
1. On the “My Courses”
module – click on the
circular icon
2. Click in the
boxes for the
attribute that you
want to see
The attribute will
show up under the
course name

6. APPEARANCE OF A
COURSE HOME PAGE
Edit Mode
Course Menu Bread Crumbs – click on
them to go back to other
pages
Course Name Banner
Modules for Course
Control Panel
(Only instructors see
this menu)

7. CHEVRONS
Chevrons are arrows that
will lead to other actions
Click on Down Chevrons to open a
Click on Right Chevrons to take
new window that will have action
you directly to a page
items (options)
Examples of Down Chevron
action windows

8. COURSE HOME PAGE
EDIT MODE
When the Edit Mode is set
to ON – you can add,
remove and edit content
and tools in the Course.
Click on the Slide button to turn
the edit mode OFF.
When the Edit Mode is set
to OFF – you cannot work
on your page. This mode
gives you the view that
the students see.

9. COURSE BANNER
This is your Course Banner – You can add pictures or
words to personalize your course page. The Course
Banner is what the users see when they go to your
Course Home Page.

10. EDITING - COURSE NAME
AND BANNER
Click on the Chevron to open
the action window
Page Banner changes the Top
Edit changes the name.
part of the course banner.

11. EDIT BANNER
Clicking on Edit sends you
to this new window
•Fill in the Name of your course.
•This is recommended because
you and your students will be able
to make sure they are in the
correct course.
•Fill in the rest of the page.
Don’t forget to
submit

12. PAGE BANNER
Clicking on Page Banner sends
you to this new window
•Fill this page like you would
a word document.
•You can upload pictures,
and type in the text box to
personalize your page.
Don’t forget to
submit

13. PAGE BANNER
Some examples of
page banners.
www.blackboard.com

14. TO CHANGE MODULE PLACEMENT
There are two ways to change the module
placement.
A. Drag and Drop 1. Hold down on the left mouse button on
top of the module top title bar.
2. Drag the module where you want to
place it. (on both the ADU home page
and the course home page.
Your arrangement of a Course
Home Page is what students see
– they cannot change this page.

15. TO CHANGE MODULE PLACEMENT
B. Arrows
1. On the course or institution
home page at the top right hand
side – click on the arrows
2. This new window opens

16. TO CHANGE MODULE PLACEMENT
3.Highlight what modules you
want to move
4.Use the arrows to move the
module left/right or up/down
Your arrangement of the Course
Home Page is what students see
– they cannot change this page.

17. TIME OUT!!
• Take time out of this PowerPoint and work on your Bb site.
• You should be able to:
– Access your course
– Click chevrons to look at links
– Turn Edit mode on and off
– Change Course Banner
• Edit
• Page Banner
– Rearrange Modules
• 2 ways

18. Please proceed to
Blackboard Lesson 2-2
Created by Leonora Bularzik
4/7/2011 Center for Faculty Development
Abu Dhabi University ljbularzik@gmail.com

19. Contact Leonora Bularzik
For permission to reproduce
ljbularzik@gmail.com
Created by Leonora Bularzik
4/7/2011 Center for Faculty Development
Abu Dhabi University ljbularzik@gmail.com