Monday, August 8, 2016

Blackboard Tip: Adding Instructor Information

Please check and send to faculty


While instructor contact information and office hours are added to the course syllabus ,as an online teaching best practice , instructors are encouraged to add contact information in a separate blackboard contact page  Following steps to add contact information

    From course control panel click “Course Tools” – “Contacts”


   From the Action Bar, click “Create Contact”


     Fill out the information form , if you are an adjunct faculty , you can enter "By appointment" in the office hours section.




;    Under  Options – Select  Yes near “Make the Profile Available”.  You can add a profile image to this section , click Browse near Attach Image to select the image from your computer ,  the recommended size is 150 by 150 pixels



    Click Submit


      If not found on the course menu you need to add the page. With “Edit Mode” set  to “On” –click + Sign - Tool link

       Type in the name (Instructor Information ) , from the drop down menu select Contacts


- Check the box near "Available to Users " and click Submit