Online Tutorials

Self Tutorial Online Modules

For a more comprehensive collection of Blackboard User Guides and complete information about Blackboard 9.1 at CUNY, visit the CUNY Blackboard site by clicking on the following link:
CUNY Blackboard site

For a basic introduction to Blackboard click on the following link:

Blackboard Environment: an Introduction

Roadmap to Teaching Innovation

Roadmap to Teaching Innovation is an online course in Blackboard that covers the important basic and advanced features of Blackboard. All current faculty are enrolled in the course and are free to navigate throughout the course and look up specific Blackboard topics.

If you are a current faculty member and cannot access the course, please contact EdTech.

To learn more about Roadmap to Teaching Innovation, click on the following link: Roadmap to Teaching Innovation page.

Video Tutorials

Getting Oriented with Blackboard Learn

How To Design Your Course Entry Point

How to Add a Tool Link to Your Course

How To Make Your Course Available to Students

How to Create Announcements in Your Course

How to Send Email in Blackboard Learn

Blackboard Inline Grading for Assignments

Using the Content Editor

How to Create Discussion Board Forums

How to Create a Blog

How to Create a Journal

How To Create and Manage Wikis

How to Create a Mashup

How to Create a Rubric for Grading Student Work

How to Grade Using a Rubric

How To Create a Test in Blackboard Learn

How to Build a Pool of Test Questions

How to Upload Test Questions from Microsoft Excel

How to Export and Import a Test or Survey

How to Set Test Options

Color Code the Grade Center

How to Create a Smart View of Grade Center Data

How to Download and Upload Grades from the Grade Center

Using Item Analysis in Blackboard Learn

The Retention Center in Blackboard