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Blackboard Ultra: Faculty Resource: BB Annotation

 

Blackboard Ultra: Faculty Resource

Bb Annotate

Background

  • Used for inline grading, providing customizable feedback to students.
  • Supported file types that can be annotated in the browser.
    • Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX)
    • Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT, PPTX)
    • Microsoft Excel (XLS, XLSX)
    • OpenOffice Documents (ODS, ODT, ODP)
    • Digital Images (JPEG, JPG, PNG, TIF, TIFF, TGA, BMP, HEIC)
    • Source code (Java, Python, C, C++, etc.)
    • Medical Images (DICOM, DICM, DCM)
    • PDF, PSD, RTF, TXT, WPD
  • Sessions expire after one hour.
  • Original formatting and embedded images are preserved.

Features

  • Features include a sidebar summary view, freehand drawing tools, highlighting, commenting on selected text, reusable comments, etc.

Example of possible editing functions in Bb Annotate.

Bb Annotate task bar options

  1. Drawing, Brush, and Eraser
  2. Image or Stamp
  3. Comment
  4. Text
  5. Shapes: Line, Arrow, Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, and Polyline
  6. Content Library: Create a bank of reusable comments

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