Introduction to Creating Content
Your course creation starts on the Course Content page. To begin, click the Create Content Plus Sign to open the menu.
- Create: Add learning modules, documents, links, folders, assignments, tests, discussions, and journals. A panel opens, and you can choose the content type you want to add.
- Auto-Generate Modules: Use Blackboard's AI Assistant to generate learning modules as a basic framework for your course.
- Copy Content: Copy an entire course or select items from the Ultra courses you teach. Open the menu on the right side above the content list and select the Import Content option. More on copying and importing content
- Upload: Browse for files on your computer. They will appear in the content list.
- Content Market: Discover and add content and tools from external sources.
- Cloud Storage: Instantly connect to multiple web apps where you store files, such as OneDrive®. The files you add are copies. If you change a file in cloud storage, you need to upload a new copy in your course. More on cloud storage
- Content Collection: Add files from your institution's shared repository. You can store and find content in personal, course, and institution folders in the Content Collection. If you stored files from other courses in the Content Collection, you'd be able to find and add them easily. More on browsing and adding files from the Content Collection
Control what students see. Students cannot access your content until you decide to show it, but you can always see it. Select an item's visibility to change it. You might show only the first week of content—and keep the rest hidden as you refine it. Have fun! Experiment! You can also create rules to release content based on date, time, or how a student performs on other items in your course. When you create these rules, you can choose whether the item is visible to students before they have access.
Reorder content easily. Select the row or the Move icon and drag the item to a new location in the list. To move into a folder or module you must first expand the folder or module and then drag the item in.
Edit and delete content. In an item's row, open the menu to access the Edit and Delete functions. You can make changes or delete an item from your course. If you delete a folder or learning module that has content, the content is also removed from the Course Content page.
