university of richmond help for blackboard

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If you have questions about Blackboard, contact Blackboard support via phone at 804-287-6860 (M-F, 8:30am-5pm) or [email protected]. Create Blackboard request via SpiderTechNet: https://spidertechnet.richmond.edu/TDClient/1955/Portal/Requests/ServiceDet?ID=36305

If you have questions about Blackboard, contact Blackboard support via phone at 804-287-6860 (M-F, 8:30am-5pm) or [email protected].Oct 15, 2019

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Email [email protected] Phone support M-F 8:30 AM - 5 PM call (804)-287-6860

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What is a blackboard discussion board?

Blackboard offers several tools to help you organize online topics for discussion, including the Discussion Board which allows you to: Place each discussion topic in its own individual forum and manage student responses to the posed topic.

How to encourage students to participate in learning?

To encourage student participation via Blackboard, you may use tools like Discussion Boards, Wikis, and Glossary.

Can faculty use blackboard?

To preserve academic continuity, faculty are encouraged to use Blackboard. To request a new Blackboard Course please click here. You can access your previously established Blackboard courses at University of Richmond Blackboard.

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Communicating with Students

  • Email
    If you use Blackboard, you can email your classes by using the new Qwickly tools below your course listing on the main Blackboard page.
  • Online Discussion
    Blackboard offers several tools to help you organize online topics for discussion, including the Discussion Board which allows you to: 1. Place each discussion topic in its own individual forum and manage student responses to the posed topic. 2. Grade each student individually without ha…
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Delivering Course Content

  • If you have your lecture materials written or otherwise recorded, then you just need to make them available by uploading them to your Blackboard course. Blackboard offers an additional tool, Panopto, which allows professors to: 1. Record lectures, demonstrations or instructions for students from their own computers 2. Use their computers at home or at their office to record c…
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Encouraging Student Participation

  • One of the typical classroom activities is encouraging students’ participation in learning, such as asking them to answer your questions, discussing topics with other students and performing group activities. To encourage student participation via Blackboard, you may use tools like Discussion Boards, Wikis, and Glossary. To facilitate participatory activities, you may create Gro…
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Administering Assignments, Tests, and Grades

  • In Blackboard you can administer assignments, test, and grades. Through Blackboard you can: 1. Announce assignments to your class. 2. Collect assignments from students. 3. Grade and provide feedback. 4. Create quizzes and tests to be graded either manually or automatically. If you need additional information on how to use these features in Blackboard, please refer to: on using Blac…
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