Carnegie Mellon University
Blackboard at Carnegie Mellon

Post Course MaterialsPost Course Materials

Setting up content areas
Adding content
Importing content from a course

Communicate with StudentsCommunicate with Students

Creating an announcement
Sending email

Give and receive assignmentsAdd, Grade Assignments

Instructors: Create, grade assignments
Students: Submit assignments
Clear a student's attempt

Faciliate Group CollaborationFaciliate Group Collaboration

Setting up & managing groups

Create and Manage AssessmentsCreate, Manage Assessments

Creating tests & surveys
Setting up self & peer assessments

Manage GradesManage Grades

Navigating
Quick Start
Setting Up & Organizing
Grading
Managing Students' View
Other Functionality

course settings

Making Your Course Available to Students

Control Panel > Course Options > Settings

    Students do not have access to your course until you make it available.

  • From the Control Panel, select "Settings" under Course Options.

    Click on the Settings link under Course Options in the Control Panel

  • Click "Course Availability".

    Click on the Course Availability link
  • Click "Yes" to make the course available to students.

    select the radio button indicating YES next to Make Course Available

  • Click "Submit".

Instructors: For assistance with using Blackboard, contact bb-help@andrew.cmu.edu

Office of Technology for Education, Carnegie Mellon University, 2008