Blackboard 8 Highlighted Functionality

The Grade Center

• Getting Started with the Grade Center
• About the menus
• Add Grade Columns
• Rearrange Grade Columns
• Fixed/frozen columns
• Show / hide columns
• Inline editing
• Add/Modify Calculated Columns (video tutorial)
• Smart Views (video tutorial)
• Managing Sections wiith a Smart View

Self and Peer Assessments

• Self Evaluation enables students to review and grade their own assessments by following criteria set by their instructor.
• With Peer Evaluation, students can review work submitted by their peers using specific criteria, compare their responses and offer constructive criticism.
• Self & Peer Assessment (video tutorial)
  

SafeAssign™

• SafeAssign is used to prevent plagiarism by detecting unoriginal content in student papers. It is also used to deter plagiarism by helping students to learn proper attribution and citations.
• Blackboard, Inc Safe Assign Instructor Manual (pdf)