BB & SafeAssign initial training

Gary S. Betney 2011-12

Gary Betney E-Learning Coordinator Rustaq College and lead E-Learning Coordinator for CAS Oman.

From Manchester, UK

Masters in Educational Technology

Been here 2.5 years

Who I am

I’m here to help teachers use technology to enhance their teaching and administration.

I’m NOT I.T. support (although I will try to help if I know the solution to a problem)

I teach 10 hours so not always available.

What I do (and don’t do!)

Office: room 115 ext. 422

Mob. 9359 4562 Sunday to Wednesday, 08.00-16.00

Email: gary.betney@cas.edu.om

Contact details

Type either: http://www.coas.edu.om OR http://85.154.253.132 into a browser, it

doesn’t have to be Opera for BB

The following screen should appear:

BlackBoard

The BB Log in page

Enter your username and password, it’s the same one as for SIS – THEN WAIT…

Your courses and sections should appear on the right hand side of the screen listed like this:

BlackBoard

The Home Page

Your courses are here

Check that the course(s) and sections are correct. If not please inform Khulood Al-Harrasi in the LRC (1st Floor) ext 111.

If they are correct click on a course

This appears:

BlackBoard

Course management

Your course is now here.

The Course Management box appears

Go to the blue area: Course Management – Control Panel on the bottom left side of the screen

How to check your student list

Expand the ‘Users and Groups’ tab

Click on ‘users’ and your student names will appear..

Check they match SIS

If they’re not in the same order just click here

Building content

First make sure you have selected the course to which you wish to add content.

You can put many types of content up and control when and who can see it.

Start by clicking on the ‘Content’ tab in the maroon section.

Click on ‘Content’

This screen appears….

Content already added by me.

Hover the cursor over ‘Build Content’ ….

Content Options appear..

Choose the option you want, e.g. ‘File’

The ‘Create File’ screen appears…

To add a file from your computer click ‘Browse My Computer’

Your computer files are now available to select

Select a file and it appears here

Just complete the fields to indicate if you want the file to be visible and state for how long.

Then click ‘Submit’

This then appears….

Complete the fields

The new file has been added

If you just want to post an announcement, maybe a notification of a deadline, first ensure that you have made the correct course active by selecting it from the Courses menu on the right hand side of the screen.

Creating Announcements

Then click here…

Active course

Then here…

This appears, just complete the fields..and click submit

Make sure this appears, if not repeat the steps

SafeAssignments appear in courses as a new content type and can be added to any course content area.

Please note that SafeAssignments are different from Assignments and there is no connection between the content types.

Creating SafeAssignments

It is not possible to make an existing Assignment into a SafeAssignment without starting from the beginning.

Like regular Assignments, however, SafeAssignments are integrated with the Grade Center. We do not use the Grade Center currently.

Creating SafeAssignments

From a content area within a course:

Creating SafeAssignments

Select the SafeAssignment content type from the Create Assessment drop-down list

Creating SafeAssignments

Click here

The Add SafeAssignment page appears:

Creating SafeAssignments

Title Type a title for the SafeAssignment, e.g.

Assignment1SafeAssign Points Possible Type the points possible for the SafeAssignment. Text Type instructions for completing the

SafeAssignment. The slides at the end of this presentation may help.

Complete the fields

Available Select whether or not the SafeAssignment should be visible to

Students. Availability Dates Use these controls to set the date range when Students can

interact with the SafeAssignment. It is possible to set only a Start date or only an End date.

Drafts Allows Students to validate their paper without submitting it to

the institutional database. Useful as an instructive tool to help Students learn how to attribute papers properly. Click here for a first draft then remove later.

Students Viewable Determines whether or not Students can see the report

generated when their papers are submitted.

Continue to complete the fields

Urgent Checking Sets papers to a high priority in the queue. Optional Announcement Create Select Yes to create an Announcement about

the SafeAssignment. Subject Type a subject for the Announcement. Message Type a message for the Announcement.

Complete the fields

Student submissions and the Safe Assign reports associated with submissions are viewed from the SafeAssign link on the Control Panel, found under the Course Tools heading. 

The SafeAssign area lists SafeAssignments in the course. Click a SafeAssignment to view and grade submissions.

Managing submissions

From the Control Panel, expand Course Tools, click SafeAssign:

How to view submissions

This window appears

Click on Assignment1 SafeAssign arrows

Select ‘View Submissions’

‘Edit Properties’ allows you to change the SafeAssignment settings at any time

The student submission list:

◦Text: Select this option to view the Student’s paper and any comments from the Student.

◦File: Select this option to download the Student Submission.

◦Matching: The percentage listed is the percentage of the paper that matches other sources. Please read the full report to determine if the matching is properly attributed.

◦SA Report: Select this option to view the full Safe Assignment report.

◦Clear Attempt: Select this option to delete the submission from the database, for example, if the Student uploaded the wrong file.

The columns

Instructions for students Go to the Content Area that holds the

SafeAssignment, for example, the Assignments Content Area.

On the Assignments page, look for the SafeAssignment and click View/Complete.

Instructions for students

Click Browse to select a file to attach as your submission.

Click Submit.

Note:  After you submit SafeAssignments, there is a slight delay between the upload and the availability of the SafeAssign report. Results are normally available within 10-15 minutes BUT can be much longer.

Instructions for students

Instructions for students