{"id":6412,"date":"2015-03-02T13:01:12","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T18:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/blackboard-tip-of-the-week-102\/"},"modified":"2015-03-02T13:01:12","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T18:01:12","slug":"blackboard-tip-of-the-week-102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/blackboard-tip-of-the-week-102\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard Tip of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bb_Rx_Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55064\" src=\"http:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bb_Rx_Logo.png\" alt=\"Bb_Rx_Logo\" width=\"127\" height=\"89\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Bb 9.1 April 2014<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>This\u00a0<em>Blackboard\u00a0<\/em>tip of the week<\/strong><\/span> inaugurates a \u00a0<em><strong>Bb Rx\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>series of <em>Bb Tips\u00a0<\/em>that will offer pointers\u00a0on how to &#8220;rejuvenate&#8221; courses that faculty\u00a0may have taught for a number of years, and which are consequently in need of a tune-up.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>To commence this series<\/strong><\/span> with a short, sweet and to-the-point tip, look at your course menu:\u00a0 Does it contain mulitiple <strong>Announcements\u00a0<\/strong>links, or multiple copies of other types of course-menu links? If so, simply delete the redundant links. The following\u00a0&#8220;suite&#8221; of links points to tutorials that outline the steps for doing that, and highlight other ways in which to clean up and organize your\u00a0<strong>Course Menu<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul id=\"lcp_instance_0\" class=\"lcp_catlist\">\n<li><em><strong><a title=\"Add\/Delete a Divider\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.hvcc.edu\/dl\/?p=1509\" target=\"_blank\">Add\/Delete a Divider<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a title=\"Add\/Rename\/Delete a Subheader\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.hvcc.edu\/dl\/?p=1505\" target=\"_blank\">Add\/Rename\/Delete a Subheader<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a title=\"Add\/Rename\/Show-Hide\/Delete Blank Page\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.hvcc.edu\/dl\/?p=1442\" target=\"_blank\">Add\/Rename\/Show-Hide\/Delete Blank Page<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a title=\"Add\/Rename\/Show-Hide\/Delete Content Areas\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.hvcc.edu\/dl\/?p=1424\" target=\"_blank\">Add\/Rename\/Show-Hide\/Delete Content Areas<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a title=\"Add\/Rename\/Show-Hide\/Delete Course Link\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.hvcc.edu\/dl\/?p=1497\" target=\"_blank\">Add\/Rename\/Show-Hide\/Delete Course Link<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a title=\"Add\/Rename\/Show-Hide\/Delete Module Page\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.hvcc.edu\/dl\/?p=1432\" target=\"_blank\">Add\/Rename\/Show-Hide\/Delete Module Page<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a title=\"Add\/Rename\/Show-Hide\/Delete Tool Link to Bb Email\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.hvcc.edu\/dl\/?p=1473\" target=\"_blank\">Add\/Rename\/Show-Hide\/Delete Tool Link to Bb Email<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a title=\"Add\/Rename\/Show-Hide\/Delete Tool Link to Discussion Board\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.hvcc.edu\/dl\/?p=1465\" target=\"_blank\">Add\/Rename\/Show-Hide\/Delete Tool Link to Discussion Board<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a title=\"Add\/Rename\/Show-Hide\/Delete Tool Link to My Grades\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.hvcc.edu\/dl\/?p=1478\" target=\"_blank\">Add\/Rename\/Show-Hide\/Delete Tool Link to My Grades<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a title=\"Add\/Rename\/Show-Hide\/Delete Tool Link to Tools Area\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.hvcc.edu\/dl\/?p=1449\">Add\/Rename\/Show-Hide\/Delete Tool Link to Tools Area<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a title=\"Add\/Rename\/Show-Hide\/Delete Web Link\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.hvcc.edu\/dl\/?p=1484\" target=\"_blank\">Add\/Rename\/Show-Hide\/Delete Web Link<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a title=\"Changing the Course Entry Point\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.hvcc.edu\/dl\/?p=6806\" target=\"_blank\">Changing the Course Entry Point<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a title=\"Course Navigation Overview\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.hvcc.edu\/dl\/?p=1397\" target=\"_blank\">Course Navigation Overview<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a title=\"Organize Course Menu\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.hvcc.edu\/dl\/?p=1265\" target=\"_blank\">Organize Course Menu<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Use the following link<\/strong><\/span> to download a printable version of this Bb tip of the week:\u00a0<a title=\"Download the Tip\" href=\"http:\/\/acaddb.hvcc.edu\/~m.petersen\/bbtotw\/printable_copies\/BBTOTW_02282015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Download the Tip<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Use the following link<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0to view previous\u00a0<em>Bb\u00a0<\/em>tips of the week:\u00a0<strong><em><a title=\"BBTOTW-Archive\" href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/author\/m-petersen\/\" target=\"_blank\">BBTOTW-Archive<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Better yet,<\/strong><\/span> drop by the Center for Distance and Online Learning (<strong>BTC 1033-1043<\/strong>) on Tuesday, March 3, from 12:00 &#8211; 1:00, for a <em><strong>Bb Rx<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0session on how to &#8220;unclutter&#8221; and streamline\u00a0your\u00a0<strong>Course Menu.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>As always,<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0please feel free to contact the Distance Learning Office (<strong>629-7070\/<a title=\"DLHelp@hvcc.edu\" href=\"mailto:DLHelp@hvcc.edu\" target=\"_blank\">DLHelp@hvcc.edu<\/a><\/strong>) if you have any questions about this!<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Mon, 02 Mar 2015 13:01:12 +0000 by\u00a0m.petersen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Bb 9.1 April 2014 This\u00a0Blackboard\u00a0tip of the week inaugurates a \u00a0Bb Rx\u00a0series of Bb Tips\u00a0that will offer pointers\u00a0on how&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}