{"id":7277,"date":"2015-11-16T12:42:26","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T17:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/blackboard-tip-of-the-week-119\/"},"modified":"2015-11-16T12:42:26","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T17:42:26","slug":"blackboard-tip-of-the-week-119","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/blackboard-tip-of-the-week-119\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard Tip of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Bb 9.1 October\u00a02014<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Faculty and staff regularly take advantage<\/strong><\/span> of the comprehensive collection of <em>Blackboard<\/em> tutorials that they access through the <strong>Support &amp; Training\u00a0<\/strong>tab in\u00a0<em>Blackboard<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Did you know<\/strong><\/span>, though, that what <em>Blackboard<\/em> calls \u201cpage help\u201d is also readily available to faculty and staff, regardless of what they may be working on in their <em>Blackboard<\/em> course or organization?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>The button<\/strong><\/span> for activating <em>Blackboard<\/em> \u201cpage help\u201d is located to the right of the <strong>Edit Mode<\/strong> toggle button on the <strong>Announcements<\/strong> page of your course\/organization.\u00a0 However, it only appears when Edit Mode is set to <strong>ON<\/strong>, and you also must toggle the \u201cpage help\u201d button to activate the help feature in your course\/organization.\u00a0 See the following screenshot:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/0110.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61456\" src=\"http:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/0110.png\" alt=\"01\" width=\"689\" height=\"561\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Once \u201cpage help\u201d is activated,<\/strong><\/span> you can quickly receive information, definitions, or instructions pertaining to\u00a0any <em>Blackboard<\/em> feature, tool, etc., that you may be working with.\u00a0 You do so by selecting the <strong>More Help<\/strong> link that appears in the light grey banner at the top of whatever <em>Blackboard<\/em> window you are working in.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>The following screenshot<\/strong><\/span> illustrates how you would access \u201cpage help\u201d when working in the Discussion Board area of your course\/organization:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/026.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61457\" src=\"http:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/026.png\" alt=\"02\" width=\"681\" height=\"532\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Using <em>Blackboard<\/em> \u201cpage help,\u201d<\/strong><\/span> you thus have at your finger tips a rich resource for readily learning about \u2014 or learning more about \u2014 essentially any <em>Blackboard<\/em> tool, feature, or function.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Use the following link<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0to download a printable version of this\u00a0<em>Bb\u00a0<\/em>tip of the week: <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/acaddb.hvcc.edu\/~m.petersen\/bbtotw\/printable_copies\/BBTOTW_11162015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Download the Tip<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/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: <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/author\/m-petersen\/?s=Blackboard+Tip+of+the+Week&amp;searchsubmit\" target=\"_blank\">BBTOTW-Archive<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>As always,<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0please do not hesitate to contact the Distance and Online Learning Office (<strong>629-7070<\/strong>\/<em><strong>DLHelp@hvcc.edu<\/strong><\/em>), if you have any questions, or if you would like to receive training on this topic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Mon, 16 Nov 2015 12:42:26 +0000 by\u00a0m.petersen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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