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Blackboard™ At UT-Houston Medical School

Welcome to Blackboard™, an e-learning application acquired by The University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston for use by all its institutions.

Blackboard™ is a tool that transforms the Internet into a powerful environment for teaching, learning and communication. Course directors can immediately take advantage of a variety of tools to publish course documents such as syllabi, handouts, presentations and assignments. Interactive components include discussion boards, real-time chat, virtual classrooms and various e-mail options. Other administrative tools include student group management, an online grade book, online quizzes and surveys and, the ability to track student use. A Blackboard™ course is automatically created for each UT-Houston course offered through the registrar's office, and populated with currently enrolled students.

Blackboard™ also creates a community that can include student, faculty and campus life organizations, and institution-wide discussion boards. Organizations are manually created upon request.

Course Planning
10 Easy Steps to Creating a Course (.pdf) Checklist: Building a Blackboard Course Educational Benefits of Online Learning (.pdf) Recommendations for Best Use of Blackboard (.pdf) Tips for Instructional Design (.doc)
New Tools - click for a demo of these tools
Document Unpackager* -- this tool allows you to upload multiple files and/or folders at one time. You can set up the structure of how you want to display documents (files within folders, etc.) and uploade them all at once, instead of one at a time. * Reguires using Winzip to "zip" the files into one compressed file. Advanced Group Manager -- this tool allows you to more easily make groups and assign students into groups. It will even randomly assign students. Click the link below for a tutorial on both tools.
For more information on Blackboard™ orientation, training, and assistance please contact Brenda Bassham in the Office of Educational Programs.

Contact Us
	Blackboard™ Administrator: Brenda Bassham Location: Jesse Jones Library 304 Telephone: (713) 500-5140 Fax: (713) 500-0603

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Login Instructions

Start-of-Course Procedures

End-of-Course Procedures

New Course / Organization Request Form

75 Reasons to Use Blackboard™

About Blackboard™

Blackboard Orientation for Students

6431 Fannin Street, Houston, Texas 77030
PO Box 20708, Houston, Texas 77225
713.500.4472