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We recommend that unless you absolutely need to import a Blackboard course, it is always best to start fresh with a new course. However, we realize that this is not always possible for instructors.

official guide from canvas for admins

Here's a look at how the conversion from Blackboard to Canvas looks (folder to page) and some insights on how I've been redesigning around a page structure (Canvas) instead of a folder structure (Blackboard). To move my course, I exported from Blackboard, imported that file into Canvas, then waited about two hours for the conversion.

Support portal

"USC Blackboard Instructor How-To Movies " movies and pdfs for instructors and students. Well done.

ASU's BlackBoard 9 resource guide

Supported Web Browsers Blackboard is committed to supporting the two most recent versions of client software for each major release of Blackboard Learn™ when possible. These levels of support may change depending on contractual obligations or lack of support from vendors. The following tables list the supported operating systems and browsers for use with Blackboard Learn Release 9.

FAQ for sys admins to set up the toolbar

"Get notifications directly from your Blackboard Learn system with an easy-to-use browser toolbar. You'll receive regular updates of new content items, grades, discussions and announcements. And you'll save time and energy with an automatically generated set of links that give you one-click access to all of your courses."

Blackboard, UNCP's course management system, is available to instructors who are interested in online teaching and learning, either to enhance a campus-based course or to create a course entirely online. Blackboard offers a rich variety of tools for posting materials online and facilitating interaction with and among students. We believe you will be pleased with Blackboard 9.1. On-demand Learning Center - Interactive Videos  

both faculty and student videos for 9.1 good place to start for us to learn, if nothing else

RSS widget that can be pasted into BlackBoard

Add this widget to any blog or Web page, and display a feed with no programming. Just enter the URL of any feed and click the button to create your free widget.

Free online blackboard Create up to 5 course websites, free.Engage students in social learning.Weave multimedia into class content.Assess performance and manage grades.

Bboogle is software that lets you embed Google Documents (including spreadsheets, and presentations) , Google Calendars and Google Sites in a Blackboard course site. Everyone with access to the course can get to linked Google content without logging in a second time. Students and instructors are automatically added as collaborators to the documents, even if they join after the link is made.   Bboogle is also an open source project that you can join. We are looking for skilled developers and educational institutions who want to contribute time to creating the best possible connection between Google Apps and Blackboard. Please see our list of Frequently Asked Questions at  FrequentlyAskedQuestions?

ZoomIt is screen zoom and annotation tool for technical presentations that include application demonstrations. ZoomIt runs unobtrusively in the tray and activates with customizable hotkeys to zoom in on an area of the screen, move around while zoomed, and draw on the zoomed image.