KCeL Best Practices

Blackboard Tutorials

Blackboard is KCC's web-based learning management system (LMS). It has many built-in features to support end-to-end delivery of face-to-face, blended and online courses in addition to integration with centralized registration processes. Blackboard also supports grading functions, class communication and collaboration. It can also make your work simpler, with less time spent preparing handouts and collecting papers, and more time spent teaching and interacting with students. KCeL offers faculty development workshops on the effective use of Blackboard's features for teaching and learning.

Below are step by step video tutorials on Blackboard’s features. Also included are videos of some of KCeL’s online teaching workshops and links to externally-produced resources.

Hyflex Teaching

Watch this short KCeL video, What is HyFlex?


What is a Hyflex Course?

Getting Started with Blackboard

The videos below will equip you with some basics for teaching with Blackboard.


Login and Access Blackboard	Upload an Avatar Image or Headshot to Your Blackboard Profile	View and Change Your e-mail Address in Blackboard

Best Practices Using Blackboard Basic Communication Skills (Email and Announcements)	Add Users to Your Course	Customize Your Course Menu and Navigation

Creating and Managing Course Content

View the videos below to learn how to create and manage course content in your Blackboard course.


Upload Your Syllabus	Upload a PowerPoint Presentation	Use the Discussion Board

Create Assignments	Grade Assignment Submissions	Copy Course Materials

Deploy a Test	Create Test Exceptions

Managing and Sharing Multimedia in Blackboard with Yuja

The videos below will help you learn to use Yuja, a video platform and media repository that allows faculty and students to upload, view, and record videos to a private course channel.


Launch Yuja in Blackboard	Upload and Share Multimedia with Yuja	How to Create Assignments Requiring Yuja Video Submissions

Grade Center	How to Submit Video Assignments Through YUJA	Captioning

Conducting Synchronous Web Meetings with Blackboard Collaborate Ultra

Blackboard Collaborate Ultra is a video web conferencing tool inside Blackboard that can be used for virtual office hours, synchronous web meetings, guest speakers, and more. Watch the videos below to learn how to use this tool.