Instructional Technology and Distance Education Services

This page provides an overview of eLearning, the official learning management system (LMS) used at Texas A&M International University. eLearning is currently hosted by Blackboard.

Quick Links: Logging into Blackboard | Blackboard Faculty Training Videos

Blackboard Faculty Orientations

General Online Orientation

Face-to-Face Orientations

Face-to-face Blackboard orientations are available throughout the year for faculty. To check the schedule, go to the OIT Professional Development website, log in with your TAMIU credentials, and self-register for a workshop. You can also schedule a one-on-one Blackboard orientation by contacting the OIT Helpdesk at (956) 326-2310 and asking for an eLearning Coordinator's assistance.

Logging into Blackboard

When you are enrolled in a course that utilizes Blackboard, you are in a virtual classroom. Your NetID (username) and password protect your data, like a key does for your locker. To log into Blackboard:

Option 1

1. Log into Uconnect (http://uconnect.tamiu.edu/), and click on the eLearning logo on the upper right hand corner.

Option 2

1. In a web browser's address bar, type https://elearning.tamiu.edu/.
2. Locate and click the "Log In" button.
   
3. On the next page, log in with your employee credentials.(Your NetID (username) and password are the same as your University NetID and password.)

After you have successfully logged on, you will automatically be able to see links to all courses for which you are enrolled inside the Blackboard Learn system.

Blackboard Instructor Guides

The following guides are available for faculty members on some commonly asked questions:

• How to Upload Your Syllabus (PDF)
• Updating the Blackboard Gradebook (Web page with Guides)
• Adding a Test Availability Exception / Providing Accommodations for a Student (PDF)
• How to Receive Email Notifications/Alerts for Blackboard Course Messages (Web page with Guides)

Blackboard Faculty Training Videos by Hoonuit

Below are a list of selected student training videos from Hoonuit on the Blackboard Learn system. Click on a link and log in with your student NetID and password to view these videos.

Getting Started

• What you'll learn in this training
• Overview of the interface
• Global Navigation menu
• My Institution tab
• Add modules to the My Institution tab
• Changing the settings and move modules around on the My Institution tab

Notifications Dashboard

• Tour the Notifications Dashboard
• Add modules to the Notifications Dashboard tab
• Customize notification settings

Set Up a Course

• View the course home page
• Course to course navigation and using breadcrumbs to navigate
• Navigate the course menu
• Viewing options for the course menu
• Modify the course menu
• Select the course entry point
• Choose a banner for your course
• Create a custom banner
• Select a course structure
• Rationalizing why you should never delete content items

Add Content

• Add a new content area
• Add tools or modules
• About the Content Collection
• My Content
• Course Content
• Bookmarks
• Create a folder and set options
• Upload a document to My Content
• Create a content item
• Link files to a Blackboard course
• Manage permissions content collection
• Copy/move content in a content collection
• Add a link to an Atomic Learning tutorial

Edit Content and Adaptive Release

• Edit and delete an item
• Copy and move an item
• Access Adaptive Release rules
• Add a Date and Membership rule
• Add an Adaptive Grade rule
• Set the Review Status rule
• Assign multiple Adaptive Release rules
• Enable statistics tracking
• Run a statistics tracking report
• View user progress
• Create and edit goals
• Align goals to content

Communication

• Add an announcement
• Edit, delete, or reorder announcements
• Send an email
• Send and view course messages
• Receive course message notifications

Discussion Board

• Overview of the discussion board
• Add a forum
• Add a thread to a forum
• Reply to a post
• View and sort threads
• Tag a post
• Lock a thread
• Grade a post
• Manage student roles
• Peer review of posts

Assignments & Assessments

• Create an assignment
• Edit and delete an assignment
• Grade an assignment
• Grade assignments anonymously
• Allow additional attempts
• Create a test shell
• Add questions to a test
• Add a true/false question
• Add a multiple answer question
• Add an ordering question
• Add a hot spot question
• Add a multiple choice question
• Add a quiz bowl question
• File response question
• Create a question set
• Create a question pool and add a question to the pool
• Create a test from the question pool
• Create a survey
• Global question settings

Content Editor

• Simple mode
• Advanced mode
• Use the File Picker

Calendar

• Create a calendar event
• View and filter calendars
• Grade from the calendar
• Import your Blackboard calendar to another calendar

Extras

• New student preview mode
• Switch to student mode
• View the course and forum roles
• Adding in a journal

At-Risk Students

• Overview of the Retention Center
• Create new rules in the Retention Center

Grade Center Videos

Grade Center Basics

• Accessing the Grade Center
• Navigating the Grade Center
• Setting Grade Center views
• Adding grade columns
• Sorting the Grade Center columns
• Hiding and showing columns
• Entering and editing scores
• Deleting or exempting a score
• Correcting test errors and re-grading

Working with the Grade Details View

• Viewing grade details
• Overriding a score manually
• Clearing an attempt
• Using the Feedback and Notes option
• Navigating between users and assignments
• Using the Jump To option
• Viewing a test attempt
• Navigating and scoring student tests
• Adding a quick comment

Working with Grading Periods

• Adding grading periods
• Modifying and deleting a grading period
• Viewing a grading period
• Associating grading periods with scores
• Grading period calculations

Managing the Grade Center

• Modifying the Grading Schema
• Choosing grading color codes
• Creating categories
• Editing and removing categories
• Using Smart Views
• Adding a Smart View
• Choosing different Smart Views
• Modifying and removing Smart Views
• Setting a default Smart View
• Adding to the Favorite list
• Editing a grade column
• Setting an external grade
• Sorting individual columns
• Showing and hiding rows
• Viewing test attempt statistics
• Viewing column statistics
• Downloading grades
• Uploading grades
• Downloading test results
• Sending e-mail
• Sending an external e-mail

Working with Calculated Columns

• Adding an Average column
• Adding a Minimum/Maximum column
• Adding a Total column
• Adding a Weighted column

Creating Reports and Working Offline

• Generating reports
• Viewing Grade History