Blackboard Help

The guest feature in Blackboard has been disabled as of Fall 2006. View the Standard Operating Procedures for Blackboard  to learn how to file for guest access.

Instructors cannot make a course "unavailable" on Blackboard prior to the official end of the semester, but are permitted to do so anytime after aforementioned end date. All courses will be made "unavailable" to students automatically 6 weeks after the official end of the semester. If a course has been inactive for 2 years, it will be archived and removed from the server.

No, your course content should display as it was displayed before the upgrade.

Faculty can visit the following site − Blackboard Help page to get access to numerous resources, guides, handbooks and online training videos. In additional, faculty can make an appointment to meet with a CTLT staff member for additional training.

Under Control Panel > Customization click on 'Properties'. Click on'Yes' for Step 3 Set Availability. Note: By default, all new courses (with a Pace issued CRN) generated automatically are made "Unavailable" to students until the official start of the semester. The "Unavailable" tag next to a course under a faculty member’s course listing means that the course is unavailable to students, not the faculty member. Faculty who wish to provide their students access to their course shells before the start of the semester may do so starting three weeks prior to the official start of the semester. All students will have access to their course shells the 1st official day of semester, regardless of whether the instructor has made the course "available" or not. If you are unsure how to make your course available to students, please contact your respective CTLT office for assistance.

Instructors cannot make a course "unavailable" on Blackboard prior to the official end of the semester, but are permitted to do so anytime after aforementioned end date. All courses will be made "unavailable" automatically 6 weeks after the official end of the semester.

There should be minimal impact regarding the students and the upgrade of Blackboard. Content will be displayed and will be accessible much the same way that it was. There are some new features available for that will enhance their Blackboard experience, and we will have resources outlining those features available on our Blackboard Help website.

You should contact ITS, Information Technology Services for assistance − http://help.pace.edu or call (914) 773-3333.

Yes. To view the Standard Operating Procedures please click here

In the lower-left menu of your course shell, under the "Course Management" section, click on the "Course Tools" link – then select "Course Photo Roster". This will show the names and photos of the students.

Another way to list the students in your course and their email addresses, but not the photos, is to select the "Users and Groups" link under the "Course Management" section in your course. When you access "users", it takes you to a screen where you can search for students in your course. In the second search field box that says "Contains", access the drop down menu and select "Not Blank", and then hit "Go". You should see a list of all the students.

Under Control Panel > Evaluations > click Grade Center. Click on the option menu to the right of the lock for the student’s name. Click 'View Grade Details' to the right of the screen. Click on the 'Clear Attempt' button to the right of the screen.

Instructors do have the option of downloading (exporting), to their local computer, any course shell they would like to retain. Please note that any exported course can be imported into a new course shell on Blackboard by the instructor at a later time. If you have any questions regarding how to export or import a course on Blackboard, please contact CTLT at ctlthelp@pace.edu.
Exporting a Course Package   Importing a Course Package

Although Blackboard has the capability of allowing users to upload Audio/Video content directly into a course, for space reasons this is strongly NOT recommended. Our office has the ability to encode videos into a streaming media format which allows the instructor to place the link to the video anywhere inside of their Blackboard course – without using any of their allotted course shell space. Please contact Joe Seijo jseijo@pace.edu in Westchester or Julio Rodriguez jrodriguez3@pace.edu in New York City for assistance.

You can contact your respective CTLT office for assistance. Click here for contact information.

ITS (Information Technology Services) has developed a way for instructors to easily e-mail students in their courses. You won't have to go through Banner or Blackboard or develop your own e-mail contact lists. As of Monday, February 8, all active classes in Banner now have a corresponding e-mail distribution list made up of all active members in the course.

How do you use the lists to reach your students? Simply compose an email to CRN.termcode@pace.edu, where CRN is the course registration number and termcode is the 6 digit term code (consisting of the year and term code) for the semester. So, if you are an instructor in course CRN 12345 in termcode 201020 (Spring 2010) you would send an email to 12345.201020@pace.edu. If you opted to combine course sections (made through a request to the ITS Helpdesk), your CRN number will be the combined CRN as it appears in Blackboard. So your distribution list address will be in the format CRN-CRN.termcode, for example 12345-67890.201020@pace.edu.

Note: The lists will be available 3 weeks prior to the start of the semester and 6 weeks after the semester ends and will be updated hourly to reflect changes in course registrations. The ability to send e-mail to the distribution lists will only be available to course instructors and the e-mails will be delivered to both students and instructors in the course.

Term Codes are as follows:
Winter Session − 10
Spring − 20
Summer 1 − 40
Summer 2 − 50
Fall − 70