Welcome to the fifth in a series of monthly blog entries in which I am providing in-depth coverage of the setup for each of the different Test/Survey/Pool question types in Blackboard. Over the last four posts, we explored the variations on the Multiple Choice question type.  Remember, you can always review previous tech tips posts by searching on “tech tips” or a specific topic in the search box.
This month, we’ll begin exploring the variations of the Ordering question type, starting with Ordering itself.
In the event you’re not familiar with it, …

Welcome to the fourth in a series of monthly blog entries in which I am providing in-depth coverage of the setup for each of the different Test/Survey/Pool question types in Blackboard. This month, we’ll be exploring another variation of the Multiple Choice question, Multiple Answer.
In the event you’re not familiar with it, Multiple Answer gives students a number of possible answers from which they must select the most appropriate/correct responses. Unlike Multiple Choice, you may specify multiple options as correct answers.
Blackboard can grade this question type for you, by automatically …

There is a very short Web-based Learning (WBL) module that can take you step-by-step through the process.
SOS Introduction & Final Grade Entry
This Web-based Learning (WBL) class gives a general overview of SOS and step-by-step instructions for entering final grades through SOS.
After completing this training, learners should be able to:

Define what SOS is and identify common uses for SOS.
Identify the types of personal information that can be accessed through SOS.
Identify the types of employee information that can be accessed through SOS.
Identify the types of student information that can be accessed through …

Welcome to the third in a series of monthly blog entries in which I am providing in-depth coverage of the setup for each of the different Test/Survey/Pool question types in Blackboard. This month, we’ll be exploring a minor variation of the True/False question, Either/Or.
In the event you’re not familiar with it, Either/Or gives students two possible answers from which they must select the most appropriate/correct response. Unlike True/False, you may specify options other than True and False for the two possible answers.
Blackboard can grade this question type for you, by …

If you’ve ever copied a table from another application or the Web into Excel, you probably found yourself with a lot of empty rows. Many of the operations in Excel (charts, PivotTables, etc.) that requires the data to be in a proper table (column headers and no blank rows).
The following tip saved me an hour of time last week when I had to copy data from a PDF to an excel spreadsheet and then create a PivotTable from it.
You don’t have to manually delete each row! I don’t take credit …