Instructor Information
Blackboard
- Get Started
Get Started for Instructors (PDF)•
Course Content Basics (PDF)
New Base Navigation (Video—3:22)•
Control Panel Basics (PDF)
Make a Course Available (PDF)
View & Print Student Rosters (PDF)
Add Teaching Assistants (Video—1:17)•
Merge Course Rosters (PDF)
Create and Manage Groups (PDF)
Use SafeAssign (Video—0:50) •- Course Materials
Upload a Syllabus (PDF)
Upload Files (PDF) •
Copy Courses (PDF)•
Preview Course as a Student (PDF)- Communicate with Students
Communicate with your Students (PDF)•
Blackboard Notification Settings (PDF)
Post an Announcement (PDF)•
Set up a Discussion Forum (PDF | Video—2:35)•
Send an Email through Blackboard (PDF)- Assignments & Exams
Create Assignments (PDF)
Create Tests (Video—4:46)
Exam Options in Blackboard (Video—2:20) (PDF)•
Exam Availability Exceptions (Video—2:05)•
- Grading
Grade Center Good Practices (PDF)
Download the Grade Center (PDF | Video—1:43)
Honorlock
- Adding Honorlock & Exam Setup
Adding Honorlock to Blackboard (PDF) & Setting up an Exam with Honorlock (PDF) (Video—5:22)
- Review Results
How to Review Honorlock Results (HTML)
GWeb
- Final Grades
Enter Final Grades (PDF)•
Zoom
- Set-up
Webinar: Using Zoom in Blackboard (Video—27:57) •
Set up Zoom in Blackboard (PDF) (Video—2:21)•- Using Zoom
Record A Video Presentation (PDF)
Creating and Using Polls (PDF)
Access Course Meeting Attendance and Poll Reports (PDF)
Access Course Meeting Cloud Recordings (PDF)
Advising
Trainings marked with • should be reviewed annually.
Technical Support
Faculty Support
- Blackboard Support: (202) 994-0485
- Support Email: bbadmin
gwu [dot] edu (bbadmin[at]gwu[dot]edu) - Honorlock Support: +1 (844) 243-2500
- Technical Support: (202) 422-2806
- Technical Support Email: seasonline
gwu [dot] edu (seasonline[at]gwu[dot]edu)
Student Support
- Blackboard Support: (202) 994-4948
- Blackboard Support Email: ithelp
gwu [dot] edu (ithelp[at]gwu[dot]edu) - Technical Support: (202) 422-2806
- Technical Support Email: seasonline
gwu [dot] edu (seasonline[at]gwu[dot]edu)