1. Laura Bestler
CELT- Learning Technologies
bbhelp@iastate.edu
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2. • Course Environment
• Building Content
• Setting Permissions
• Enrolling Students & Adding TAs, Guests, etc.
• Creating a DEMO student
• Announcements
• Assignments
• Reporting and Student Performance

3. • Log in to Bb Learn
 https://bb.its.iastate.edu
• Navigate to your course or sandbox course
• Configure Bb Learn for editing
 Edit Mode: On

4. • Easiest to setup
• Examples of folders and descriptions…
 Getting Started
 Week One: Who was King Arthur
 Additional Readings
• Folders can be created inside of folders

5. • From Course Menu, select Course Content
option, choose Build Content button, select
Content Folder.
• Give it a name, “Weekly Lessons”, click
Submit, and your new content folder will
appear at the bottom of your list.
• Select the title, “Weekly Lessons”, to access
folder contents

6. • From the Build Content menu, under New
Page, select Blank Page.
• In the Create Blank Page window, type “Course
Welcome Page” in the field marked with an orange
asterisk
• In the Content field, type a welcome message to your
students. Use the Visual Editor to format your
message.
• Click the Submit button.
• Rearrange items by using the drag tab to the left of
the icon

7. • Blank Page
 Page title appears in the content list and when
you click on the title, a new page opens with that
page’s content.
• Item:
 Content appears directly in the content list.
 Individuals may use the Item to put a block of
instructional text above a folder

8. • On Content page, from the Build Content
menu, select URL
• On the Create URL page, scroll to the URL
Information section, and in the Name
field, type “CNN”. In the URL field type
http://cnn.com.
• Click the Submit button.

9. • Go to your Content page, select Build
Content, File.
• Browse to file’s location either on your
Computer or in Bb Learn’s Content
Collection for the course
• Select the file you want to make
available, and it will appear at the bottom of
the list on the content page.

10. • Much like folders but you can add
information about content inside such as
objectives, instructions, time period, and
other items to help your students be
successful in the lesson plan.

11. • Build Content menu, select Lesson Plan.
• Name field, type “Lesson 1”. This will be title of your
lesson plan.
• Description field, type an overview of the lesson for
your students or add a banner image.
• Instructor field, type the name of the instructor.
Share with students
• Objectives field, type the learning objectives. Share
with students
• Subject Area field, type subject of the lesson. Share
with students

12. • Options:
 Permit Students to View Lesson Plan
 Track how many times students view lesson
plan
 Date and time release
• Save and Continue

13. • Next step add resources like class
notes, multimedia, and assessments
• Next to Lesson 1, click the actionlink, and select Edit.
• Select Curriculum Resources tab, and add content
from the Build Content, Create Assessment, Add
Interactive Tool, or Assign Textbook button.
• Content appears below Curriculum Resources tab
• Students view all items from Content Information
and Curriculum Resources.

14. • Instructor to have a little more control on the
order that students access course materials
• Force sequential viewing of materials if that
reinforces your course goals and objectives
• Table of Contents for easy navigation
between items

15. • Build Content menu, select Learning
Module
• On the Name field, type “Lesson 2”. This will
be the title of your Learning Module
• Description, type an overview of the
learning module for your students.

16. • Options:
 Permit Students to view the learning module
 Set Date and Time for release of learning module
• View:
 Enforce Sequential View of the Learning Module
 Open Learning Module items in a new window
 Track the number of times each student views the
learning module
• Table of Contents:
 Show to students
 Select how you want your hierarchy displayed

17. • To open learning module, select Lesson Two
title.
• Add Content Items from the Build
Content, Create Assessment, Add
Interactive Tool, or Assign Textbook
buttons
• Once you add learning module content
items, content links appear below the Lesson
Two tab.

18. • Getting Started with Course Content
• Organizing Course Content Video Tutorials:
 Bb Learn’s OnDemand Center