Blackboard Tools for Faculty

Tool	Description
	Blogs, Journals and Wikis can be used for self-reflection, collaboration and communication.
	The Roster Manager tool in Blackboard is used by faculty to enroll non-student users into their Blackboard course.
	As an instructor of a Blackboard course site, you can copy course materials from one Bb course site to another using the Course Copy tool located in the Control Panel. Note: You must have instructor access to both courses in order to copy materials between the courses.
	The new "Merge Course Enrollment" tool in Blackboard allows faculty teaching multiple sections of the same course to merge enrollments into a single Blackboard course site rather than maintaining multiple sites
	Turnitin is an Internet-based plagiarism-detection tool which checks student assignment submissions for plagiarism within Blackboard. Click the Instructor's Guide for training materials and videos to get started.
	With SoftChalk LessonBuilder, faculty can create interactive course content without knowing any HTML or programming.
	Wimba Classroom is a live, synchronous virtual classroom environment with features that include audio, video, white board, application sharing and content display.
	Wimba Voice allows you to easily record voice discussion boards, voice-enabled email and other voice documents that can be embedded within your Blackboard course.
	Wimba Pronto is an instant communication platform designed for educators to advance and promote collaborative learning.
	The Intelecom Digital Repository is a fully searchable online database and digital content repository of rich media videos that faculty can use to enhance their Blackboard course. Contact eLearning@pgcc.edu for login information.
Test Generator from Word Document	Create a Blackboard test from a Word Document. This test generator created by BYU-Idaho offers an easy alternative to entering each question seperately when creating a test in Blackboard.
	Instructions on how to create a meebo instant messaging account and insert a chat box into your Blackboard course.