Integrations

In LinkedIn learning you can have access to over 15000 courses in seven languages complemented by exercises. It is updated every week with 60+ new courses. LinkedIn learning offers you the ability to improve your business, technology-related, and creative skills through macro- and micro- learning content.

About LinkedIn Learning

Students and staff have 24/7 free access to LinkedIn Learning by logging in with their network ID/Blackboard credentials. It contains a vast library of more than 245.000 videos, connecting the world’s professionals, helping them become more productive and successful. To date, it has nearly 660+ million users in more than 200 countries.

How to add content

Two Options

1. Access your Blackboard account and select the course you want to add content to. Go to Books &Tools, under the Details and Actions category. Click “Browse all course tools,” where you have access to various institution tools in the Content Market page, and click on the LinkedIn Learning tool. Search in the search bar the name of the video you would like to add, click the “add” button on the right, and “Confirm”.
   
   
    
2. At the Course Content page inside your course, click the plus button (+) and from the list that opens, choose Create. The Create Item page opens, and from the Course Content Items, choose “Teaching tools with LTI connection”. A window will open in which you will copy and paste the LinkedIn Learning course link and click “Save”. Add a title and a description to your uploaded material. The new content will appear at the top of the Content Area page. When you click the link, you will be redirected to the LinkedIn Learning Content page. You will first see the course that you have selected, as well as other popular courses, by browsing a variety of choices or by searching for more content.
   

Panopto is the lecture capture system used by the Institution to capture live lectures and create pre-recorded course materials.

The service allows you to record, edit, share, and stream video, audio, PowerPoint presentations, and screen-captured content for various audiences such as staff, faculty, and students. It stores and manages the recordings using a cloud-based content management storage system. Panopto lecture capture is integrated into Blackboard Learn, allowing you to record and use the recordings from within the Blackboard environment.

Panopto Lecture Capture Uses

• Lecture recordings to enhance students’ or colleagues’ learning experience.
• Flipped Classroom recordings with pre-recorded sessions with notes and subjects to allow preparation for the next lecture and assist discussions and feedback.
• Conference/Discussion recordings to share with a wider audience or promotional tool.
• Training Video recordings are to be shared with colleagues and students.

Steps to follow

To activate the Panopto videos with the Blackboard Ultra you will have to follow the steps below:

• Log in to your Blackboard Learn user account.
• Select the Books and Tools in the Details and Actions menu, and from there, click on Panopto Videos.
  
• You will be redirected to the Panopto page, where you can either select or create the video you want to upload.

Upload files

You can upload files from the folders you have on your computer. There are two options:

1. Drag and Drop
2. Upload from Folders

The following photos represent the drag-and-drop method.

Perlego is an online library of books, academic texts and tools that makes education accessible to all. It provides an affordable etextbooks solution for students, learners and instructors, by partnering with publishers and institutions, such as universities and companies. It has a wide range of online books and topics that enhance the learning journey.

You can access Perlego via Blackboard Learn and add any ebook in a content area. To complete this task, follow the steps below:

• Visit your course and the “Books & Tools” menu item or any other content area.
• Click the “Browse all course tools” button and click on “Perlego“. A new tab will open in the web browser that will automatically direct you in the Perlego environment. There will be no need to add any credentials to log in. If by any chance you are asked for credentials, add your @acg.edu email as the username.
• To find the ebook you are looking for, just type in the search bar its title, ISBN, author, or topic. 
• Once you locate the ebook you wish to add to your Bb course, click it to select it and then hit “Submit”.
• You will receive a success message that the content has been added to your course.
• Close this tab and then refresh the Blackboard page to view the ebook link.

Access the Turnitin link following the steps below:

• Click on Books &Tools, under the Details & Actions menu.
• From the Books & Course Tools category that opens, click on Browse all course tools at the bottom.

• From the Institution Tools section in the Content Market, select Turnitin Assignment.

  

Create a Turnitin Assignment:

In the Turnitin Assignment page, fill in the Name (at least 3 characters long) of the assignment, optionally add a description, and attach file(s).

Continue by defining the assignment’s Report Settings. In the Submission Settings, you can choose to allow late submissions or select any of the other available options. Some options are selected by default, and we recommend that you do not deselect them. You may enable additional settings if necessary. Click Submit.

The Turnitin assignment is added at the end of the page.

 File Requirements

For a successful submission, Turnitin files must meet the following requirements:

• less than 100MB;
• Contain a minimum of 20 words (unless otherwise stated in the assignment settings)
• Less than 800 pages (.xls/.xlsx and .csv files must be less than 450 pages)
• Microsoft Word® (.doc/.docx) – If using unsupported processor, it may be needed to change the file into .txt or . rtf
• OpenOffice Text (.odt)
• WordPerfect® (.wpd)
• PostScript (.ps)
• HTML
• Hangul Word Processor (.hwp)
• Rich text format (.rtf)
• Plain text (.txt)
• Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Sheets via Google Drive™
• Adobe® PDF (.pdf)
• Microsoft PowerPoint® (.pptx, .ppt, .ppsx, and .pps)
• Microsoft Excel® (.xls/.xlsx) –  If you have a .xls/.xlsx file that is 450 pages or more you have to save the file in a PDF form.

If you need to submit a file that does not need to be checked for similarity, but does need grading the only types of files acceptable are the following:

• Password protected files
• Microsoft® Works (.wps) files
• Microsoft Word 2007 macros-enabled .docm files
• OpenOffice Text (.odt) files created and downloaded from Google Docs online
• Document (.doc) files created using OpenOffice, as they are not 100% Microsoft Word equivalent
• Apple Pages
• Spreadsheets created outside of Microsoft Excel (i.e. .ods)
• Text with visual effects

Grade Assignments via the Turnitin Environment

You can grade Turnitin assignments directly from the Turnitin environment using the following steps:

• Access the Turnitin assignment you want to grade within a Bb course.
• Via the Turnitin environment, you can view the submissions of the students. Click the Grade icon to be redirected to the Feedback Studio and grade the assignment.
• From the Feedback Studio you can comment on the student’s assignment, give QuickMarks and grade it.
• The grade you insert in the box as it is shown in the picture on the left, is immediately updated in Blackboard’s Grade Center.

MS Education is now integrated into Blackboard Learn. This application allows instructors to create a Teams meeting and share it with their students. The meeting launches directly within each course.

To use Microsoft Education, you will need to synchronize your course with the platform. To enable Microsoft Education, click the last button on the right side of the Details & Actions menu inside your course, labeled “MS Education: Enable MS Education.” After clicking it, you will be directed to a page to synchronize your course with Teams. Click the synchronization button on that page, and the system will handle the rest automatically. Once the button is clicked, the MS Teams page will close, and the synchronization will run in the background.

You will understand if it is ready when, below the “MS Education” name, it says “Open Microsoft Education”.

There are two options for opening your classes or your meetings.

Select the option “Open Microsoft Education classes” and choose the “Sign In” button.

If you are given an option select how you’d like to open Microsoft Teams. Choose between your desktop or browser applications. Select the Course Teams section to launch the web view of Microsoft Education. Choose between “Upload Class Materials” , “Set Up Class Notebook”, or “Start a Conversation”,  among other options to start using your course’s Microsoft Team.

OneDrive

In the new version of Blackboard SaaS, Microsoft OneDrive is incorporated as a tool.

Microsoft OneDrive is a personal storage space where you can save files, documents, and pictures. OneDrive is helpful because all the documents are uploaded and stored there. You can access them anytime through any device. You can only access it by logging in with your ACG email account. Once your ACG email account is connected to Blackboard, you will be able to upload any documents or files needed for your course.

Once you log in with your acg email account, you will be directed to your Microsoft OneDrive account. Navigate to the Documents folder and create a new folder named Blackboard. Inside the Blackboard folder, you can create subfolders for each course you teach.

OneDrive connects Blackboard to your ACG email account, giving you the option to easily upload files stored in OneDrive to Blackboard.

To do so, follow the steps below:

• After saving the documents to OneDrive, you must connect your account to Blackboard. This is done by clicking on the Tools tab on the home page. Then, by clicking on Microsoft OneDrive, you will be connected directly to your ACG email account.
• After logging in, you will choose to be transferred via the “Courses” page to whichever course you wish to upload the files to.
• After choosing which course you want and creating a new content area for students, you can upload files via the “Cloud Storage” option in the plus (+) button or by clicking the plus (+) button “Create” “Embedded Cloud Document”.

Proctorio is an AI-augmented online proctoring service that offers test-takers the convenience of completing exams at a time and location that works best for them. Our institution utilizes Proctorio to uphold the integrity of exams, ensuring a fair and equitable experience that accurately reflects your effort and knowledge. 

Its features include: 

• Video recording of the test taker during the exam, 
• Audio recording of the surrounding environment, 
• Active lockdown of the test environment, 
• Monitoring and reporting of activities like copy/pasting or accessing other websites,
• Exam analytics. 

Proctorio is integrated with Blackboard and instructors are able to enable it in the Settings section of a test.

View the steps below:

• Step 1: Add the Proctorio browser extension to a compatible and updated with the latest version web browser: Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge. Unsupported browsers may cause errors. 
• Visit https://getproctorio.com to install the extension. Proctorio operates within our institution’s Blackboard so there is no need to create a Proctorio account or sign in to Proctorio. 
   
• Step 2: Create a Folder in your Blackboard course 
  Visit your Blackboard course and the Course Content page. Create a new folder and name it after the test, e.g., Midterm Exam. Add the Secure Exam Proctor Link. Open the newly created folder and at the top, add the Secure Exam Proctor link. To do this follow the steps below: 
  • Navigate to the Details & Actions menu on the Course Content page. 
  • Select View course & institution tools. 

  • Find the Secure Exam Proctor link and place it on the top of the folder. Remember to make it visible to students. 

    Note: Ensuring the Secure Exam Proctor link is both visible and placed at the top of the folder is essential. Without it, students will not be able to take the proctored test.
     
• Step 3: Within the folder, create the test and add questions or use a copied test from another course (see here how to create a test in Blackboard). First, set up the date and time students will take the test and set the Release conditions. You can choose the test to be taken by all students and also set exceptions if needed. 
   
• Step 4:  Click on the Settings to set up the settings for the exam and the Proctorio settings. Do not add a Due date! - Check the "No Due Date" field. Do not add an Access code! Proctorio does not request an access code for the test. Do not fill or check any option or field except of the following:  
  • First, set the Time limit (the duration of the exam) and in Submission rules make sure the option "Work is automatically saved and submitted when time expires" is enabled. All exams must include a time limit. 
  • Then, check “Enable Proctorio”. 
  • Once you click the “Enable Proctorio” setting, you will be led in the Proctorio Settings page. Make sure you activate the settings as shown below.
  • In the Force Full Screen button, choose (Moderate(15s)). 
  • If you choose you may enable the In-Quiz Tools. 
  • Click the Proctorio Behavior Settings to enable them and hit on Recommended. 
  • Scroll to the bottom of the page and click “Save Settings”. Then, click also click “Save” in the Assessment Settings page of the test. 

Remember:  

Proctorio must be enabled before publishing the exam. 

If an exam is published without Proctorio and a student begins the exam, you cannot retroactively enable Proctorio for that specific exam. 

Proctorio in an already existing test that does not have any submissions 

To enable Proctorio in an already existing test, visit your course's Course Content page and expand the Options menu. Choose “Edit” and then, set up the relevant settings.