Manage Course Tools

The Manage Tools feature allows you to enable or disable the various Tools offered with the Blackboard system. Tools are the additional features that Blackboard offers for students and instructors beyond content delivery, such as email, student homepages, and a gradebook.

From the Control Panel:

Click on the Manage Tools link in the Course Options section.
Choose one of these: (please read the desciption at the bottom of the page)
1. Tool Availability.
2. Building Block Tool Availability.
3. Content Type Availability.
Check the desired Enable boxes.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the Submit button.

Options

Enable Blackboard Tools(Tool Availability) - These tools are standard by Blackboard and include both instructor and student tools. The various tools are listed on the left hand side of the page. Opposite each tool are three options for each tool. These are Enabled, Allow Guest and Allow Observer. Clicking the check box under the appropriate option will determine access for that tool. An “n/a” indicates that choice is not applicable for that specific tool.

Enable Extension Tools(Building Block Availability) - These are custom system extensions and must be added by your system administrator.

Enable Content Tools(Content Type Availability) - Click the box next to the appropriate content tools: Item, URL, Test, Survey, Assignment and LRN Package to enable them.

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