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When building your Blackboard 7 course, you can use Folders to help organize the files and items that you add. In fact, how you present the information in your class can have a significant impact on how well your students use Blackboard.

Create a Folder

There are two ways to create folders in Blackboard.

Option 1 The Control Panel

From the Control Panel

1. Click on the area to which you would like to add the folder.

2. If necessary, navigate to the sub-folder in which you want to place the folder.

3. Click the Add Folder icon.

4. Enter a name into the name box.

5. Choose a font color for the name of the folder.

6. Enter a description of the folder into the text box.

7. Choose your Folder options. The folder and its contents will not be visible to students until you make the folder available. You can make the folder available by click the Yes radio button or by setting date restrictions. Note: You can't set date restrictions and use the Yes/No radio buttons.

8. Click Submit.

9. Click OK.

Option 2 Quick Edit

Quick Edit saves you the time and trouble of navigating back to the Control Panel every time you wish to add or modify an item. When you are working in Content Areas, you can click the Edit View link to go directly to a page that allows you to add or modify items. For more information, click Use Quick Edit.

1. From the content area select with area you would like to create a folder i.e. Assignments.

2. In the course menu screen, information is displayed in a student view. To edit the page click on Edit View in the upper right hand corner.

3. Click on Add Folder Icon.

4. Enter a name into the name box.

5. Choose a font color for the name of the folder.

6. Enter a description of the folder into the text box.

7. Choose your Folder options. The folder and its contents will not be visible to students until you make the folder available. You can make the folder available by click the Yes radio button or by setting date restrictions. Note: You can't set date restrictions and use the Yes/No radio buttons. You can also track how many times a student views a folder.

8. Click Submit.

9. Click OK.

Note: If you save all of your MS Word documents as .rtf files, your students will be able to open them with any word processing program.