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Content Interface Tweak documentation#

Introduction#

Ever found it difficult to create and maintain content for Blackboard Learn? Ever felt that your Blackboard Learn content is a bit ugly and difficult to use?

The Content Interface tweak is intended to help make it easier (but not simple) to address both these problems.

Learn more about:

  1. Background – What can it do? how do you use it? How does it work?
  2. Using – What are the major steps in using it?
  3. Creating - How and what types of content can you create with it?
  4. Customising - How do you change how it looks and how it works?

Background#

What and why?

Why would you use the Content Interface?
What is it exactly?

How does it work?

What are the major components of the Content Interface?
How do they work?

Using#

Set up

How do you set up a Blackboard page to use the Content Interface?

Create and modify

How do you create and modify content in Blackboard using the Content Interface?

Automating updates

How do you configure your browser and Blackboard page to automate the update process?

Creating#

Textual content

How do you create headings, text, tables, quotes, footnotes and other normal word processor content using Microsoft Word.

Web content

How do you include web content, including: links, images, and video and other types of embeddable content (e.g. H5P elements?)

University content

How do you add Griffith University specifics, including: University dates, activities, notes, readings, and Film Watching Options.

Blackboard content

How do you integrate Blackboard content and functionality, including: links to content and menu items, assessment activities, adaptive release, and review status?

Customising#

Accordion opening

How do you link to specific parts of the content? How do you control which accordions are open?