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titleCourse Design Example with Documents and Folders

In this example course the instructor has created Blackboard "Documents" to share PDFs of readings and lecture slides, and folders to contain assessments. This allows student to distinguish between content they need to read or study, and activities they will complete.

The instructor has created a single Blackboard document for different types of content like Lecture Slides and Readings. Inside the document, they upload files as attachments that display directly in the page. They add material by editing the document each week to attach additional files at the bottom.

The instructor uses folders to organize their assessments. One folder contains all of the exams that will be offered during the term. Another holds sub-folders for paper assignments. Each sub-folder has the materials and resources needed for the paper and a link to submit the final paper via Turnitin.

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Using Documents to Organize Course Files

This instructor prepares most of their course materials outside of Blackboard and uses the course as a way to organize and present the files they create to students. In ultra, an instructor can create a single document and embed multiple files within it. This can create a streamlined and organized presentation of course documents. The "Lecture Slides" document has a number of PDF files embedded within it that students can expand to view directly in Blackboard or download to view offline.

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The instructor can add or remove files from this document at any time by editing it. One disadvantage of this technique is that you cannot set individual viewing permissions within the document itself. Any files included here are visible to the student — the only way to prevent a student from seeing a file embedded within a document is to remove it. 

Folders for Organizing Assessments

In this course, assessments like exams and writing assignments are organized into folders by type. The Exams folder contains the four exams given throughout the term. These exams are created in Blackboard; each has its own availability settings and allows instructors to add accommodations for individual students.

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The Paper folder contains sub-folders for an assignment given in phases. For example, the folder Paper Phase 1 contains the documents and instructions required to complete the assignment along with a Turnitin link for submitting the assignment. 

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