Areas & Pages (Blackboard Help Page)

Adding Content Areas and Pages

Using the left navigation functionality, instructors can easily add and organize pages and the course navigation. See how to add a:

• Content Area
• Blank Page
• Module Page

Add a Content Area

From the course left navigation, click on the "plus sign" in the navigation box just above the course title. Select "Create Content Area" from the available options. A popup box will appear with a text entry field. Enter a name for the content area you are about to create. You can click the checkbox to make the area available to users or you can do this at another time. Then click "Submit" to complete the creation process. A new content area is created and the name will become a link in the course left navigation. Next, you can begin to build content in the new content area or continue setting up the left navigation.

Add a Blank Page    

From the course left navigation, click on the "plus sign" in the navigation box just above the course title. Select "Create Blank Page" from the available options. A popup box will appear with a text entry field. Enter a name for the page you are about to create. You can click the checkbox to make the area available to users or you can do this at another time. Then click "Submit" to complete the creation process. A new page is created and the name will become a link in the course left navigation. Next, you can fill out the page information to set up the page or you can continue setting up the left navigation.

Add a Module Page

Blackboard provides several informational and web application resources (modules) that can be added to a Module Page. Module Pages present/organize these information sources and web applications in discrete boxes or modules. Instructors can select and arrange modules on a Module Page for students to access. Currently the available modules include: Alerts, Calculator, Dictionary, Announcements, Calendar, Tasks, Report Card, Textpad, Thesaurus, To Do.

First create a Module Page and then add the individual modules to the page.

Create a Module Page

1. Click on the "Build Content" button to expose a dropdown menu listing various content types. Select "Module Page" listed under the "New Page" heading.
2. Enter information about the Module Page, decide when to make it available to students, and select options.
   • Enter a name and optional descriptive information you may want associated with the Learning Module.
   • Select whether or not to allow students to personalize the module page (if yes, students can also add, remove, and rearrange modules on the page).
   • Select from options for when to make the page available to students and whether you want to track the number of times students launch/view the page.
3. Click "Submit" to create the module page.
   

Add Modules to a Module Page

1. Navigate to the Module Page, then click the "Add Course Module" button to select from the list of individual modules to add to the Module Page.Click "Submit" to complete the process.