Designing Your Site > Using Folders

The use of folders is an important concept to understand in Blackboard. Folder can be thought of as hierarchical markers in your course that make it easier for your students to navigate around. The key to using Blackboard successfully is to design an easy to use course site and to break your content up into logical categories. If you run your course on a week by week basis it would be a good idea to organize your content in this fashion. So, for example, in this scenario we would want to login to our site and browse to the Course Documents section of our control panel. Now, before we add an item we will first want to "Add Folders" that will server as our content containers for each weeks materials.

Once these folders have been added you can begin adding content items into them. This will make it easy for students to navigate your course site.

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Related FAQ's

Q: What is the difference between a course builder and a TA?

The different user access levels control different aspects of what an individual user can do. This chart gives you a general idea of the different types of actions a user type can perform:

Q: How do I allow guest access?

You can allow guest access to certain areas of your site by logging in and clicking "Control Panel>Manage Course Menu". From this interface you can enable guest access on a content area by content area basis. This will allow anyone with a Blackboard account to browse to your course and see the content that exists in the specific content areas that you have "enabled" guest access for.

If you need to create a "guest" account for an instructor at another University please send an e-mail to blackboard@uic.edu.

Q: Can I change the title of my course site?

Yes, you always have the ability to change display options associated with your course site. Login and click "Control Panel>Settings>Course Name and Description".

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