Blackboard Vista for Faculty
This page contains Blackboard Vista training materials and handouts for Continuing & Professional Education faculty and students using Blackboard Vista through UMassOnline.
If you are using SPARK for on-campus courses, refer to the SPARK Support Site.
Online Courses offered by Continuing & Professional Education through UMassOnline use Blackboard Vista. OIT Academic Computing collaborates with Continuing Education to provide training for faculty who are new to Blackboard Vista.
Continuing & Professional Education Faculty wishing to arrange a Blackboard Vista training session can contact Academic Computing at vista@oit.umass.edu .
Faculty Handouts
Create & Manage Assignments in Blackboard Vista (pdf, 1.7 MB)
Create a Course from Scratch in Blackboard Vista (pdf, 1.7 MB)
Using the Gradebook in Blackboard Vista (pdf, 970 KB)
Teaching in Blackboard Vista (pdf, 1.3 MB)
Spyware
(44 KB)
Information on how to detect Spyware on your computer's hard
drive. Spyware can negatively impact the functionality of Blackboard Vista.
Live Classroom Instructions for Faculty
(pdf, 744 KB)
Live Classroom Instructions for Faculty (online)
(please note, this link takes you to a Web site outside of
OIT)
A comprehensive guide to using the Live Classroom tool in Blackboard
Vista.
Importing Student Grade Book Data into Blackboard Vista (pdf, 277 KB)
Exporting Student Grade Book Data into Blackboard Vista (pdf, 273 KB)
Using the HTML Creator in Blackboard Vista (pdf, 557 KB)
