Blackboard for Faculty

Courses & Enrollments

Courses, enrollments and user data are integrated directly into Blackboard from Datatel. The Blackboard integration tool, creates all curriculum courses in Blackboard. Course enrollment information listed in Datatel is mirrored in Blackboard.

Faculty must be listed as an instructor for a course in Datatel to be listed as the course’s instructor in Blackboard. Instructor names entered in Datatel are automatically assigned to course sites in Blackboard. Datatel needs to list all instructors.

Students are enrolled into the correct course sections based on their registration. If a student drops, changes or adds a course, Blackboard course enrollment is updated automatically the next time integration runs. Students dropping a course after the start date are disabled in the Blackboard course. The student’s id is grayed out in the course, but still visible to the instructor.

The integration tool runs daily and automatically updates courses, user and enrollment information in Blackboard from the Datatel records.

How Do I Log into Blackboard?

• There are multiple ways to get to Blackboard. The easiest is to go FTCC’s website. Go to the bottom of any FTCC webpage; click the Blackboard link in the Resources list.
  • Direct link is https://faytechcc.blackboard.com
• To log into Blackboard, you will use your FTCC Single Login ID.
  • If you need assistance with your login, contact the Help Desk at help@faytechcc.edu.

Assessment Templates

When creating assignments, discussion boards, quizzes, test or exams the following templates must be used. Copy and paste applicable templates into the Blackboard Text Editor box and add appropriate information.

• Assignment
• Discussion Board Assignment
• Quiz, Test & Exam

Course Quality Rubrics

Course Checklists

• Blended/Hybrid Class Quality Rubric
• Online Course Quality Rubric
• Traditional Course Quality Rubric

Instructor Expectations

Required & Recommended Elements in the Course Template

• All FTCC curriculum courses, both traditional face to face, hybrid & fully online, are expected to create & maintain an online Blackboard Component.
• All instructors are expected to have their Blackboard class components ready for student use prior to the first day of each semester.

Blackboard Instructor Tutorials

Use the left side menu or the search option for assistance with Blackboard Learn© questions.

SafeAssign

SafeAssign  is a service instructors use to check assignments for originality.

Known Issues

Blackboard LTI Fix Guide

There is a known problem causing Error Messages with some LTI tools in Blackboard. Follow these steps for resolution:

1. From Course Management area select Customization
2. Select Tool Availability
3. Scroll down and Select All the Boxes associated with LTI tools:
   • Basic LTI Tool
   • Basic LTI Tool Content Item (Do not add to content menu)
   • Basic LTI Tools
   • LTI
   • EQUELLA LTI Integration

4. Select Submit