How Do I Add a Flash Movie to My Blackboard Course?

Add a Flash movie to your Blackboard course page.

Blackboard provides educational course management software for teachers and students. Teachers can make changes to a wide range of Blackboard pages, including announcements, calendars, tasks, discussion boards and general content pages. These changes are most often made using the software's Text Box Editor feature. You can add your Flash movie saved in SWF format to a Blackboard course through the Text Box Editor with just a few clicks.

Instructions

1. Log into your Blackboard account.

2. Locate the list of available courses under the "My Courses" heading near the top-right corner of the page. Select the course containing the page you want to edit.

3. Click the "Control Panel" button, found near the bottom of the left-hand side of the page.

4. Select the category containing the page you want to edit.

5. Click the "Edit View" link located at the top-right corner of the page.

6. Open an existing item, or click the "Item" link to create a new piece of content.

7. Click the Flash content button on the Text Box Editor toolbar. This button is represented by a red "F" shape. If it does not appear on your screen by default, click one of the down-arrows located below the font selection menu.

8. Click the "Browse" button on the "Insert SWF" screen to locate the Flash video on your computer, or enter the website address of your video in the field directly below.

9. Set your file options (width, height, autostart, loop or quality), and click the "Submit" button.

References

• Blackboard Library: Insert SWF File
• Blackboard Library: Text Box Editor
• UNC-Chapel Hill, Help & Support: Blackboard Text Box Editor
• Loyola University, New Orleans, College of Law: Blackboard Summary
• University of Maryland, Law School: Adding Content to Blackboard