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Campus Pack 2.8.17
Student and Instructor User Guide

Updated: October 9, 2007

Table of Contents
Campus Pack 2.8.17 Student and Instructor User Guide................................ 1
Table of Contents ............................................................................................... 1
Search LX™ ........................................................................................................ 3
About Search LX™ ...................................................................................................................... 3
Frequently Asked Questions ....................................................................................................... 4
Course Search ............................................................................................................................. 4
Institutional Search ...................................................................................................................... 5
Top Frame Search .................................................................................................................. 6
Portal Module .......................................................................................................................... 6
Search Box .............................................................................................................................. 6
Search Tool ............................................................................................................................. 7
Searching ..................................................................................................................................... 7
Tips for Searching ........................................................................................................................ 8
Choosing Keywords ................................................................................................................ 8
Excluding Common Words ...................................................................................................... 8
Finding an Exact Phrase ......................................................................................................... 8
Capitalization ........................................................................................................................... 8
Guest Access .......................................................................................................................... 8
Interpreting Search Results ......................................................................................................... 8
Search Query .......................................................................................................................... 9
Search Scope .......................................................................................................................... 9
Recent Searches ..................................................................................................................... 9
Content Links .......................................................................................................................... 9
Content Type Icon ................................................................................................................. 10
Score ..................................................................................................................................... 10
Content Information ............................................................................................................... 10
Results Navigator .................................................................................................................. 10
Advanced Search ...................................................................................................................... 11
Keywords ............................................................................................................................... 11
Courses ................................................................................................................................. 12
Organizations ........................................................................................................................ 12
Types ..................................................................................................................................... 12
Journal LX™ ..................................................................................................... 13
About Journal LX™.................................................................................................................... 13
Overview of a Blog ..................................................................................................................... 13
Finding a Blog or Journal Site ................................................................................................... 13
Accessing the Central Course Blog ...................................................................................... 13
Accessing Individual or Group Blogs .................................................................................... 13
Uses of Journal LX™ ................................................................................................................. 14
Engaging students in reflective writing .................................................................................. 14

Campus Pack 2.8.17 Student and Instructor User Guide

Facilitating learning via peer review and feedback ............................................................... 14
Encouraging critical thinking and creativity ........................................................................... 14
Creating Blogs and Journals ..................................................................................................... 14
Create the Blog ..................................................................................................................... 15
Configure the Blog ................................................................................................................. 16
Creating a Private Journal ......................................................................................................... 21
Creating an Individual Blog ........................................................................................................ 22
Creating a Group Blog ............................................................................................................... 23
Modifying a Blog ........................................................................................................................ 23
Configuring your Central Course Blog ....................................................................................... 24
Using a Blog .............................................................................................................................. 26
Calendar View ....................................................................................................................... 26
Viewing Recent Posts ........................................................................................................... 27
Monthly Archives ................................................................................................................... 27
Commenting on an Entry....................................................................................................... 27
Creating a New Entry ............................................................................................................ 29
Editing an Entry ..................................................................................................................... 30
Deleting an Entry ................................................................................................................... 33
Entry History .......................................................................................................................... 34
Recovering Entries ................................................................................................................ 36
Exporting a Blog .................................................................................................................... 37
Teams LX™ ....................................................................................................... 38
About Teams LX™ .................................................................................................................... 38
Overview of a Wiki ..................................................................................................................... 38
Finding a Wiki Site ..................................................................................................................... 38
Accessing the Central Course Wiki ....................................................................................... 38
Accessing Team Wikis .......................................................................................................... 38
Uses of Teams LX™.................................................................................................................. 39
Collaborating on online projects ............................................................................................ 39
Creating a shared course resource ....................................................................................... 39
Assessing group participation ............................................................................................... 39
Configuring your Central Course Wiki ....................................................................................... 39
Creating Additional Wikis ........................................................................................................... 42
Create a New Wiki................................................................................................................. 42
Configure the Wiki ................................................................................................................. 42
Evaluating Participant Performance .......................................................................................... 46
Listing of All Wikis in the Course ........................................................................................... 47
Participation Summary Report for a Wiki .............................................................................. 47
User Participation Report for a Wiki ...................................................................................... 48
Browse Page History ............................................................................................................. 49
Compare Revisions of a Page............................................................................................... 50
Using a Wiki ............................................................................................................................... 51
Creating a New Page ............................................................................................................ 51
Commenting on a Page......................................................................................................... 53
Deleting a Page ..................................................................................................................... 53
Editing a Page ....................................................................................................................... 54
Exporting a Wiki .................................................................................................................... 59
Site Navigation and Page List ............................................................................................... 59
Page History .......................................................................................................................... 60
Recovering Pages ................................................................................................................. 62
Podcast LX™ .................................................................................................... 63
About Podcast LX™ .................................................................................................................. 63
Frequently Asked Questions ..................................................................................................... 63
Accessing Podcast Episodes .................................................................................................... 64
Course Content Areas ........................................................................................................... 64

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Course Tools Area ................................................................................................................ 64
Subscribing to a Podcast ........................................................................................................... 67
Subscribing in iTunes ............................................................................................................ 67
Subscribing in Another Tool .................................................................................................. 68
Configuring your Course Podcast .............................................................................................. 68
Enabling the Podcast Tool .................................................................................................... 68
Setting up Podcast ................................................................................................................ 68
Configuring your Course Podcast .............................................................................................. 70
Enabling the Podcast Tool .................................................................................................... 70
Setting up Podcast ................................................................................................................ 70
Creating a Podcast Episode ...................................................................................................... 72
Create the Podcast Episode.................................................................................................. 72
Configure the Podcast Episode ............................................................................................. 73
Expo LX™ ......................................................................................................... 75
About Expo LX™ ....................................................................................................................... 75
Supported Browsers .................................................................................................................. 75
Managing Your Sites ................................................................................................................. 75
Adding a New Site ................................................................................................................. 76
Modifying and Removing Existing Sites ................................................................................ 76
Sharing Sites ......................................................................................................................... 76
Creating Blogs and Wikis........................................................................................................... 77
Creating a New Expo Site ..................................................................................................... 77
Manage Sites ........................................................................................................................ 79
Personal Information.................................................................................................................. 80
Searching for other Expo Sites .................................................................................................. 81
Removing a Site ........................................................................................................................ 81
Sharing a Site ............................................................................................................................ 82
Permissions ........................................................................................................................... 82
Invite a Person ...................................................................................................................... 83
Sharing with Groups .............................................................................................................. 85
Managing Your Expo Directory.................................................................................................. 88
Selecting Groups for the Directory ........................................................................................ 89
Managing the Layout of the Directory ................................................................................... 90
Adding and Removing Friends .............................................................................................. 90

Search LX™

About Search LX™
Search LX™ is a search engine for course management systems created by Learning Objects,
Inc. It allows users to quickly search and find documents that would otherwise not be searchable.
The application searches most types of content in your online course environment, such as Blog
posts, Wiki pages, Microsoft Word documents, Adobe PDFs, HTML, and Text documents.

Search LX™ is the fastest way to find content in your course or community sites. Rather than
spending time traversing multiple levels of folders, you can enter a search phrase to search all of
a course's content and see the search results in seconds.

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Search LX™ is able to find content that other search engines such as Google can't reach.
Through a tight integration within the course management system, Search LX™ understands and
enforces all of the business rules that restrict access to content, such as user role, course role,
membership in courses and organizations, content availability, etc.

This application is evolving quickly based on the feedback we receive from our users. We
welcome your thoughts and suggestions. Please email us at support@learningobjects.com to
give feedback or get technical support.

Frequently Asked Questions
How frequently is the Search index updated?

Typically the search index is refreshed once each night. Check with your help desk for details.

Which document types are supported?

See the advanced search screen for a full list.

Does Search LX™ search Blackboard discussion boards?

Until recently, it was not possible for other Search LX™ and other building blocks to access data within the
database. Blackboard recently made this possible, however, so Learning Objects will be expanding Search
LX™ to search within discussion boards in an upcoming release.

Course Search
The course Search tool differs from the institutional Search by only returning results within the
current course.

When this tool is enabled, it can be accessed by clicking the Course Tools link in the course
menu, and then clicking the Search tool.

Figure 1: Search for content within your courses using the Course Search tool

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Institutional Search
The Institution Search tool can be accessed in any of four different locations:

• The Blackboard top frame
• A standard Search LX™ Portal module
• A Search module in the left column of a module tab
• The Tools area in the left column of a module tab

Access via any of these locations is dependent on where your institution's System Administrator has
enabled the tool.

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Top Frame Search
If this access point has been enabled by the System Administrator, a search text box will appear
in the upper right corner of the Blackboard header frame.

Figure 2: If enabled, access the Search tool from the top frame.

Portal Module
If this access point has been enabled by the System Administrator, a portal module will be
available to the specified group of users. The Search LX™ module may be added to any tab
containing modules.

Note: Availability of this module depends on the permissions for each particular role set by the
System Administrator.

Figure 3: If enabled for your role, access the Search tool from the Search LX™ portal module.

Search Box
If this access point has been enabled by the System Administrator, a Search text box will appear
in the left column of any module tab ( e.g., for example, My Institution) where it has been added.

Figure 4: If enabled, access the Search tool from the Search box in the left column of any module tab.

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Search Tool
If this access point has been enabled by the System Administrator, a link to the Search tool will
appear in the Tools area of the left column on any module tab (e.g./for example, My Institution)
where it has been added. Click on the Search link to access the Search tool.

Note: The name of this link can be specified by the System Administrator.

Figure 5: If enabled, access the Search tool from the Tools module in the left column of any tab.

Searching
To enter a simple query:

1. Enter keywords into the text box provided.
2. Select the Search scope and click the Search or hit the ENTER key on your keyboard.

Search LX™ will return all content containing any of the words entered in your query. If you wish
to receive results containing ALL of the keywords entered, type the word AND between them.

Here are some links to help you get started:

• How to perform an advanced search
• How to interpret search results
• How to optimize your query
• How to access Search LX™

See also: Advanced Search, Interpreting Search Results, and Tips for Searching.

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Tips for Searching
Choosing Keywords
For best results, you will need to choose good keywords. Use words that are likely to appear in
the document you are looking for. For example, if you are looking for documents on
Shakespeare, enter “Shakespeare” instead of “authors.”

Excluding Common Words
Search LX™ ignores common words and characters such as "the", "where", "how", and certain
single digits and letters. Common words such as these tend to slow down your search without
improving your results.

Finding an Exact Phrase
To find an exact phrase with Search LX™, enclose the phrase in quotation marks. For example,
entering "William Shakespeare" will return results containing the author's full name and not simply
the word William or Shakespeare.

Capitalization
Search LX™ queries are not case sensitive. All letters, regardless of how they are entered, will be
understood as a single case. For example, searches for "SHAKESPEARE", "Shakespeare", and
"ShAkEsPeArE" will return the same results.

Guest Access
When conducting a search, you can find content in courses and organizations you are not a
member of as long as the content is available to guests. If you choose to search the whole
institution rather than a particular course or organization, any content that matches your search
terms and is available to you will be returned, regardless of your membership.

Interpreting Search Results
Search LX™ will only return documents, announcements, calendar entries, etc. that are available
to the user. Interpreting the results of search queries is quite simple. The following elements are
displayed on the search results screen:

• Search query
• Content link
• Content type icon
• Score
• Content information
• Search scope
• Recent searches

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• Results navigator

Figure 6: The Search Results page displays the search parameters and details for each returned result.

Search Query

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The search query that generated the current results is displayed at the top of the search results
page. To modify the search, simply enter new search keywords and click the Search button.

Search Scope
The Search Scope control allows you to further refine the scope of your search to one or more
specific courses. Search scope can be limited using the following options:

• All of Blackboard
• All of My Courses
• List of courses to which you have access

Note: The search scope is not available if you are searching one specific course or organization
by entering search through the Tools area of the course or organization.

Recent Searches
A list of recent searches is provided just under the top search controls. Click on a recent search
link and you will be returned to its list of results.

Content Links
Each search result prominently displays the name of the content item that has matched the
search criteria. This name is also a link to the matched content. Click on it to view the item
directly.

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Content Type Icon

Figure 8: Content type icons

Each content type within Blackboard has been assigned an icon for easy identification within the
search results. Some of the possible content types and the icons displayed within the search
results are shown below.

• Content Type Icon
• Course Content (Items, Learning Units, Etc.)
• Uploaded Documents (Word, PDF, HTML, Etc.)
• Multi-Media Documents (Audio, Video, Etc.)
• Announcements
• Staff Information
• Calendar Entries

Score

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A relevancy score is provided that is used to rank the results against the total set of matches for
your query.

Content Information

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Information about the matched content, such as a summary, the type of content, the location, and
the last modified date is also provided.

Results Navigator

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At the bottom of the search results page is a navigation bar that provides information about the
total number of hits returned. By default, ten hits are displayed per page. If more than 10 items
are returned by the search, the results will be divided up into multiple pages with 10 items per
page. In this case, links to navigate between the pages will also appear in the Results Navigator.

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Advanced Search
When you need more precise control over the scope of the search or search criteria, use the
Advanced Search tool. To do so:

1. Access the institutional or course Search tools.
2. Click on the Advanced button on the right of the Search tools action bar.

This will bring you to a secondary search page that allows you finer control over the search
criteria and scope.

Figure 12: The advanced search feature allows finer control over specification of the search criteria.

Keywords
The Advanced Search screen allows you to further specify your keyword criteria as well as limit
the scope of your search. You can combine any number of additional search parameters on this
screen.

All of these words

Enter a list of keywords separated by a space. This will return only those documents that
contain ALL of the keywords entered.

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This exact phrase

Enter a phrase in this field and the search will return only those documents that contain the
exact phrase entered.

Some of these words

Enter a list of keywords. This will return all documents that contain one or more of the
keywords entered.

None of these words

Enter a list of keywords. This will return all documents that DO NOT contain any of the
keywords entered.

Courses
Specify a set of courses to limit your search. If there are no courses listed for selection, then you
are not a member of any courses.

Organizations
Specify a set of organizations to limit your search. If there are no organizations listed for
selection, then you are not a member of any organizations.

Types
Select a specific content type to search. This will limit your search to documents of the type(s)
you choose, such as Word (DOC) or Acrobat (PDF).

To search items in Blackboard content areas and ignore the attached files, choose “Course
Content.” To search types other than the ones listed, choose "Other."

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Journal LX™

About Journal LX™
This is the end-user help documentation for Journal LX™. Journal is an application that allows users to
create and share blogs and reflective journals within a learning management system. If you don't find what
you are looking for, please contact your institution's help desk.

Overview of a Blog
A blog, is a website that is designed to be updated frequently with new entries. The entries in a blog are
usually displayed in reverse-chronological order (most-recent first).

This blog application has an easy-to-use editor that lets you quickly add content and style your work.

Finding a Blog or Journal Site
There are two primary places where you can access a blog from within your online course or
organization:

• The Central Course Blog site is found within the Tools area of your course or organization.
• Individual or group blog sites can be found in any content area where the instructor has created
them.

Each course or organization has one Central Course Blog but can have many individual or group blog sites.

Accessing the Central Course Blog
1. Go to your course home page.
2. Click on the Tools link within the course menu.
3. Click on the Blog Tool.

Accessing Individual or Group Blogs
2. Click on the content area (Course Documents, Assignments, etc.) in the course menu.
3. Browse the sub-folders, if any.
4. Click on the "View" link for a blog.

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Uses of Journal LX™
Journal LX™ gives instructors and students the tools to create media-rich journals within a
course. The software provides the classroom community with a forum to reflect on course-related
topics, projects, and ideas.

Engaging students in reflective writing
Configured as a private journal, Journal LX™ serves as a platform for reflective writing. Students
can consider and explore course readings, class discussions, or field experiences. Through the
journals, the instructor gains ready insight into his students' experiences in the course and can
efficiently provide individualized feedback.

Facilitating learning via peer review and feedback
With Journal LX™ configured for group access, students learn through peer review. They can
view one another’s posts and provide comments and suggestions. Such sharing gives students
the opportunity to learn by both example and critique.

Encouraging critical thinking and creativity
Using Journal LX™ for group or course-wide blogging fosters lively discussion of course topics
and concepts. When engaged in written debate, students are motivated to sharpen their critical-
thinking and rhetorical skills. They can also exercise creativity by adding images, external links,
and uploaded files to their posts.

Creating Blogs and Journals
This sections explains the how to create blogs or private journals in your course or organization. The options
allow you to create different kinds of assignments and learning activities. The most common types are:

• Private Journals
• Individual Blogs
• Group Blogs

Follow the links above to find out more about each type.

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Create the Blog
You can create a blog by adding a special kind of content type within a course or organization Content Area,
such as Assignments or Course Documents.

To create a blog:

1. Access the Control Panel.
2. Choose the Content Area (i.e. Course Documents, Assignments, etc.) where you wish to create the
blog.
3. Select "Blog" from the drop down list in the right corner of the action bar.
4. Click the Go button to create the blog.

Figure 13: Choose the "Blog" content type and hit Go to create a new blog or journal.

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Configure the Blog
Step 1: Blog Information

Once you have accessed the Create Blog page, you need to complete some information to configure it.

Figure 14: Provide information about the blog, including its name, availability, and the type of blog it should be.

Name and Description

Give the blog a name and description. These values will appear as the name and description of the blog to
students in the course.

Make the blog available

This field determines availability of the blog to student users in the course. If "No" is selected, then the blog
will not be visible to students in the course content area, however instructor users can view the blog in the
"Edit View" of the course content area or when viewing the content area in the course control panel. If "Yes"
is selected, then the blog will be visible to students, and course users with permissions to view the blog will
be able to enter the blog.

Select the blog type

There are two main types of blogs that can be created with Journal LX:

• Group Blog
• Private Journal

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A Group Blog is a blog in which there are one or more members and members of the blog, as well as
visitors, are able to see any entry added to the blog by a member.

A Private Journal is a blog in which there are one or more members, and each member can only see their
own work. This particular type of blog allows the instructor to create a private space for students to reflect
and produce written work that is only visible to the instructor. Each student who is made a member of this
type of blog will be unable to see other student's blog entries. However, the instructor can see all students'
entries in one location, for easier review and grading.

Allow blog members to view the instructor's entries

This option is only available for selection if the instructor is creating a Private Journal. In these types of
blogs, the instructor may choose to add entries to the journal that are meant to be notes to oneself for the
purposes of grading. If the instructor is adding this type of entry to the blog, then the instructor should select
"No" for this option.

If the instructor wishes to add entries that are targeted to students, then the instructor should select "Yes" for
this option. When this is done, students can only see their own entries and entries created by the instructor.
Other students' entries will still be hidden from each member of the blog.

Enable an RSS feed?

Choose "Yes" to enable public RSS feed for this blog. Choose "No" to disable RSS. If RSS is enabled, you
will find a red RSS button ( )with the URL in the bottom right corner of the blog.

Be sure that you do not turn this feature on if there is sensitive information in the blog. If you don't know
exactly what this option means, then please leave the option off.

Select the value to use to reference users in the blog

Blog users' names appear in a number of locations throughout the blog:

• At the top of each blog entry, the author's name is displayed along with the name of the person who
last modified the entry
• In history, the name of each person who revised the entry is displayed
• The author of comments are displayed with the comments

In all of these locations, the user will be referenced with the name value selected for this field. The options
are as follows:

• User Name: If selected, the user's username will be displayed. Since usernames are generally a field
kept private to each user, this option should only be selected if necessary. e.g., jdoe
• Person Name: If selected, the user's first name and last name will be displayed. e.g., John Doe
• Person Name and User Name: If selected the user's first name, last name, and username will be
displayed.
e.g., John Doe (jdoe)
• Given Name: If selected, the user's first name, or given name, will be displayed. e.g., John

Note: If your institution includes sensitive information in usernames, do not select the "User Name" or "Both"
options.

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Text Direction

If you are building sites in a language that is read right-to-left, such as Arabic, you can set the primary text
direction. If you do not select an option in this field, all text in the blog will be displayed left-to-right by default.

Step 2: Member Settings

Figure 15: Specify course members who should be members of the blog and the permissions they should be assigned.

Note: Journals can be made individual by selecting a single user as the only team member and setting the
view dates for other users to dates outside of the course duration.

Blog Members

Select the course members who should be members of the blog. The options are as follows:

• All Course Members: Select this option if all students in the course should be able to add
entries to the blog. When creating a Private Journal for all students in the course, this option
should be selected along with the "Private Journal" option in the blog settings above.

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• Specific Course Members and Groups: Select this option if only specific students, specific
course groups, or some combination of students and course groups should be able to add
entries to the blog. If this option is selected, then select the groups and individual course
members who should be added as members of the blog.

Allow students to permanently delete blog entries

By default, blog members are unable to permanently delete blog entries. When this setting is not enabled, all
deletions made by students can be undone -- i.e., the entry can be restored to the blog. If this setting is
enabled, students have the option to perform a restorable delete on a blog entry or to permanently delete
the entry. Instructors can always permanently delete blog entries regardless of whether this setting is
enabled or not.

Allow members to export the blog

Enable this option if members of the blog should be able to export the site. Instructors will always have the
option to export the site. The "Export Site" link will not be displayed to student users, however, unless this
option is selected. Note that this option cannot be selected when the instructor is creating a "Private
Journal."

Comment permissions

Instructors can set permissions for viewing comments and writing comments for student members of the
blog. Instructors always have the option to view and add comments to any blog entry. If the View Comments
option is selected, then members can only view comments. If "Write Comments" is selected, then members
can both view and write Comments. Note that the "Write Comments" option cannot be selected unless the
"View Comments" option is also selected.

Set date and time restrictions for editing the blog

If blog members should only be able to add and edit content in the blog for a specified time, enable these
date settings.

Step 3: Non-Member Settings

Journal LX allows instructors to make blogs available for non-members to view and comment. This is a
useful feature in cases where the instructor would like to encourage peer review among students. In this use
case, the instructor can assign one or more students in the course as a member of the blog, which allows
those students to add and edit entries in the blog. The blog can then be opened up for non-members to view
and add comments. This allows other members of the course to provide the members of the blog with
commentary on their work.

Note: None of the following settings can be enabled when the instructor is creating a Private Journal.

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Figure 16: Instructors can allow people in the course who are not members of the blog to view the blog or to have
commenting privileges.

Allow non-members to view the blog

This field is selected by default. It provides access to non-members (i.e., course members who are not
selected as members of the blog, as well as course guests and observers) with access to view the blog.
Uncheck this field if only members of the blog and instructors should be able to access the blog. This field is
selected by default when creating a Group Blog. When creating a Private Journal, this field does not apply.
Non-members cannot be given privileges in Private Journals since that would make the blog public.

Specifically, this setting provides access to non-members (i.e., course members who are not selected as
members of the blog, as well as course guests and observers) with access to view the blog. Uncheck this
field if only members of the blog and instructors should be able to access the blog.

Date and time restrictions for viewing the blog

This set of date and time fields allows the instructor to limit blog access for non-members to specific time
periods. If neither of the checkboxes are selected, then non-members can view the blog for as long as they
have access to the course. This set of date and time fields allows the instructor to limit blog access for non-
members to specific time periods. If neither of the checkboxes are selected, then non-members can view the
blog for as long as they have access to the course.

Comment permissions

Comment permissions Instructors can set permissions for viewing comments and writing comments for non-
members. These permissions can only be set if the instructor is allowing non-members to view the blog, and
when the blog is a Group Blog. If the View Comments option is selected, then non-members can view
comments only. If "Write Comments" is selected, then non-members can both View and Write Comments.
Note that the "Write Comments" option cannot be selected unless the "View Comments" option is also
selected.

Step 4: Create Gradebook Entry

If the blog is being graded, select the "Create a Gradebook entry" option and specify the information for a
Gradebook entry to be created for the blog. To remove this entry from the Gradebook after creating it, do so
from the Gradebook.

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Figure 17: Optionally create a grade book entry that relates to this assignment.

Once you have made your selections, click "OK" to create the blog.

See also: Creating a Private Journal, Creating an Individual Blog, Creating a Group Blog.

Creating a Private Journal
A Private Journal is a blog which is configured as a private writing space that only an individual student and
the instructor can see.

You can create a Private Journal by adding and configuring a "Blog" content type within any content area in
your course or organization (such as Assignments or Course Documents), and selecting "Private Journal" as
the blog type when creating the blog.

Figure 18: Settings for creating a private journal.

To create a Private Journal follow the directions in the Creating Blogs and Journals section and choose the
following options while completing the steps:

1. Select "Private Journal" as the blog type.
2. When selecting members, select "All Students".
3. Determine whether students should be able to see instructor's entries and enable or disable this
setting accordingly.
4. Consider changing other options to suit your particular usage.

Under these settings, students will only see their own entries in the journal and will be unaware that other
students are posting into the same space.

The instructor can see all of the students' work in one place. To see everyone's work at once, choose “All
Authors.” This will chronologically display all entries by all students in the blog. If you want to view just one
student's work, use the select box on the right side of the action bar. It shows a list of all of the people who
have posted in the journal, along with the number of entries they have made. To see everyone's work,
choose “All Authors.”

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Note: There is a second way to configure a private journal -- follow the instructions in the Creating an
Individual Blog and use the date ranges to exclude other students in the course from seeing the entry.

See also: Creating Blogs and Journals

Creating an Individual Blog
An Individual Blog is a course level blog that is owned by one student.

You can create an Individual Blog by adding and configuring a "Blog" content type within any content area in
your course or organization (such as Assignments or Course Documents).There are two types of individual
blogs you can create:

1. Individual blog where other people are able to view and comment on the blog entries written by the
blog owner.
2. A private individual blog where no one else other than the instructor can access the blog and view
the blog owner's posts.

Figure 19: Settings for creating the two types of individual blogs

To create an Individual Blog, follow the directions in the Creating Blogs and Journals section and choose the

1. When selecting members, choose just one member - the owner of the blog.
2. Be sure to select either the "Group Blog" or "Private Journal" blog type depending on whether people
other than the blog owner should be able to view the blog.
3. Consider changing other options to suite your particular usage.

Repeat these steps for each blog you would like to create.

Note: If you are creating a private individual blog, it may be better to create a Private Journal instead. See
"Creating a Private Journal."

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Creating a Group Blog
A Group Blog is a collaborative writing space where multiple people post entries into the same blog. This is
not a very common usage of blogs in general, but a more common usage in academic scenarios as it can be
a valuable learning activity.

You can create a Group Blog by selecting the "Group Blog" option when creating a new blog in a course
content area.

Figure 20: Setting for creating a group blog

To create a Group Blog follow the directions in the Creating Blogs and Journals section and choose the

1. When selecting members, add multiple members.
2. Be sure to select "Group Blog" as the blog type.
3. Consider changing other options to suit your particular usage.

Repeat these steps for each blog you would like to create.

See also: Creating Blogs and Journals

Modifying a Blog
After creating a blog, the settings can be modified at any time. To modify a blog's settings, perform the
following steps:

1. Open the "Edit view" for the content area that contains the blog.
2. Select the "Modify" button that appears to the right of the blog content item.

Any of the settings can be changed on this page. Note, however, that deselecting the option that creates a
gradebook entry for the blog will not remove the blog gradebook item from the course gradebook.

See Creating Blogs and Journals for information on the settings that can be modified.

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Configuring your Central Course Blog
By default, the Central Course Blog is set up such that the instructor is the only user who can edit and create
pages.

To change settings for this blog, navigate to the Control Panel for your course or organization and select
Configure Blog Tool.

Figure 21: Control Panel link to configure the Blog Tool.

Each of the configuration options is explained below.

Figure 22: Configuration options for the Central Course Blog.

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Do you want to allow students to create blog entries?

Choose "No" if the instructor will be the only person posting entries. Chose "Yes" if students can post as
well.

Do you want to allow users to view posts by other users?

Choose "Yes" if students should see posts created by other students. Choose "No" if students should only
see their own posts.

Do you want to enable a public (unauthenticated) RSS feed?

Choose "Yes" to enable a public RSS feed for this blog. Choose "No" to disable RSS. If RSS is enabled, you
will find an orange RSS button ( )with the URL in the bottom right corner of the blog.

Be sure that you do not turn this feature on if there is sensitive information in the blog. If you don't know
exactly what this option means, then please leave the option off.

Do you want to allow students to permanently delete blog entries?

Choose "Yes" if students are allowed to permanently delete entries in the blog. If "No" is selected, then
students will not be given the option to permanently delete when they are deleting a blog entry.

Do you want to allow students to export the blog?

Choose "Yes" if the "export site" link should appear for students in the blog sidebar. This link will always be
available to instructors regardless of what is selected for this setting.

Do you want to allow students to view comments on blog entries?

Select "Yes" to allow students to view comments made on blog entries. This does not allow students to add
comments. That is controlled through a separate setting. The instructor, however, can view and add
comments to any blog entry.

Do you want to allow students to add comments to blog entries?

Select "Yes" to allows students to add comments to blog entries. Note that you cannot select "Yes" for this
option unless you have also enabled students to view comments on blog entries.

When can members post to the blog?

Use the date ranges to specify when students are allowed to edit pages. By default there are no date
restrictions placed on editing, if enabled.

Choose the dates and times for which students will be allowed to edit the blog tool.

Use the date range fields to specify the date/time range in which students can add and edit content in the
course blog tool. By default there are no date restrictions placed on editing. However, you may choose to
place restrictions editing the blog if you want to prevent students from editing the blog while you are grading
or after an assignment is due, for example.

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Choose the dates and times for which the blog tool can be viewed by students.

Use the date range fields to specify the time range in which students can view pages. By default there are
no date restrictions placed on viewing, if viewing is enabled for the user.

How shall public references to students be displayed?

Users' names appear in a number of locations throughout the blog:

• At the top of each blog entry, if they are the author of the entry or the last person to modify the entry
• In the history for an entry, for every revision made by that user
• As the author of any comments added by the user

are as follows:

displayed.

options.

Are you using a right-to-left language?

If you are building your blog in a language that is read right-to-left, such as Arabic, you can set the primary
text direction. If no option is selected, all text in the blog will be displayed left-to-right by default.

Once you have made your selections, click "OK" to save your changes.

Using a Blog
Calendar View
Blogs can be navigated using the calendar view which appears in the sidebar on the right. Any dates on
which entries have been written will appear as hyperlinks. Selecting a link will display all entries created on
that day. Navigate between months by selecting the month links at the bottom of the calendar.

Figure 23: Browse blog entries for a given date by clicking the date in the calendar.

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See also: Monthly Archives

Viewing Recent Posts
You can see a list of the most recent entries in this blog in the "recent posts" module in the gray side bar.
Click on an item to jump to that entry.

Figure 24: Links to recent posts in this blog.

Monthly Archives
You can browse all entries from a given month by using the archives module in the gray sidebar.

Figure 25: Choose a month to refresh the screen and view all entries created in that month.

See also: Calendar View.

Commenting on an Entry
The comments area displays at the bottom right of each blog or journal entry. Comments are hidden until
you click on the comments link. After opening and viewing the comments, you can add new ones via the
Add Comment form.

Note: Depending on your permissions in this blog, you may or may not see the Add Comment form.

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Figure 26: Add a comment below a blog or journal post.

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Creating a New Entry
To add an entry, click the New Entry-link in the actions section of the gray sidebar.

Figure 27: Choose the 'new entry' link to create a new blog post.

Once you click New Entry, you will be brought to the editing pane where you can create the content for your
blog entry and specify a title for it. The new entry will be created when you click "Save."

Figure 28: Create your new blog post in the editing pane and click "Save."

See also: Editing an Entry.

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Editing an Entry
To edit an existing entry in a blog, click the edit link that appears next to the entry's title.

Figure 29: Click "edit" next to the title of an entry to begin editing it.

The edit screen is identical to the screen for creating a new entry. It contains a graphical editor that allows
users to write text, format it, add images, and add links to files or other pages.

The Graphical Editor

You can type into the editor pane or cut and paste from a web page or a Word document.

To learn your way around the editor, begin editing a page and then hold your mouse pointer over any of the
buttons to see a brief explanation of the function.

Figure 30: Build and edit blog or journal posts in the graphical environment.

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Link Functions

This feature allows you to insert a link to another blog entry or to an external website.

Figure 31: Add a link in your document to other blog entries or to external web pages.

To create a link within your blog:

1. Highlight the text you wish to turn into a link.
2. Click the Insert Link button, which looks like a chain link ( ).
3. From the resulting dialog box, select the type of link you wish to add:
• Link to an existing entry in the same blog
• Link to an external web page
4. Select the entry name or provide the link details and click Insert.

Add Image Function

This allows you to insert an image directly into your entry. Within the editor, you either upload an image or
provide a hyperlink to an image on another web server.

Figure 32: Place an image in-line in your entry by uploading from a local drive or linking to an externally-hosted
image.

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To insert a local image:

1. Click on the Insert Image button ( )
2. Select the "Upload an image" option.
3. Browse to locate the image you wish to upload.
4. Enter an image description.
5. Click Upload to add the image.

To insert an external image:

1. Click on the Add Image button ( ).
2. Select the "Include an image from an external web site" option.
3. Enter the URL of the image you wish to embed in your entry.
5. Click Upload to add the image.

Uploading and Attaching a File to an Entry

To attach a file to your journal entry, edit the page and then click the Upload File button ( ).

Figure 33: Attach a file to a page by uploading it.

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Editing in HTML Source Mode

Documents created in the editor are converted into HTML when saved. You can view the HTML code
produced by the editor by using the Toggle Mode control located on the upper right side of the editor ( ).

Note: This feature can be used to provide finer control of the page formatting than is possible by using the
editor controls alone. This feature requires prior knowledge of HTML.

Save Controls

Save edits made to your page by clicking the Save button located at the bottom right of the screen. To stop
editing without saving changes, click on the Cancel button.

More Functions

The Graphical Page Editor has support for many more functions such as Undo, Redo, Find, Replace, Insert
Table, Full screen editing, and more. To learn your way around the editor, try experimenting! You can also
hold your mouse pointer over any of the buttons to see a brief explanation of the function.

See also: Creating a New Entry.

Deleting an Entry
Blog and journal entries can be deleted at any point.

Figure 34: Click "delete" next to the blog entry to delete it.

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To delete an entry:

1. Click on the Delete link next to the title of the entry.
2. You will be taken to a confirmation page.
3. Choose "YES" to delete the entry and keep the version history, "PURGE" to permanently delete
the entry and all of the associated history, or "NO" to cancel.

Figure 35: Choose 'Remove content' to delete the entry and 'Delete permanently' to remove the entry permanently.

When you delete an entry, the existing text is replaced with a message about who deleted it and
when. That message will be invisible to users who do not have the ability to edit the journal.

To delete an entry permanently, choose the "Delete permanently" option.

Deleted entries are still visible to the blog owner(s) and can be recovered at any time by viewing
the entry history and choosing the "revert" option for a previous version of the post.

Figure 36: Select the "history" link to view and recover deleted entries.

Entry History
When an entry is saved, a record of those changes is preserved. This stored history makes three important
features possible. You can:

• revert the page to a previous version
• track changes to pages as the content is being built
• recover deleted posts.

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Figure 37: Click "history" next to the title of an entry to see previous revisions.

To access the history of a post, click on the history link next to the post title. From the next screen, you can
click on the View Diff button to see earlier versions and revert back to them.

Figure 38: View the history of a page and compare revisions.

When viewing a diff, you’ll see that changes are highlighted. New text is in green, changed text in yellow,
and deleted text in stricken-through red.

Figure 39: View differences between revisions.

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Recovering Entries
Since the blog tracks each version of a page as you edit it, you can roll back to a previous version
at any time by "reverting" to that version. This function is available the entry history and diff
pages.

To recover a previous, or deleted, version of an entry:

1. Click on the history link next to the entry title
2. Locate the version you wish to recover and click on the View Diff button.
3. Review changes and click the Revert button.

Figure 40: Click “Revert” to roll back to the target version of the file.

The entry you have selected will be updated and become the latest version. The history of the blog will be
updated appropriately to indicate the changes made. Note that you can also recover an entry that has been
deleted but not purged by following this same method.

If you return to the history, you will notice that an additional revision has been made to track your change:

Figure 41: View the entry history with the new revision that was added when you revert.

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Exporting a Blog
Blogs can be exported and stored your computer. This allows you to browse the site offline, back
up your material, or post the material to another website.

To export a blog:

1. Click on the export site link in the toolbox module in the gray sidebar.
2. Choose "Save to Disk" and select a location.

Figure 42: Click "export site" to save the entire blog to your computer.

Figure 43: Save the blog to your computer.

Exported sites are saved as a .zip file. To view the content, extract the zip and browse it in your
web browser. Start browsing by first opening the "index.html" page.

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Teams LX™

About Teams LX™
This is the end-user help documentation for Teams LX™. Teams is an application that allows users to
create and share wikis within a learning management system. If you don't find what you are looking for,
please contact your institution's help desk.

Overview of a Wiki
A wiki is a website of one or more pages that allows people to add and edit content collectively. This wiki
has an easy-to-use editor that lets you quickly add content and style your work.

Your wiki starts off with one page: the homepage. You can add new pages at any time and link them
together.

Finding a Wiki Site
There are two main places that you can access a wiki from within your online course or
organization:

• The Central Course Wiki site is found within the Tools area of your course or organization.
• Team Wiki sites can be found in any content area where the instructor has created them.

Each course or organization has one Central Course Wiki but can have many Team Wikis.

Accessing the Central Course Wiki
2. Click on the Course Tools link within the course menu.
3. Click on the Wiki Tool.

Accessing Team Wikis
2. Click on the content area (Course Documents, Assignments, etc.) in the course menu.
3. Browse the sub-folders, if any.
4. Click on the View on your wiki.


Uses of Teams LX™
Teams LX™ is a special wiki designed to give students and instructors tools for collaboratively creating rich
media websites within the course management environment. Users sharing a common online workspace
author content, assemble research, and present their work.

Collaborating on online projects
Teams LX™ is a great way for instructors to create group assignments. Students work cooperatively to
develop, write, and publish their solutions in the form of websites. This process encourages them to think
critically and analytically as they evaluate and organize relevant content.

Creating a shared course resource
Teams LX™ allows instructors and students to collaboratively build shared knowledge bases within courses.
Users can maintain an up-to-date, online course resource by authoring content, linking to external
resources, contributing opinions and analysis, and re-framing existing content.

Assessing group participation
Teams LX™ provides a course tool to help instructors assess the group project work they have assigned.
This tool allows an instructor to drill down into the individual contributions of each student and to track the
evolution of a group's response during the problem-solving process.

Configuring your Central Course Wiki
By default, the Central Course Wiki is set up such that the instructor is the only one who can edit and create
pages.

To change settings for this wiki navigate to the Control Panel for your course or organization and click
Configure Wiki Tool.

Figure 44: Control Panel link to configure the Wiki Tool.

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Each of the configuration options is explained below.

Figure 45: Configuration options for the Central Course Wiki.

Do you want to allow students to edit the wiki?

Choose "No" if the instructor will be the only person editing or creating pages. Choose "Yes" if
students can participate.

Do you want to allow students to permanently wiki pages?

Choose "Yes" if students are allowed to permanently delete pages in the wiki. If selected, then students will
have the option to delete a page or to permanently delete

Do you want to allow students to export wiki pages?

Choose "Yes" if the "Export Site" link should appear for students in the wiki sidebar. This link will always be
available to instructors regardless of what is selected for this setting.

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Do you want to allow students to view comments on wiki pages?

Select "Yes" to allow students to view comments made on wiki pages. This does not allow students to add
comments. That is controlled through a separate setting. The instructor, however, can view and add
comments to any wiki page.

Do you want to allow students to add comments to wiki pages?

Select "Yes" to allows students to add comments to wiki pages. Note that you cannot select "Yes" for this
option unless you have also enabled students to view comments on wiki pages.

Choose the dates and times for which students will be allowed to edit the wiki tool.

Use the date range fields to specify the date/time range in which students can add and edit content in the
course wiki tool. By default there are no date restrictions placed on editing. However, you may choose to
place restrictions editing the wiki if you want to prevent students from editing the wiki while you are grading
or after an assignment is due, for example.

Choose the dates and times for which the wiki tool can be viewed by students.

Use the date range fields to specify the time range in which students can view pages. By default there are
no date restrictions placed on viewing, if viewing is enabled for the user.

How shall public references to students be displayed?

Users' names appear in a number of locations throughout the wiki:

• At the top of each blog entry, if they are the author of the entry or the last person to modify the entry
• In the history for an entry, for every revision made by that user

are as follows:

displayed.

options.

Are you using a right-to-left language?

direction. Selecting this option will display the text in the wiki from right to left.

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Creating Additional Wikis
You can create as many wikis as you would like in your course. These wikis can be configured in different
ways to create different learning activities. Note that each course or organization also has one Central
Course Wiki that you can turn on or off.

If available in your version of Blackboard, additional wikis are created within the Control Panel or in the Edit
View of course content areas. Wikis are created by adding a special kind of content type in a course content
area such as Assignments or Course Documents. Additional wikis cannot be created if the Instructor has
disabled the wiki content type in the course Control Panel.

Create a New Wiki
To create a wiki:

1. Go to your course or organization Control Panel.
2. Choose a content area (i.e. Course Documents, Assignments, etc.) or create a new one.
3. Select the "Wiki" item from the drop-down list in the right corner of the action bar.
4. Click the Go button, which will direct you to the Create Wiki page.

Figure 46: Add a new wiki to any content area in a course or organization.

Configure the Wiki
Once you have accessed the Create Wiki page, you will need to complete the information required to
configure it for use.

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Step 1 - Wiki Information

Figure 47: Create Wiki - Step 1 - Wiki Information

Name and Description

Give the wiki a name and description. These values will appear as the name and description of the wiki to
students in the course.

Make the wiki available

This field determine availability of the wiki to student users in the course. If "No" is selected, then the wiki will
not be visible to students in the course content area, however instructor users can view the wiki in the "Edit
View" of the course content area or when viewing the content area in the course control panel. If "Yes" is
selected, then the wiki will be visible to students, and course users with permissions to view the wiki will be
able to enter the wiki.

Select the value to use to reference users in the wiki

Wiki users' names appear in a number of locations throughout the wiki:

• At the top of each wiki page, if they were the last person to modify that page
• In the Page History, for every revision made by that user

are as follows:

displayed.

options.

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Text direction for wiki content

direction. If no text direction is selected, content will be displayed by default from left to right.

Step 2: Member Settings

Figure 48: Specify course users who should be members of the wiki and the permissions that should be assigned to
these members.

Wiki Members

Select the course members who should be members of the wiki. The options are as follows:

• All Course Members: Select this option if all students in the course should be able to add and edit
content in the wiki.
• Specific Course Members and Groups: Select this option if only specific students, specific course
groups, or some combination of students and course groups should be able to add and edit content
in the wiki. If this option is selected, then select the groups and individual course members who
should be added as members of the wiki.

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Allow students to permanently delete wiki pages

By default, wiki members are unable to permanently delete wiki pages. When this setting is not enabled, all
deletions made by students can be undone -- i.e., the content can be restored to the wiki. If this setting is
enabled, students have the option to perform a restorable delete on a wiki page or to permanently delete the
page. Instructors can always permanently delete wiki pages regardless of whether this setting is enabled or
not.

Allow members to export the wiki

Enable this option if members of the wiki should be able to export the site. Instructors will always have the
option to export the site. The "Export Site" link will not be displayed to student users, however, unless this
option is selected.

Comment permissions

Instructors can set permissions for viewing comments and writing comments for student members of the
wiki. Instructors always have the option to view and add comments to any wiki page. If the View Comments
option is selected, then members can view comments only. If "Write Comments" is selected, then members
can both View and Write Comments. Note that the "Write Comments" option cannot be selected unless the
"View Comments" option is also selected.

Set date and time restrictions for editing the wiki

If wiki members should only be able to add and edit content in the wiki for a specified time, enable these
date settings.

Step 3: Non-Member Settings

Teams LX allows instructors to make wikis available for non-members to view and comment. This is a
useful feature in cases where the instructor would like to encourage peer review among students. In this use
case, the instructor can assign one or more students in the course as a member of the wiki, which allows
those students to add and edit content in the wiki. The wiki can then be opened up for non-members to view
and add comments. This allows other members of the course to provide the members of the wiki with
commentary on their work.

Figure 49: Instructors can allow people in the course who are not members of the wiki to view the wiki or to have
commenting privileges.

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Allow non-members to view the wiki

This field is selected by default. It provides access to non-members (i.e., course members who are not
selected as members of the wiki, as well as course guests and observers) with access to view the wiki.
Uncheck this field if only members of the wiki and instructors should be able to access the wiki.

Date and time restrictions for viewing the wiki

This set of date and time fields allows the instructor to limit wiki access for non-members to specific time
periods. If neither of the checkboxes are selected, then non-members can view the wiki for as long as they
have access to the course.

Comment permissions

Instructors can set permissions for viewing comments and writing comments for non-members. These
permissions can only be set if the instructor is allowing non-members to view the wiki.If the View Comments
option is selected, then non-members can view comments only. If "Write Comments" is selected, then non-
members can both View and Write Comments. Note that the "Write Comments" option cannot be selected
unless the "View Comments" option is also selected.

Step 4: Create Grade Book Entry

Figure 50: Create Wiki - Step 4 - Gradebook Entry

If the wiki is being graded, select the "Create a Gradebook entry" option and specify the information for a
Gradebook entry to be created for the wiki. To remove this entry from the Gradebook after creating it, do so
from the Gradebook.

Once you have made your selections, click "OK" to create the wiki.

Evaluating Participant Performance
Click on the "Assess Wikis" link in the Course or Organization Control Panel to do the following:

• view a list of all of the wikis in the course
• view a participation report for each wiki, showing how much each student contributed
• see a detailed participation report for each student for a wiki
• review the revision history for one page to see a particular user's revisions

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Figure 51: View wiki participation reports by clicking "Assess Wikis".

Listing of All Wikis in the Course
Selecting the "Assess Wikis" link will list all of the wikis in your course or organization. This page
shows all the wikis that have been assigned in the course and allows the instructor to view the
details of a particular site.

Figure 52: Select the "View Participation" button to view participation details for the site.

Participation Summary Report for a Wiki
Click "View Participation" next to a wiki to get to the Participation Report. The report shows an up-to-date
summary of each participant's contribution to the site.

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Figure 53: Participation Statistics for a Course Content Area Wiki

This page shows the percentage of work completed by each student and provides access to a more detailed
breakdown of the work by selecting the View Detail button.

The Group Site Participation page shows a breakdown of the total page saves and the total lines modified.
These metrics can help an instructor determine the level of a student’s participation within the Teams site.

• "Total Page Saves" shows the number of times that a particular student has saved a page in the
wiki and the percentage of total page saves made by that student.
• "Total Lines Modified" shows the number of lines modified by a particular student and the
percentage of the total lines modified by that student.

Participation detail can be filtered and viewed by the following criteria:

• All available dates
• The past month only
• The past week only
• Today only

To filter the Participation Detail by date, select the appropriate filter from the drop-down list, and the page
will automatically refresh.

User Participation Report for a Wiki
Click "View Detail" next to a user on the Participation Summary Report page to view the User
Participation Report for that user in a wiki. More-detailed information about the content
contributed by the user to each page can be viewed.

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Figure 54: Participation statistics for a user in the wiki broken down by page

Browse Page History
To further examine a student’s work, you can drill down to the Page History for a given page from
the User Participation Report. Since the system saves each revision of each page in every wiki,
you can browse students' work to see their individual contributions.

Figure 55: Examine student work by clicking "See Change History."

For more info, see the Page History topic.

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Compare Revisions of a Page
Click "View Diff" to compare two adjacent revisions of a page. A Diff highlights the changes made
in the current version since the last version was saved. This is useful when evaluating students'
work .

Figure 56: Examine student work by clicking "View Diff."

For more info, see the Page History topic.

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Using a Wiki
Creating a New Page
There are several ways to create a new page in your wiki.

The "New Page" Link

You can create a new page by clicking "new" under the "page" heading in the sidebar on the right. Give the
page a title and contents and then click "Save."

You can now navigate to your new page either by clicking the page title under the "site navigation" section
or by clicking the "page list" under the "toolbox" section and selecting the page title in the subsequent
window.

Figure 57: Click 'new' to add a page.
Figure 58: The link to the new page appears in the site
navigation section or in the Page List accessed via the
"toolbox" section.

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Creating a Link to a New Page

New pages can also be created by simply creating a link to the new page.

To link to a new page:

1. Start editing an existing page.
2. Select some text in the page.
4. In the resulting dialog box, shown below, choose "Link to a new page" option and give the page a
name.
5. Click Insert.

Figure 59: Insert a link to a new page to create it.

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Commenting on a Page
The comments area displays at the bottom right of the page. Comments are hidden until you click on the
"Comments" link. After opening and viewing the comments, you can add new ones via the Add Comment
form.

Note: Depending on your permissions in this wiki, you may or may not see the Add Comment form.

Figure 60: Add a comment below a page.

Deleting a Page
Pages in a wiki can be deleted at any point.

Figure 61: Click "delete" in the sidebar to delete a page.

To delete a page:

Click on the "delete" link in the sidebar on the right. Note: The homepage in a wiki cannot be deleted.
Depending on your permissions in the wiki, you may or may not be able to select the delete link.

1. You will be taken to a confirmation page.
2. Choose "YES" to delete the page and keep the version history, PURGE to permanently delete the
page and all of the associated history, or NO to cancel.

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Figure 62: Choose 'yes' to delete and 'purge' to remove permanently.

When you delete a page, the existing text is replaced with a message about who deleted it and when.
Deleted pages are stored as page revisions, so they will still be visible in the Page List and Page History
areas. This also allows them to be recovered at any time.

Editing a Page
To edit a page, click the "edit" link that appears in the sidebar on the right. This will launch the graphical
page editor, which has a set of formatting controls as well as controls that allow users to link files or pages
and add images.

Figure 63: Click "edit" in the sidebar to delete a page.

Graphical Page Editor

You can type into the editor pane or cut and paste text and images from an HTML page or a Word document
and then edit the inserted text.

To learn your way around the editor, begin editing a page and then hold your mouse pointer over any of the
buttons to see a brief explanation of the function.

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Figure 64: Build and edit pages in the graphical environment.

Link Functions

This feature allows you to insert a link to another wiki page, an external website, or an uploaded file into the
page being edited.

Figure 65: Add a link in your document to a new page, existing wiki page, or external web page.

To create a link within your wiki:

1. Highlight the text you wish to turn into a link.

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3. From the resulting dialog box, select the type of link you wish to add:
• Link to a new page
• Link to an existing page (within the same wiki).
• Link to an external page
• Link to an anchor (on the same page)
4. Enter the detail (website URL, file location, page, etc.) for the link and click Insert.

Linking to a New Page

When a link is created to a new page, the new page is created when the link is created. This is one way to
create a new page within a wiki. See "Creating a New Page.”

Linking to an Existing Page

All pages within the wiki are available for users to link to from any other page in the wiki. To create a link to
an existing page in the same wiki:

1. Highlight the text on the page that should become the link to the other page in the wiki.
3. In the resulting dialog box, select the "Link to an existing page" option.
4. In the menu that appears beneath the "Link to an existing page" option, select the page to which you
wish to link.
5. Select the "Insert" button.
6. The link will now appear in the rich text editor, however it is not added to the page until you select the
Save button on the Edit page.

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Link to an External Page

To create a link to a page on an external site:

3. In the resulting dialog box, select the "Link to an external web site" option and enter the URL for the
external website in the text field that appears beneath this option.

Link to an Anchor

The rich text editor allows users to create anchors on wiki pages. An anchor is a spot somewhere within a

page to which users can link. Use the button, which looks like an anchor ( ), to create an anchor
somewhere on a wiki page. To link to that anchor:

3. In the resulting dialog box, select the "Link to an anchor" option and select the anchor in the select
menu that appears beneath this option.

Add Image Function

This feature allows you to insert an image directly into the page. Within the editor, you either upload an
image or provide a hyperlink to an image on another web server.

Figure 66: Place an image on your page by uploading or linking.

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To insert a local image:

1. Click on the “Insert Image” button ( )
2. Select the "Upload an image" option.
3. Browse to locate the image you wish to upload.
5. Click “Upload” to add the image.

To insert an external image:

1. Click on the “Add Image” button ( ).
2. Select the "Include an image from an external web site" option.
3. Enter the URL of the image you wish to embed in your wiki and click OK.
5. Click “Insert” to add the image.

Uploading and Attaching a File to a Page

To attach a file to a page, edit the page and then click the “Upload” button ( ).

Figure 67: Attach a file to a page by uploading it.

Editing in HTML Source Mode

Documents created in the editor are converted into HTML when saved. You can view the HTML code

produced by the editor by using the Toggle Mode control located on the upper right side of the editor ( ).

Note: This feature can be used to provide finer control of the page formatting than is possible by using the
editor controls alone. Use of this feature requires prior knowledge of HTML.

Save Controls

Save edits made to your page by clicking the Save button located at the bottom right of the screen. To stop
editing without saving changes, click on the Cancel button.

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More Functions

The Graphical Page Editor has support for many more functions such as Undo, Redo, Find, Replace, Insert
Table, Full Screen Editing, and more. To learn your way around the editor, try experimenting! You can also
hold your mouse pointer over any of the buttons to see a brief explanation of the function.

Exporting a Wiki
Wikis can be exported and stored on your computer. This allows you to browse the site offline,
back up your material, or post the material to another web site.

To export a wiki:

1. Click on the “Export Site” link in the gray side bar.
2. Choose "Save to Disk" and select a location.

Figure 68: Click 'export site' to save the entire wiki to your computer.

Figure 69: Save the wiki to your computer.

Exported sites are saved as a .zip file. To view the content, extract the zip, open the "index.html"
page, and browse the site in your web browser.

Site Navigation and Page List
Navigating through a wiki is similar to navigating a website. Click on any link to go to that page. You can also
access pages within the page list.

Site Navigation in the Sidebar

The “Site Navigation” list in the gray sidebar shows all of the pages in the wiki.

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Figure 70: Click a page name to navigate to that page.

The Site Navigation module allows you to create sites quickly without building your own navigational
structure into the site. If you would like a more advanced navigation structure, you can build that by creating
your own links between pages.

Using the Page List

To access the page list, click on the page list button in the toolbox module.

Figure 71: Click page list

The page list provides you with a hyperlinked list of all of the pages in the wiki. Selecting a page name link
in the page list will open the selected page in the main wiki window.

Figure 72: Browse to pages in the wiki or sort by attributes.

Page History
When a page is saved, a record of saved changes is preserved. This stored history makes three important
wiki features possible. You can:

• revert the page to a previous version
• track changes made to pages as the content is being built
• recover a deleted page.

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Figure 73: Click history in the "page" section of the right sidebar.

To access page history, click on the “History” link in the gray sidebar. From the next screen, you can click
on the View Diff button to see earlier versions and revert back to them.

Figure 74: View the history of a page and compare revisions.

When viewing a diff, you’ll see that changes are highlighted as follows:

• New text is in green
• Changed text in yellow
• Deleted text is stricken-through in red

Figure 75: View differences between revisions.

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Recovering Pages
Since the wiki tracks each version of a page as you edit it, you can roll back to a previous version
at any time by "reverting" to that version. This function is available from the page history and diff
pages.

To recover a previous, or deleted, version of a page:

1. Click on the “Page History” link in the side bar.
2. Locate the version you wish to recover and click on the “View Diff” button.
3. Review changes and click the “Revert” button.

Figure 76: Click “revert” to roll back to the target version of the file.

The page you have selected will be updated and become the latest version. The page history of the wiki will
be updated appropriately to indicate the changes made. Note that you can also recover a page that has
been deleted but not purged by following this same method.

If you return to the page history, you will notice that an additional revision has been made to track your
change:

Figure 77: View the page history with the new revision that was added when you revert.

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Podcast LX™

About Podcast LX™
This is the end-user help documentation for Podcast LX™. Podcast is an application that allows instructors
to create and share podcasts within their courses in a learning management system.

Frequently Asked Questions
Can I have more than one podcast in a course?

When enabled, each course will have one podcast feed. Instructors will be able to add an unlimited number
of episodes to the podcast.

Does Podcast LX™ work with iTunesU?

Podcast LX™ does not require iTunesU or any other hosting service, however it can be used in conjunction
with these services. When creating a podcast in Podcast LX™, instructors may specify to use a file located
on an external server separate from the learning management system. See Creating a Podcast Episode.

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