CourseArc

CourseArc is a digital content creation tool that enables easy creation of engaging, interactive, and accessible hybrid / online courses. Content can be integrated into any Blackboard course, whether Original or Ultra, and maintains across multiple shells and terms for consistency in curriculum delivery.

Links marked with a ↗︎ symbol go to CourseArc documentation. 

Getting Started

• 10 Sprints to Get You Running with CourseArc: learn the basics in less than an hour! ↗︎

• What are the minimum requirements for using or accessing CourseArc content? ↗︎

• How do I synchronize my Blackboard course to CourseArc?

• How do I get started with CourseArc? ↗︎

Adding CourseArc Content to Blackboard Courses

• How do I add a new CourseArc module into my Original course? ↗︎

• How do I add a new CourseArc module into my Ultra course?

• NEW: How do I reuse CourseArc content in Blackboard?

Managing Pages

• How do I organize my content in CourseArc? ↗︎

• How do I create a module? ↗︎

  • How do I navigate within a module? ↗︎

• How do I create a new page? ↗︎

  • How do I edit a page? ↗︎

  • How do I copy or move a page to another module? ↗︎

  • How do I delete a page? ↗︎

  • How do I link to another page of content within my course? ↗︎

• How do I preview a page of content? ↗︎

• How do I use the Overview page template? ↗︎

• How do I use the Equal Width Columns page template? ↗︎

• How do I use the Sidebar page template? ↗︎

• How do I link to a file? ↗︎

• How can I organize my files using file sets? ↗︎

Tracking Progress and Grading in CourseArc?

• How does an instructor view their students progress? ↗︎

• How are grades calculated? ↗︎

• How do I grade student responses for the Writing Block? ↗︎

• How do I sync learner scores when CourseArc scores are different than what is in my gradebook? ↗︎

• How do I view Quiz Question Analytics? ↗︎

• How do I use the Course Report? ↗︎

Creating Content

• What are blocks? ↗︎

  • How do I add a block to a page? ↗︎

  • How do I edit a block? ↗︎

  • How do I delete a block? ↗︎

  • How do I reorder blocks? ↗︎

• How do I add content? ↗︎

  • How do I reorder content? ↗︎

Course Content/Multimedia

• How do I add a slideshow? ↗︎

• How do I add an icon and text? ↗︎

• How do I add icon and link it to popup text? ↗︎

• How do I add an image? ↗︎

  • How do I align an image block? ↗︎

  • How do I add hotspots to an image? ↗︎

  • How do I create an image matching activity? ↗︎

  • How do I create an image labeling activity? ↗︎

• How do I add a table with headers in a content block? ↗︎

• How do I use the equation editor feature? ↗︎

• How do I add custom html code? ↗︎

• How do I add a video from YouTube? or Vimeo? ↗︎

• How do I add audio? ↗︎

Interactive Content/Assessments

• How do I add an interactive categorization? ↗︎

• How do I add an interactive matching block? ↗︎

• How do I add a self check activity? ↗︎

• How do I add flashcards? ↗︎

  • How do I add flashcards with images? ↗︎

• How do I create a quiz? ↗︎

  • How do I create a multiple choice question? ↗︎

  • How do I create an ordering question? ↗︎

  • How do I create a matching question? ↗︎

  • How do I create a True/False question? ↗︎

  • How do I create a Quiz Bank? ↗︎

• How do I use the Interactive Graphs block? ↗︎

• How do I add a poll? ↗︎

• How do I create a Cloze activity(supports multiple answer types)? ↗︎