Links below open new browser or browser tabs. Materials are from various sources. General Resources Blackboard 8 Overview (video, audio) Blackboard Academic Suite Instructor Manual web site Blackboard 8 Instructor Manual (pdf) Faculty Release Notes on Blackboard 8 (pdf) The Grade Center, replacing the Grade Book Introductory video from Blackboard on the Grade Center (video, audio) Twelve new features in the Grade Center (pdf) Getting Started with the Grade Center (pdf) Blackboard Grade Center Unmasked (pdf) Grade Center Tutorials Grade Center: Determining Grades and Exemptions (video, no audio) Grade Center: Analyzing Grades (video, no audio) Grade Center: Customizing the Grade Center (video, no audio) How to include extra credit in Grade Center Totals (pdf) Grade Center Tutorials from the University of Kentucky Layout of the Grade Center in Blackboard 8 (video, audio) Using Grading Schemas in Blackboard 8 (video, audio) Grade Center Documentation from the University of Miami Blackboard Grade Center Basics (pdf) Grade Center Tutorials from University of Illinois at Chicago Grade Center Flash Video Mini-tutorials (web page w/ multiple links) Peer and Self-Assessment tool Tutorial on Peer and Self-Assessment tools in BB8 (video, no audio) Discussion forums Enhanced with search, subscription, rating, grading, and tagging features. Nine new features in Blackboard discussion forums (pdf) How to enable student forum subscriptions (pdf)