To Add a Picture to Blackboard:

  • Open the folder or module where you want the picture located
  • Click on "Build Content"
  • Select "Image"
  • Name the image and select the location where it is saved
  • Enter "Alt Text" (this is the text a screen reader will use if you have a student with accommodations and is required)
  • You can add a hyperlink under "Image Target URL" if you'd like the students to click on the picture to access a webpage
  • Set any viewing restrictions
  • Hit "Submit"

To Add a Video from your TechSmith Knowmia Library:

  • Open the folder or module where you want the video located
  • Click on "Build Content"
  • Select "TechSmith Knowmia"
  • Name the video and enter a description
  • Set any viewing restrictions
  • Hit "Submit"
  • You will return to the folder or module where you started, click on the video title you just created
  • A window will open with your TechSmith Knowmia library
  • Navigate to the folder or video you'd like to add and click on "Add Media"

To Add an External Link (Hyperlink/Web Link) to Blackboard:

  • Open up the folder or module where you want the link located
  • Click on "Build Content"
  • Select "Web Link"
  • Name the link
  • Enter the destination URL (the website you'd like your students to end up at after they click on the link)
  • Enter a description of the destination website
  • Set any viewing restrictions
  • Hit "Submit"

Video Demonstration: Add Video from TechSmith Relay