Adding a Learning Unit with Content

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The first step in adding a Learning Unit is to log on to Blackboard and select your course.

Once you have entered the course click on Control Panel on the right hand side of the screen.

When the Control Panel opens click on Course Documents.

Once Course Documents has opened, confirm that Learning Unit is showing in the drop down menu on the right side of the screen and click the Go button to continue.

The Add Learning Unit window opens and there are three steps to add a learning unit.  In step 1, you can give the learning unit a unique name.  You don't have to name the learning unit, but if you don't and you have multiple learning units they will all be named Learning Unit.  Secondly, you can add text to give a brief outline or description of the learning unit.

In step 2, you can adjust the settings for the learning unit.  As for most items in Blackboard, you have to select the availability of your content.  You can select to make it available and still set date restrictions so it only appears for a specified duration.  The only unique setting for a learning unit is enforcing sequential viewing of the learning unit.  By selecting "No" for this setting the students will still be able to go through the unit in a predetermined sequential manner, advancing one page at a time, but they will also be able to use a table of contents within the learning unit and select specific pages.  This is especially helpful for reviewing content.

Once you have made all of your selections you simply need to click on submit to create your learning unit.

As is the case for most items you create in Blackboard,  you will need to click OK when you see the success notification.

Now that the learning unit has been created you will need to add content.  Content can include various file types, but the most efficient and consistent to use are .htm or .html files. To add files to your learning unit, click on the name of the learning unit ( which is a link) to open it.

The newly created learning unit will be empty.  To add content click on the File icon in the bar at the top of the page.

Adding a file to a learning unit is a two step process.  In the first step, you need to establish a name for the file you are going to add.  Then click the Browse button to locate the file on your computer to upload to the learning unit.

Clicking on browse will open the Choose File dialog box.  Locate your file, select it and click open.

The file location will appear in the box next to the Browse button.  You do not have to fill in the Name of Link to File, however if you do not give the link a name it will appear as the file in in your learning unit.  Giving the link a name may lend clarity to the unit.

The second step is easy, click on Submit.

Now the next screen will be your success notification. Click on OK once you see the Success message.

The learning unit now has one file, to add more content repeat the previous steps until all of the needed files have been added to the learning unit.

Once all of the files have been added click ok to complete the process.

To view your learning unit, leave the control panel and return to the home page of your course. Click on the Course Documents button.

In course documents, click on the learning unit.

Now you can proceed through the learning unit by click on the advance arrow located to the right.

By clicking on contents you can also view selective pages in any sequence.  (This is because the enforce sequence was not selected)

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