Step-By-Step
Creating a Faculty / Staff Information Page
(Text version)

1. Each Blackboard course site, by default, contains a button and form allowing instructors or TAs to post information about themselves.

2. To create a Faculty / Staff information page:

• Log into the Blackboard course site as usual.
• Go to Control Panel / Staff Information. This will display the Staff Information page in the control panel.
• You can either add a profile or add a folder. Folders provide a means of separating a number of profiles. For instance, if their are Teaching Assistants for the course, you may want to create a folder called "Faculty" and another folder called "Teaching Assistants". You would then add the instructor profile to the "Faculty" folder and the teaching assistants profile to the "Teaching Assistants" folder. As an alternative you can add as many profiles to the Root level as you want.
• If you are using a folder, make sure you are in the folder before adding a profile. The name of the folder will appear at the top of the page.
• Click on "Add Profile". This will display the Add Profile form.
• Fill in as much of the information boxes as you like. You must, at a minimum, fill in the First Name, Last Name and E-Mail Address boxes.
• You can add an image of yourself under section #2. To add an image, click on the "Browse" button. This will display your computer's file locater dialogue box. Using the dropdown box on the top of the file locator, locate the directory and folder that contains the image file you want to attach. Click on the name of the file then click on the "Open" button on the file locator. The locator dialogue box will disappear and the path to the file will be located in the box next to the "Browse" button. Note that the image should be no larger than 150 x 150 pixels.
• You can also, under section #2 add a link to a web page by filling in the "Personal Link" box.
  
• Finally, click on the "Submit" button at the bottom of the page. This will display a receipt telling you that the profile has been added.
  
• You can add as many profiles to the Root level or to any folder as you want.

3. To View the faculty / Staff information:

• Log into the Blackboard course site as usual.
• Click on the "Faculty Information" button. This will display the Faculty / Staff profiles.

4. By default, the button displaying this information is called "Faculty Information". You may wish to change this name to something more appropriate. To change the button name:

• Go to Control Panel / Manage Course Menu. This will display the current course site menu buttons.
• Click on the "Modify" button to the right of "Faculty Information".
• In the box marked "Area Name" change the name to whatever you want (Maximum 18 characters). For instance, "Instructor Profile".
• Click on the "Submit" button at the bottom of the page. This will display a receipt telling you that the menu has been updated.

If you have any questions or comments regarding this Step-By-Step procedure contact the Tufts Blackboard Administrator at: nhirsig@tufts.edu