Types of containers

You can create four types of containers to present content in an organized and engaging way.

1. Content areas are the top-level containers that provide your course structure. Typically, courses contain multiple content areas.
2. Folders can contain content items and other containers, such as a lesson plan or other folders.
3. Learning modules can contain content items and other containers. You can add a table of contents and require sequential viewing of its content.
4. Lesson plans can hold lesson profiles, instructional objectives, and the content items students need to complete a lesson.

You create folders, learning modules, and lesson plans within an existing content area or another container.

Within the containers, add materials and links to tools with the Build Content, Assessments, and Tools menus.

Create a content area

Content areas only appear on the course menu where you create, link, and manage them. In a content area, you can add content items, file attachments, links to websites, tests, assignments, and multimedia. You can also add other containers to organize your content.

Be sure Edit Mode is ON so you can access all of the instructor's functions.

Select the Add Menu Item icon above the course menu to open the menu. Select Content Area and type a name.

Select the Available to Users check box if you're ready for students to see it. You can create content areas ahead of time and make them unavailable to students. Then, make them available at the appropriate time.

After you submit, a link to the new content area appears on the course menu. A newly created content area is an empty container. Select the link to the content area to add content.

New courses contain several default content areas, such as "Information" or "Content." These default content areas are empty, and you can choose to add content to them, rename them, or delete them. Delete links you won't use so students see an uncluttered course menu.

> More on adding content

> More on the types of content you can add

For course menu items that allow guest or observer access, you must open the item's menu and permit their access.

YouTube Video: Add a Content Area in the Original Course View

Source: Create Containers for Content: Blackboard Original Course View

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