Blackboard School Website Resource Center
-
The purpose of this resource center is to provide Athens City Schools internal website users with the tools necessary to build, edit and maintain important areas of our school websites. Blackboard is a highly intuitive and user friendly web platform. It provides schools and the district with reliably hosted and low-maintenance content management systems. The ACS communications department is here to partner with you to make sure we get the most out of our sites and pages through great web design and support. Please use these resources to maximize the effectiveness and usefulness of our webpages for our students and our community. For school website assistance, please contact Dr. Chris Hamilton or Ginger Hickman in the communications department.
Online Resources
-
Image Editor Tool to Resize Photos
This is a creative serivces image editing tool to easily resize your photos to fit the specific needs of the page or app that you're working in. Please be sure you know the correct size of the photo needed before you use this tool. Teacher profile photos for the Teacher App must be 250x250 px. School homepage photo gallery rotator photos must be 1280x500 px. School homepage photos in the News & Headlines app must be 305x305 px.
-
Core Resources Directory
A comprehensive list of every resource available through the Blackboard website help center in alphabetical order by topic.
-
Photo Gallery App Help Card
Great resource for using the Photo Gallery App on your page. Images are powerful, and we hope you use this resource. This guide walks you through loading images to your page. Correctly size photos first using the Creative Services Images Editor. We suggest 700w x 500h px for galleries on teacher pages. Adjust sizes as your page needs dictate; however, please be consistent. Most importantly, keep photos up-to-date. We suggest five or fewer photos.
BEST PRACTICES & TIPS
-
Copy & Paste Correctly
To maintain consistency in formatting across sites and pages, follow these specific instructions to copy and paste the right way so your text functions within the template design properly.
-
Always Name the App
The display for the end user (people who visit the site) should clearly explain to them what information they are viewing. Always name and show the app name for clear, consistent communication and design. Naming can be personalized to your needs. It must be appropriate, professional and make sense to the user.
-
Add Gold & Bold Font
Draw attention to the most important part of your message by using the Gold & Bold font option for announcements.
Customized Website Guides
-
Table App Guide
Need to post a schedule? The table app is the best choice. Use this app for athletics, fine arts or board meetings. This is the simplest tool to post your schedule to one place for easy viewing and easy editing.
-
How to Build Your Teacher Page Guide for Elementary K-6
This is a step by step instructional guide to build your elementary teacher webpage from scratch.
-
How to Build Your Teacher Page Guide for Secondary 7-12
This is a step by step instructional guide to build your secondary teacher webpage from scratch.
-
Announcement Guide for School Homepage Editors
A step by step walkthrough document to add announcements to the homepage of your school website.