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Syncing Blackboard Course Grade Center with pointsolutions

Below is an overview of syncing your course grade center in Blackboard with PointSolutions.

Instructors must create a PointSolutions account in Blackboard before they are able to use it in the classroom. With a PointSolutions account, instructors can log in to the application to start polls, manage session data, and view student responses.

Visit Creating a pointsolutions Account if you need assistance creating your account. 

Steps to Syncing Your Course From Blackboard to pointsolutions

Note: Blackboard courses must be made available and stay available in order for this process to work.
 
Follow these instructions each semester you use pointsolutions.
  1. Login to Blackboard.
  2. Enter any course and make it available.
  3. Select "Tools" then "pointsolutions Account Registration".
  4. Login to pointsolutions with your pointsolutions account credentials.
  5. This brings you to the "Active Courses" Tab within your instructor account.
  6. Next, select the "NDSU Blackboard" Tab, you may be prompted to sign in to your Blackboard account.
  7. Select "Select" under the course you would like to use in pointsolutions. This moves it to the "Active Courses" Tab.

To learn more about syncing your course watch this short on-demand video - Blackboard Auto Sync (1:40)



Keywords:Echo pointsolutions, Echo 360, Echo point solutions Account, Echo360 Account, clickers, clicker, response ware, responseware, polling, instructor resources, instructor resources   Doc ID:101667
Owner:Sharley K.Group:IT Knowledge Base
Created:2020-05-04 11:47 CDTUpdated:2023-03-13 09:38 CDT
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