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Using Tables to present information

If you have a large amount of content to add to a page in Blackboard - for example web links, lecture notes and related content, tables are a good way of presenting this information without setting up extra pages or folders. This means that it is much easier for students to find the information they need quickly. It is also easy for Instructors to update material.

Toolbar buttons for using tables:

Create new table / edit table
Delete table
Add a row above
Add a row below
Add a column to the right
Add a column to the left
Delete the current row
Delete the current column
Top heading
Left heading
Configure a tool

Pasting a table from Word to Blackboard

You can paste in a table complete with formatting directly into Blackboard without having to manually set up, re-create or edit work you have already produced in Microsoft Word. This allows you to re-use relevant content, and add it to Blackboard where it can be edited or updated online. To paste in a new table:

  1. Select and copy the table from your Microsoft Word document
  2. In Blackboard, create a new Item, or edit an existing one
  3. Position your cursor where you wish the table to appear
  4. Use control - v on your keyboard to paste in the table
  5. You will be prompted to choose whether to keep the original formatting, or remove it:
    Removing the formatting will use standard Blackboard defaults:
    Keeping the formatting will use the formatting from Microsoft Word:
  6. Edit the table, or click the Submit button to save.
Configure a tool

Create a table in Blackboard

  1. Navigate to the content area Item you wish to add the table
  2. Create a new Item, or edit an existing one
  3. Position your cursor where you wish the table to appear
  4. Click the New Table button
  5. Hover your mouse over the Table option and then move the mouse over the grid to select how many rows and columns you wish to use. Click the left mouse button or press enter to create the table.
  6. The table will be added into the page where you can begin editing. Use the toolbar buttons, or the buttons beneath the new table to add or remove new rows or columns, or change the table properties.
  7. Click and drag any of the corners of the selected table to change its size.
  8. Fill in the table with content and links
  9. Click Submit to save the page