Blackboard CE8 The following pages have been extracted from the Blackboard Learning System CE8 Designer and Instructor reference guide. CHAPTER 19: GOALS ............................................................................. 320 About Goals ............................................................................................................. 320 For Designers ........................................................................................................ 320 Creating or Editing Goals ......................................................................................... 320 For Designers ........................................................................................................ 320 Associating ContentOther Items with Goals............................................................. 321 For Designers ........................................................................................................ 321 Associating Files with Goals .................................................................................... 321 For Designers ........................................................................................................ 321 Viewing Associated Content .................................................................................... 322 For Designers ........................................................................................................ 322 Removing Associated Files or ContentOther Items ................................................. 322 For Designers ........................................................................................................ 322 Creating or Editing Categories ................................................................................. 323 For Designers ........................................................................................................ 323 Showing or Hiding Goals.......................................................................................... 323 For Designers ........................................................................................................ 324 Moving Goals ........................................................................................................... 324 For Designers ........................................................................................................ 324 Deleting Goals ......................................................................................................... 325 For Designers ........................................................................................................ 325 About Goals ............................................................................................................. 326 For Section Instructors........................................................................................... 326 Viewing Associated Content .................................................................................... 326 (Includes pages: 320-326)CHAPTER 19: GOALSIMPORTANT:Topics for this chapter apply to various roles. See specific topics for your role.ABOUT GOALSFor DesignersThe Goals tool allows you to record the goals for a course, and to create categories to organize them. Forexample, you may want to create an Institution category to record your institution's general goals for allStudents, as well as a category for each unit in your course.You can also associate files and course content, such as assessments or assignments, with one or moregoals.You can set permissions to allow Students to view associated files and content.CREATING OR EDITING GOALSFor Designers1. Depending on whether you are creating or editing a goal, do one of the following:• If you are creating a goal, click Create Goal.• If you are editing a goal:a. Next to the title of the goal you want to edit, click the ActionLinks icon.b. Click Edit Properties.2. Enter a title and description.3. Under Item Visibility, select to show or hide the item for Students.4. If you want to place the goal into a category, under Category, select an existing category, or create anew one.5. Click Save.Chapter 19: Goals320ASSOCIATING CONTENTOTHER ITEMS WITHGOALSFor DesignersYou can associate course content or activities, such as assessments or assignments, with goals. Thisallows you to communicate to Students which items in the course will support progress towards theachievement of each goal. For example, if a goal is for Students to become familiar with Monet'spaintings, you can create a link from this goal to a Media Library collection containing image files of thepaintings.You can associate portfolio items, such as reflection topics or gallery collections, with goals. This allowsyou to communicate to Portfolio Reviewers which items in the portfolio demonstrate progress towards theachievement of each goal. For example, if a goal is for you to become familiar with Monet's paintings,you can create a link from this goal to a Gallery collection containing image files of the paintings andyour critique of each painting.1. From the Goals screen, locate the goal with which you want to associate content and click its title.2. From the Goals screen, locate the goal with which you want to associate items and click its title.3. Click Associate Content.4. Click Associate Other Items.5. From the tools displayed, click the tool containing the item you want to associate and select it fromthe inventory list.6. Click Add Selected.ASSOCIATING FILES WITH GOALSFor Designers1. From the Goals screen, locate the goal with which you want to associate a file, and click its title.2. Click Associate File.Chapter 19: Goals3213. Click Browse for Files. The Content Browser pop-up window appears.4. Locate and select the files you want to associate. For more information, see Navigating with ContentBrowser.5. If you want to remove a file that you have included, click the Remove icon.VIEWING ASSOCIATED CONTENTFor DesignersNOTE:Depending on administrator settings, this feature may not be available.You can view files and course content, such as assessments or assignments, that have been associatedwith a goal.You can view files and portfolio material, such as reflection topics and binders, that have been associatedwith a goal.From the Goals screen, click the goals whose associated files or course content you want to view.From the Goals screen, click the goals whose associated files or other items you