TLP - Vista Support
New to Blackboard Vista?
Read our Getting Started with Vista Guide. It's everything you need to know about setting up, getting started, and getting advice, training or online help when you need it.
Online Resources
Vista Knowledge Base
Searchable and up-to-date, the Vista Knowledge Base is your best source of information.
Best Practices | F.A.Q.s | Issues and Bugs | Tools and Features | Tutorials
Tutorial Demo Movies
Many tutorials are also available as narrated screencast videos (requires Adobe Flash)
Exemplary Online Instruction
View podcasts, videos and posters of courses which have been evaluated with the Rubric for Online Instruction and recognized for their exemplary use of pedagogy and technology, including Vista.
Using Vista Accessibly
Accessibility is important! Use our checklist and narrated tutorials to ensure that your use of Vista lowers barriers to effective learning for all your students.
Training
Our workshops are open to all faculty, staff and teaching assistants. Workshops are occur in our state-of-the-art training lab, Meriam Library Room 002.
Five in-depth hands-on workshops geared toward faculty who are new to Vista or looking to expand their knowledge of the Vista tools. The foundation workshops are usually two hours in length, allowing for discussion of ideas and teaching practices among participants. Read descriptions | Register for workshops
Express workshops are shorter, focused training sessions for busy faculty. Express workshops are designed help you learn a particular feature, based on common questions asked in the TLP Faculty lab. Read Descriptions | Register for workshops
Communities of Practice
Vista Campus Community
A Vista-based Community of Practice for faculty to discuss and share experiences teaching with Vista
Ask Dr. C
Blackboard's user community for Q&A with peers and experts.
About Blackboard Vista at CSU, Chico
Blackboard Vista is the learning management system used at CSU, Chico. It is an evolution of the WebCT product which has been used here since 2001. Every CSU, Chico class has an automatically created "Vista shell" which faculty can use to enhance teaching through the use of online resources, media, engagement, assessment and numerous communication tools.
Instructors using Vista are offered training, just-in-time assistance and pedagogy consultation services from the Technology & Learning Program. Technical support for students is offered by Student Computing.
Vista News
Announcements from the TLP Blog.