{"id":3963,"date":"2014-09-22T10:44:48","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T15:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=3963"},"modified":"2014-09-22T10:44:48","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T15:44:48","slug":"bb-tip-107-mashups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-107-mashups\/","title":{"rendered":"Bb Tip #107: Mashups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Blackboard Mashup feature allows you to view and share media content from external websites (i.e., YouTube Video, Flickr Photo, and SlideShare Presentation). A Mashup can be used in a variety of ways within a course. For example, you can encourage discussion about a classic play by creating a Mashup that links to a YouTube video of a scene from the play and a link to a newspaper review of that production.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"440\" height=\"248\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MPVEJKGOuCw?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can create Mashups as standalone content items in a course area. You can also create them in other places such as test questions, discussion board forums, journals, blogs, and assignments by using the Content Editor.<\/p>\n<p>Mashups will appear in your Blackboard course in the following ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Embed: The Mashup appears directly on the page.<\/li>\n<li>Thumbnail: A small picture of the Mashup appears on the page with controls to launch it.<\/li>\n<li>Text Link with Player: A link to the Mashup appears on the page. Click the link to launch the Mashup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Although fully integrated within the Blackboard course, the Mashup resides on an external website, reducing file space needs within a course. <\/p>\n<p>Students are able to add Mashups wherever they have access to the Content Editor.<\/p>\n<h3>Follow these steps to do it.<\/h3>\n<h4>To add a Mashup in a content area in your course you should:<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Get into the course where you want to add a Mashup<\/li>\n<li>Verify Edit Mode is On<\/li>\n<li>On the Course Menu, click Content Area where you want to add the Mashup<\/li>\n<li>In the Content Area window, roll your mouse over [Build Content]  and navigate to Mashups (in right hand column) and select a Mashup (i.e., Flickr Photo, SlideShare Presentation, YouTube Video)<\/li>\n<li>Enter your search terms and click [Go]<\/li>\n<li>After the search results have loaded, there is an option to 'Preview' or 'Select' your Mashup Item<\/li>\n<li>Selecting your Mashup Item will launch a window giving you the opportunity to select options for your Mashup<\/li>\n<li>Select your options and click [Submit]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>To add a Mashup using the <a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-102-content-editor\/\">Content Editor<\/a> you should:<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Mashup insert\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/help.blackboard.com\/%40api\/deki\/files\/15601\/mashup_insert.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/help.blackboard.com\/%40api\/deki\/files\/15601\/mashup_insert.png?resize=205%2C135\" alt=\"image showing Mashup dropdown list content editor\" width=\"205\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Navigate to an Assignment, Journal, Blog, Wiki, Discussion Board, or other course content where the Content Editor is accessible<\/li>\n<li>Once in the Content Editor, place your cursor where you want the Mashup to be inserted<\/li>\n<li>Click on the Mashups button in the Content Editor toolbar and select a Mashup (i.e. Flickr Photo, SlideShare Presentation, YouTube Video)<\/li>\n<li>Enter your search terms and click [Go]<\/li>\n<li>After the search results have loaded, there is an option to 'Preview' or 'Select' your Mashup Item<\/li>\n<li>Selecting your Mashup Item will launch a window giving you the opportunity to select options for your Mashup<\/li>\n<li>Select your options and click [Submit]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Want more information?<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Creating Mashups\" href=\"http:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/en-us\/Learn\/9.1_SP_12_and_SP_13\/Instructor\/070_Course_Content\/000_Creating_Content\/010_Creating_Content_in_a_Course_Area#section_22\">How to Create Mashups in a Content Area<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Create Mashups Using Content Editor\" href=\"http:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/en-us\/Learn\/9.1_SP_12_and_SP_13\/Instructor\/070_Course_Content\/000_Creating_Content\/010_Creating_Content_in_a_Course_Area#section_24\">How to Create Mashups Using the Content Editor<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Content Editor\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-102-content-editor\/\">Content Editor Explained<\/a><br \/>\nExplore Blackboard\u2019s <a title=\"On Demand\" href=\"http:\/\/ondemand.blackboard.com\/\">On Demand Learning Center<\/a>.<br \/>\nTry these <a title=\"Bb How-to\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/blackboard-documents\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blackboard How-To documents<\/a>.<br \/>\nVisit the <a title=\"Bb FAQs\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/blackboard-faq\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blackboard FAQs<\/a> for additional blackboard information<br \/>\nor <a title=\"Schedule 1-on-1\" href=\"http:\/\/jflorent.youcanbook.me\/\">schedule a one-on-one session<\/a>, <a title=\"Send email\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/mail\/?to=31\">email<\/a>, or <br \/>call Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Blackboard Mashup feature allows you to view and share media content from external websites (i.e., YouTube Video, Flickr Photo, and SlideShare Presentation). A Mashup can be used in a variety of ways within a course. For example, you can encourage discussion about a classic play by creating a Mashup that links to a YouTube <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-107-mashups\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Bb Tip #107: Mashups\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[199],"class_list":{"0":"post-3963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-blackboard","7":"tag-mashup","8":"h-entry","9":"hentry","10":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-11V","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1128,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-49-pasting-text-from-word-into-blackboard\/","url_meta":{"origin":3963,"position":0},"title":"Bb Tip #49: Pasting Text from Word into Blackboard","author":"Janice Florent","date":"October 5, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Professors frequently copy information from Microsoft Word and paste it into Blackboard to save time when creating content in Blackboard. 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