Blackboard Discussion Board Authoring Tools

You may be able to simply paste Word documents into the Text boxes and maintain much of your formatting.  You may have to use the keyboard command for Paste (Ctrl-V) if your normal pasting methods do not work.

Editing tools in the Discussion Board Area of Blackboard:

First Row Basic Actions	Second Row Basic Actions
Select a style for the text. The options correspond to standard HTML Style types.	Search for a word or phrase in the text area.
Select the size of the text.	Select the ABC checkmark to open Spell Check.
Elect the font.	Cut the selected items.
Make selected text bold.	Copy the selected items.
Make selected text italics.	Paste copied or cut content.
Underline the selected text.	Select the circular arrow pointing to the left to undo the previous action.
Align text to the left.	Select the circular arrow pointing to the right to redo the previous action.
Align text in the center.	Add a hyperlink. Types include: file, ftp, gopher, http, https, mailto, news, telnet, and wais.
Align text to the right.	Add a table.
Create a numbered list or add a numbered list item.	Add a line.
Create a bulleted list or add a bullet list item.	Add a highlight color to the selected text.
Move text left.	Specify the color of the text.
Move text right.	Open the WebEQ Equation Editor icon (x2) to add an equation. Equations cannot be added to a cell in a table. Instead, create the equation outside the table and then cut and paste the equation into the cell.
	Open the MathML Equation Editor icon (x ) to add an equation.
	View the HTML code that is generated by the Visual Text Box Editor. Users may also edit the HTML in this view. If HTML is added or changed in this view, click Submit to view the change in the Visual Text Box Editor.
	Preview the content as it will be seen by end users.
	Select the question mark to launch the Help page.