Knowledge (Blackboard) Templates

The templates below may be used to add some color to your Knowledge course site. The text editing tools make these templates extremely easy to use.

To use these templates:

1. Click in the text box of the template you wish to use.

2. Hit CTRL+A on your keyboard to select the entire template.

3. Hit CTRL+C on your keyboard to copy the template.

4. Go to your Knowledge course.

5. Go to the Content Area of your site where you want to use the template.

6. Click the ADD ITEM (or ADD FOLDER, if you wish to use the template on a folder) button.

7. Click the <html> button in the text area's toolbar to open an HTML View window.

8. Click inside the text box on the HTML View window.

9. Hit CTRL+V on your keyboard to paste in the template.

10. Click the SUBMIT button to add your template.

Once you have added the template, you may paste content from Word or type into the template.

The following styles available (suggested usage is provided in parentheses):

		Blue/Blue (Text Items)
		<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://research.udmercy.edu/ids/resources/templates/style.css" type="text/css"> <table height="100%" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="000066" width="10"> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="0066cc" width="10"> </td> <td><img src="http://research.udmercy.edu/images/spacer.gif" width="5"></td> <td valign="top"> <!-- <h1>Type your header here</h1> --> <ul> <!-- insert text below --> <!-- insert text above --> </ul> </td> </tr> </table>

		Blue/Green (Discussion Items)
		<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://research.udmercy.edu/ids/resources/templates/style.css" type="text/css"> <table height="100%" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="000066" width="10"> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="009900" width="10"> </td> <td><img src="http://research.udmercy.edu/images/spacer.gif" width="5"></td> <td valign="top"> <!-- <h1><font color="009900">Type your header here</font></h1> --> <ul> <!-- insert text below --> <!-- insert text above --> </ul> </td> </tr> </table>

		Blue/Red (Assignments)
		<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://research.udmercy.edu/ids/resources/templates/style.css" type="text/css"> <table height="100%" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="000066" width="10"> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="CC0000" width="10"> </td> <td><img src="http://research.udmercy.edu/images/spacer.gif" width="5"></td> <td valign="top"> <!-- <h1><font color="CC0000">Type your header here</font></h1> --> <ul> <!-- insert text below --> <!-- insert text above --> </ul> </td> </tr> </table>

		Blue/Purple (Extra Credit Items)
		<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://research.udmercy.edu/ids/resources/templates/style.css" type="text/css"> <table height="100%" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="000066" width="10"> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="9900FF" width="10"> </td> <td><img src="http://research.udmercy.edu/images/spacer.gif" width="5"></td> <td valign="top"> <!-- <h1><font color="9900FF">Type your header here</font></h1> --> <ul> <!-- insert text below --> <!-- insert text above --> </ul> </td> </tr> </table>

		Blue/Orange (Course Notes)
		<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://research.udmercy.edu/ids/resources/templates/style.css" type="text/css"> <table height="100%" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="000066" width="10"> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="FF6600" width="10"> </td> <td><img src="http://research.udmercy.edu/images/spacer.gif" width="5"></td> <td valign="top"> <!-- <h1><span class="orange">Type your header here</font></h1> --> <ul> <!-- insert text below --> <!-- insert text above --> </ul> </td> </tr> </table>