How to Use Blackboard
Blackboard is an online learning tool used by many high schools, technical schools and colleges. Blackboard may be used as a supplement for your on-campus course or it may be the only point of access to your online course. Courses that use Blackboard allow you to access your class materials, assignments and grades any time of the day using your computer and Internet connection.
Instructions
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Contact your institution for website information. Each school or college will use its own Blackboard website. A link to this site may be provided on the institution's main webpage or it may be distributed via email.
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Get in touch with your school for your personal log in information. Your personal log in name and password will be set according to your institution's naming conventions. Log in names may incorporate your first name, last name, initials and student identification number. Passwords may include your initials, birth date or student id.
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Log in to Blackboard. On your institution's Blackboard page there will be a login section. Here you will enter your log in name and password in the fields provided and click the "Login" button.
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Review your course enrollment list. The Blackboard welcome screen will display a list of courses in which you are currently enrolled. If a course you have registered for does not appear, contact your institution's help desk.
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Click on a course name to enter. The welcome page for the course will display with any special announcements.
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Use the course menu to navigate your course. The course menu to the left will display links to course documents, assignments, discussion boards, grades and more information.
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Tips & Warnings
Contact your school's help desk if you have problems with your Blackboard account.
Consider purchasing the Blackboard Backpack feature available on Blackboard's website so you can access your course material without connecting to the Internet.
