Blackboard Essentials Fall 2006
101 ways to access Blackboard Type in your browser window: the logical foolproof wayhttp://blackboard.bethel.edu Find it in the quicklinks of: – – In the side menu of other ways yet to be tabulated
The Bb entry page
Logging in Log in with your bethel username and password.
The "My Blackboard Page" Shows all your activity in Blackboard: courses you teach, courses you are taking etc.
The My Blackboard view
My course is not showing there! Use the Course Creator Tool to create your course.
How to access the course creator tool Go to creator/index.jsp creator/index.jsp There is a link to the creator tool on the Bb entry page If you are inside Bb, click on the question mark in the top space, a link to the course creator is in the left margin of the page that opens.
How do I work in my course? In the "My Bb view", click on your course's title The page opens to the "Course view"
The Course View Note the "Control Panel" button. That is the control center of your course.
The "Control Panel" view
To add material Go to one of the content areas in the control panel
Content page format All pages to add content are formatted in the same way. To add a document you have saved, choose "add item"
Adding a document In the page that opens: After choosing name and color, adding notes or description as indicated Click on the "browse" button and find your file, name the link, and then Scroll all the way down and SUBMIT
BE SURE TO SUBMIT Until you do, Bb won't know you have done anything
How do I put students in my course? Bethel's Grand Wizard does this for you automatically as soon as the student –Is registered –Has created a Bethel account You can add students manually via the control panel also (should you want to add a colleague as a student.
NEVER Never make one of your students into a TA for that course It will immediately destroy all of the student's scores for the class
There is much more Read the rest of the Bb essentials Come to a workshop Call or one of us Come by our offices Go to the IC desk in the library on Aug 31