1. Blackboard Essentials Fall 2006

2. 101 ways to access Blackboard Type http://blackboard.bethel.edu in your browser window: the logical foolproof wayhttp://blackboard.bethel.edu Find it in the quicklinks of: –http://www.bethel.eduhttp://www.bethel.edu –http://bethelnet.bethel.edu/http://bethelnet.bethel.edu/ In the side menu of http://bethelnet.bethel.edu/cas-faculty/ http://bethelnet.bethel.edu/cas-faculty/ 96 other ways yet to be tabulated

3. The Bb entry page

4. Logging in Log in with your bethel username and password.

5. The "My Blackboard Page" Shows all your activity in Blackboard: courses you teach, courses you are taking etc.

6. The My Blackboard view

7. My course is not showing there! Use the Course Creator Tool to create your course.

8. How to access the course creator tool Go to http://blackboard.bethel.edu/webapps/course- creator/index.jsp http://blackboard.bethel.edu/webapps/course- 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.

9. 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"

10. The Course View Note the "Control Panel" button. That is the control center of your course.

11. The "Control Panel" view

12. To add material Go to one of the content areas in the control panel

13. Content page format All pages to add content are formatted in the same way. To add a document you have saved, choose "add item"

14. 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

15. BE SURE TO SUBMIT Until you do, Bb won't know you have done anything

16. 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.

17. 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

18. There is much more Read the rest of the Bb essentials Come to a workshop Call or e-mail one of us Come by our offices Go to the IC desk in the library on Aug 31