A Student's
Guide to Blackboard
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Tools
Addess
Book
Students can store contact information in the
Address Book. Users must enter a profile for
anyone they wish to add to
their address book.
The Address Book is empty until the user enters
contacts. The
Address Book will contain the same information
if it is accessed through a Course menu from within a course
or through the Tools Box under the My Bradley tab.
Calendar
The Calendar tool allows users to view Calendar items
by day, week, month, or year. Students can manage their course,
institution and personal events. Upcoming and past events
can be viewed daily, weekly, or monthly and organized into
categories. When students access the Calendar through the
Tools Box under the My
Bradley tab, they can view all items on their Calendar and
can
add or modify personal calendar items. When the Calendaris accessed
from within a course site, students are not permitted to make any changes.
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Digital
Dropbox
The Digital Drop Box enables Students to exchange files
with the Instructor.
Note: A file added to the Drop Box will not be visible
to the Instructor until it has been sent. Once a file has
been sent to the Instructor, it cannot be removed from
the Drop Box.
The Dropbox works by uploading a
file from a disk or a computer to a central location. A participant
can then download the file to work on it locally. Files can
also be sent to the Instructor of the course.
1. To Add a File (document
will only be seen by the individual adding the file):
- click on the Add File button
- type in the name of the file; browse your computer for
the file you want to attach; write any comments regarding
the file
- click Submit and OK
2. This is what you will see once
a file is added (dropped).
3. To Send a File
- click on the Send File button
- select the file you would like to send to the Instructor
from the dropdown box or upload a new file, comment if
needed and click Submit.
Note: students can only Send a file
to the instructor.
4. To Remove a File
- click on the Remove button across from
the name of the uploaded file
- click OK
Note: Removing a file permanently deletes
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Glossary
The course Glossary lists terms and definitions in an easy to view and
search format. Each term is automatically sorted alphabetically
and numerically even if the terms are created at random.
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Homepage
Every enrolled Student has a course Web site Homepage where
they can post information about themselves. By clicking
on the Homepage button, you will be
able to edit
your homepage. This area is created by default,
each time a new Student registers in the course. The
default page is blank until the user edits the page.
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My Grades
The My Grades link
will show students their grades for the current course. All
grades can also be accessed from the Tools
Box under
the My Bradley tab.
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Personal Information
The Personal
Information link will allow you to
access your password and change it. You can also set various
Privacy options and Text Box Editor options. A Personal
Information link also exists in the Tools
Box under
the My Bradley tab.
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Tasks
The Tasks page organizes projects (referred
to as Tasks), defines task priority, and tracks task status.
Instructors
can post tasks to users participating
in their course. From the Tools
Box under the My Bradley
tab, users can view all of their tasks, including those from
all of the courses
they are participating in, tasks posted by the System
Administrator and their personal tasks.
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The
Electronic Blackboard
The Electronic Blackboard feature allows
you to write and save text notes for each course
in a pop-up
window that you can bring back up the next time you access
the course. After you have written the
message, click Submit and then you can exit.
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User
Manual
The User Manual link will take you to view
an online Blackboard
help manual.
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