A quick presentation about Blackboard

1. Blackboard Success Tips
A.K.A shortcuts and helpful instructions that will prevent insanity, discourage you
from sending me your pain in an e-mail, and help bolster confidence in your ability to
succeed in an online course.

2. Ok, you’ve logged in and entered your
course…now what?
Check the ANNOUNCEMENT page
Click on the links (dates, buttons, bars, section
names), BUT
they can be clicked on….so click and explore

3. Ok- you’ve completed an assignment. How
do you submit it?
1.Save the
Completed
Assignment in
.PDF .Doc .Docx
Format.
2. Select Browse My
Computer
3. Refer to the next
slide for instructions
about attaching
Use this box for any
comments or
questions that you
may have for the
instructor.
Remember to
Click SUBMIT

4. What happens when you click the ‘Browse My
Computer’ tab in an assignment upload.
Select the area
where the assignment
has been saved.
If a flash drive has
been used, it will
appear in this column
Click ‘open’ to upload
Or submit.
‘Open” may seem confusing,
but I think it is suggesting
that your document
Is opening into the
Blackboard assignment.

5. You need to contact the instructor, but don’t
know how to…..
Typically, contacting an instructor (particularly if an attachment is
involved) through the COURSE E-MAIL or MESSAGES is the best choice.
Because…Teachers archive the course after the semester has ended, so
virtual classroom correspondence becomes permanent and may be
helpful to the student and instructor at a later date.
However, if it is important, most teachers include their college email in
the course syllabus.

6. 1. Click on the course messages or e-mail tab that is usually located on the course menu.
2. Then inbox, sent, or compose message.
Select
The recipient
From the
‘to’ list, use the arrow
To move the name
To the recipient
side