Blackboard Success TipsA.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.

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

Ok- you’ve completed an assignment. How do you submit it?

1.Save the CompletedAssignment in .PDF .Doc .DocxFormat.

2. Select Browse My Computer

3. Refer to the next slide for instructions about attaching

Use this box for anycomments orquestions that you may have for the instructor.

Remember to Click SUBMIT

What happens when you click the ‘Browse My Computer’ tab in an assignment upload.

Select the areawhere the assignmenthas 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 documentIs opening into the Blackboard assignment.

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.

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 recipientFrom the ‘to’ list, use the arrow To move the nameTo the recipientside