COD
Student Blackboard Introduction
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Learn more about how to use Blackboard with the following suggestions and
short video tutorials.
Introduction to Blackboard
Blackboard Student Helpdesk:
Phone: (630)942-2999
Email: studenthelp@dupage.edu
Course Content
- Introduction
to Course Content
- This 4 minute tutorial will take a look at all the parts of an Blackboard class.
- Notes
- Not every Syllabus is a Word document to be downloaded. Many
course syllabi may be accessed simply by clicking the Syllabus link
and viewing on the screen.
- If your course has an Assignments link, but no assignments,
check elsewhere. Assignments can often be found in the units themselves.
- The presentation shows a Collaboration button. If yours does
not, you can find the Collaboration tool by clicking the
Communication link
just below the left menu buttons.
- You may not have a My Grades button in your navigation list.
To find My Grades, click the
Course
Tools link just below the buttons.
Communicating in Blackboard
-
Using
Email
- In this 3 ½ minute tutorial, you will learn how to send emails using Blackboard
tools.
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Discussion
Boards - This 5 minute tutorial will show you how to read messages,
post new messages and reply to messages on the Discussion Board.
Tools
-
Creating
a Homepage
- This 3 minute tutorial will show you how to create and view your Blackboard
homepage and how to use the class Roster to find your classmates’ homepages
and contact information.
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Using
the Calendar - This 6 ½ minute tutorial will show you how to use
the Blackboard calendar to keep track of events, meetings, due dates
and appointments.
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Managing
Tasks - This 4 ½ minute tutorial will show you how to use Blackboard
Tasks to build to-do lists to manage due dates and other deadlines. Learn
how to create, modify and manage tasks.
How
to Subscribe to a Podcast - (.pdf file)
Assignments
Tests and Quizzes
- Test
Tips and Tricks - This 7 minute tutorial (which
contains no audio unlike the other presentations above),
provides tips and tricks for taking tests in Blackboard.
- Exam Tips -
Student tips for preparing your computer and taking exams
in Blackboard.
- Very good advice: Restart
your computer and then maximize your browser before entering Blackboard to
take an exam. Restarting
clears the memory cache of your computer. This
is especially beneficial in the very busy COD computer labs.
- Very good advice Part 2: Be sure only
necessary applications are running while taking an exam. Games, email,
instant messaging, etc. all require computer memory. It would be better if
the computer memory was devoted to your exam.