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Student Guide to the
Blackboard Course Management System

Blackboard (Bb) is a powerful course management tool that combines the best of the web, email, and bulletin-board forums. Faculty can emply Bb as a medium to post content for and exhanve information with students, and students can participate in meaningful learning collaborations. Important notes:

  •  All students automatically receive a system username/password -- Use this link to find your student username
  •  Although a Bb course shell is created for every section offered by the university courses are initially unavailable (and invisible to students) until activated by the faculty member of record
  •  Use this link to obtain help

Getting Started

    Enrollment
    Logging on - [Movie]
    Getting Help
Content Areas

    Announcements/Faculty Information
    Assignments/Documents/Syllabus
Communication

    Collaboration
    Discussion Board
    Email - [Movie]

    Tests
    View Grades
    Surveys
    AOL Users
Tools

    Addressbook/Personal Info
    Edit your Homepage
    Electric Blackboard
    Calendar/Tasks
Digital Dropbox

    Add an assignment
    Submit an assignment
    [ddb Movie]

Click on the links to the above to get started with Bb today!

Page administrator: Robert Harris, harrisr@wpunj.edu
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Course Enrollment/Availability

Logging On
[Movie]

Getting Help/Training

Student Guide to Bb

Find Username/ID

Bb Support Center

Workshops

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