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How to View Student Enrollments
This Quickstart details the process of how to see which students are enrolled in your Blackboard course.
iPad App
Blackboard Learn for the Apple iPad enables users to access their Blackboard course notifications and updates on their iPad.
iPhone App
Blackboard Learn for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch enables users to access their Blackboard course notifications and updates on their iPhone and iPod Touch.
Journals
A Journal is self-reflective tool for students. Only the student and the Instructor are able to Comment on Journal Entries. However, Journals can be made public by the Instructor to allow other enrolled users read…
Language Pack
Language Pack preferences are defined at the system level, the Course or Organization level, and finally at the user level.
Learning Modules
A Learning Module is a set of Content Items with an accompanying structured path for progressing through the items. The path is set so that students must view content in sequentially or set to permit…
Logging in to Blackboard
This Quickstart will guide you with logging in to Blackboard at F&M.
Manage My Courses Module
This Quickstart provides information on how to manage “My Courses” module on your homepage.
Managing Announcements
The Announcement feature can be used to inform students of upcoming lectures or meetings, exams, or any other information you want them to view in a timely manner.
Managing the Course Menu
The Manage Course Menu feature allows instructors to add and modify the content areas used for a course. An instructor can add an area and modify the name to better suit a course. Instructors have…
Managing Threaded Discussions
The Discussion Boards feature is used as a communication tool for posting and responding to messages. The Discussion Board is used asynchronously; which means that users in a course do not have to be logged…
Managing Users
The Users feature enables instructors to change a user’s role within a course and update user profiles.
Mashups
Mashups allow Instructors to add content to a Course that is from an external Web site. This content is used in a variety of ways within a Course: a standalone piece of Course Content, part…
Mashups - SlideShare
Mashups allow Instructors to add content to a Course that is from an external Web site. SlideShare is an online presentations sharing site. In addition to presentations, users may share documents, PDFs, video, and webnairs.
Modifying Course Name and/or Description
The Customization feature allows instructors to change course properties, including the name of a course and its description.
Organizing the Grade Center
The Grade Center enables instructors to record and manage student grades and allows students to view their grades 24/7. Organizing the Grade Center allows the instructor to show/hide columns, re- order columns, and freeze columns.
Password Change
Students and faculty members will log into Blackboard using their F&M NetID and password (same as eMail, eDisk, etc.) beginning Tuesday, May 24, 2011.
PDF Missing Plug-in error Solution
PDF “Missing Plug-in error” Solution Issue: Users receive a "Missing Plug-in error" when opening a PDF file Cause: This error will occur if your browser is missing a PDF Plug-in Solution:
Set the PDF to "Open…
Pool Manager
The Pool Manager feature allows instructors to store questions for repeated use. Pools are course specific; although pools from other courses can be imported.
Quick Edit
Edit Mode is a Blackboard feature that allows an instructor to make changes to content from within the Course view instead of navigating through the Control Panel.
