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Blackboard Essentials. Fall 2006. 101 ways to access Blackboard. Type http://blackboard.bethel.edu in your browser window: the logical foolproof way Find it in the quicklinks of: http://www.bethel.edu http://bethelnet.bethel.edu/
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Blackboard Essentials Fall 2006
101 ways to access Blackboard • Type http://blackboard.bethel.edu in your browser window: the logical foolproof way • Find it in the quicklinks of: • http://www.bethel.edu • http://bethelnet.bethel.edu/ • In the side menu of http://bethelnet.bethel.edu/cas-faculty/ • 96 other ways yet to be tabulated
Logging in • Log in with your bethel username and password.
The "My Blackboard Page" • Shows all your activity in Blackboard: courses you teach, courses you are taking etc.
My course is not showing there! • Use the Course Creator Tool to create your course.
How to access the course creator tool • Go to http://blackboard.bethel.edu/webapps/course-creator/index.jsp • There is a link to the creator tool on the Bb entry page • If you are inside Bb, click on the question mark in the top space, a link to the course creator is in the left margin of the page that opens.
How do I work in my course? • In the "My Bb view", click on your course's title • The page opens to the "Course view"
The Course View • Note the "Control Panel" button.That is thecontrol centerof your course.
To add material • Go to one of the content areas in the control panel
Content page format • All pages to add content are formatted in the same way. • To add a document you have saved, choose "add item"
Adding a document • In the page that opens: • After choosing name and color, adding notes or description as indicated • Click on the "browse" button and find your file, name the link, and then • Scroll all the way down and SUBMIT
BE SURE TO SUBMIT • Until you do, Bb won't know you have done anything
How do I put students in my course? • Bethel's Grand Wizard does this for you automatically as soon as the student • Is registered • Has created a Bethel account • You can add students manually via the control panel also (should you want to add a colleague as a student.
NEVER • Never make one of your students into a TA for that course • It will immediately destroy all of the student's scores for the class
There is much more • Read the rest of the Bb essentials • Come to a workshop • Call or e-mail one of us • Come by our offices • Go to the IC desk in the library on Aug 31